Be Simple & Easy

It's interesting and exciting when you see tangible evidence of the effect of good habits show up in your life. The act of running an getting into the ocean as much as possible, even in the smallest of doses, is having a major impact on my life. I'm sharing this in the hope that itr can be helpful for others out there as we make our way through the world.

This tune was bouncing around my head all day, so on my lunch break I picked up the banjo and played it a few times. My friend Dale taught it to me when we were in the peace corps together, and it takes me back to those times.

This is a story about how I changed my relationship with surfing and the ocean, which has become a catalyst for positive change in multiple areas of my life. It was super helpful to me, and I’m passing on the knowledge in hopes that it will be helpful to others.

Work can be busy busy, so I like to take a couple minutes to enjoy some stillness before the day gets going.

Join me for a short and sweet meditation, oceanside from Atlantic Beach, FL.

Hey Folks! It's been since preCovid since I've been active on the podcast, and the time has come to return and I'm super thankful to be able to do so. I'm starting off with a series called The Practice in which I talk about about a practice in one's life that brings joy and makes life better. Could be daily, weekly, monthly, annually or whatever. I have a few of these in my life, and I have a deep community of good people who do as well, and I'm excited to elevate and share these practices in hope that it helps all the good people out there. If you have a practice that you'd like to share please give me a shout and we can record a conversation about it.  

Nestor Gil and his wife Brandi are two of my favorite people who I greatly respect. Nestor came down to Florida from PA recently, and while he was here we did an art trade, because he is an excellent artist and Brandi wanted one of my prints so we did a trade. One of Nestor's practices is breadmaking, which as I understand it, gives hime a creative practice to enjoy without expectation that acts as a counterpoint to his creative practices that do carry expectation, as a practicing artist and professor. I never thought of bread in this way before, but it makes me want to start baking. Thanks for coming on the show Nestor; much love to you, Brandi, Harvest and Sol.

Meet Alexis, the owner operator of A2Swimwear. She's part of our north Florida surf community who handmakes swimsuits from neoprene for all those folk who enjoy being active in the water. We were out surfing one day and got to talking, discovered that sewing and tailoring is in both our families, and then a few months ago Alexis came over to the front porch on a rainy day, and over a couple cups of tea, shared her story. She's from Pennsylvania and a few years ago set up shop here in Atlantic Beach, and we're glad she's here. Check out her website a2swimwear.com and on Instagram @a2swim