. I am not sure of myself so much as how often my room is clean. I sing and live. I work hard. But I am still in transit, waiting for a place to sit down inside of myself. Settle in and drink a cup of tea. Trade glances with the ones you love. Know that you, for one moment in your life, are exactly where you should be. Then sing, sing again and loud. Let this moment surround us like air, and the thankful will approve. Yes, we have been given much. Much has also been taken away. For reasons some we will never find. Thankful and smiling in the mess that was made by living in love, in truth and weakness. So much that we find in each other branches of the same tree, just look at the veins in our hands. Humming now out of joy and in the presence of life. The living. giving way to closeness and gentle hands. Stop and breathe and feel the moving heart inside you friends. Merry Christmas

Salida...

Salida listed in America's top 10 outdoor towns at MSN City Guides!!! Check it out.

Even though the article doesn't mention it I'm sure the primary reason Salida made the list is because of our good friend Jon Fritz, his legs, and of course Simple Lodge.

Other notable towns that made the list, Livingston, MT and Ely, MN.

Today is a big day

Yo. Miss you all. Today is National Recycling Day! I think that is good. Did you know that before 1920, 70% of american cities had a recycling program? It dropped for a while after WWII. Now it is building back up, but I don't know the specifics. I do know that 10,000 cities have curbside recycling. However, composting is a lost practice that is gaining steam again. Hooray!

This is a picture of me supposed to be dressed like a woman who has slept over at a man's house and then in the morning has nothing to wear except the man's dress shirt...like in the movies. I'm not confused about my sexuality.

Urban Sun Club

Hey there kittens, we had a good time this a.m. along the river watching the sun come up and drinking a bit of coffee. Thought you'd like to see a pic or two.

On an unrelated topic, can 50 million people be wrong?...resist popular thought if it is not for a good cause...

New environmental challenge... unicycle everywhere you go for a week...

Hello House Church People,

I've talked to some of you about this but if you haven't seen the movie Into The Wild, you really should. I just found out it's playing at the Lagoon Cinema, and chances are it won't be there long. I would say it's probably one of the best movies I've ever seen... and I'm not just saying that, my lovely wife Rachel and wild man Jon Fritz can both vouch for me on this one. I know going to a movie is pretty pricey and all but this one is totally worth it. So check it out and let me know what you think. I hope everyone is having a fantastic week.

Later

Day 1 of this week's environmental challenge

Hey kids. Hope all is well. Last night we decided to make this week's environmental challenge a team effort. We rolled around varying ideas of showering only three times, only turning water on to get wet and rinse off, make it a month on one tank of gas, etc. But we decided on this:

Before week's end, get together with someone, go for a walk, and pick up trash along the way. There you go. Robert and I are going maybe tomorrow!

easy, good luck, peace out,

fritz

This is a picture of Julia and I.
She's nice!
She's a girl!