Plastic Farm AnimalsCamille lives with her soul mate Bob in the back woods of central North Carolina where she hikes, gardens, cooks, and writes.
Wouldn’t you know it, we are now sitting in the middle of America the Beautiful, in lawn chairs on the deck behind our rented space, interpreting fluffy white cloud shapes in a deep blue sky. Seriously, you can see God smiling down from heaven in silky rays of light upon the purple mountains. And I […]
I don’t mind admitting that our recent move to Anytown, USA has me spooked. I woke to solid proof the other morning when I realized I had just dreamed about corpses two nights in a row. In both dreams, I was circumstantially forced to look at the unburied dead. Although I did everything I could […]
On our way out of Nicaragua, I took the opportunity to interview myself. Here are the results: I: How does it feel to be leaving Nicaragua after living and working on a remote island community for 7 months? MYSELF: I have an odd mixture of feelings at this moment, as I sit in the Managua […]
So many of the places we frequent offer evidence that man has succeeded in overcoming nature, that even the most preoccupied find themselves cheering when nature rears its head in triumph over the man made world. A few radical souls actually look forward to the day when the current civilization crumbles and nature takes back […]
Water comes from heaven. This fact is often obliterated by the convenience of tap water. When we were staying on Ambergris Caye in Belize 9 years ago, many of the restaurants proudly advertised “sky juice” or rainwater on the menu. They all had zinc roofs with gutters that emptied into rain barrels. Today, I discovered […]