by Kenny | Jan 26, 2020 | Dispatches, Lifestyle
I put my life on hold from 2006 to 2017 to care for my ailing elderly parents. I had a family obligation to honor a Japanese custom of providing care and a safe home for one’s parents. I’m an only child, accepting the facts of the situation that I must take care of my...
by Kenny | Jun 24, 2019 | Country Living, Dispatches from Fishhawk Lake, Lifestyle, Retirement
I’m embarking on a life-changing journey to Country Life, Oregon. Unless the buyer of my home in Suburbia, USA drops a bombshell on the deal, closing on the transaction happens at the end of June. I’ve been ordering dumpsters to lighten my life of possessions,...
by Kenny | May 23, 2019 | Dispatches, Lifestyle, Nature, Rucking, Video
by Kenny | Apr 28, 2019 | Dispatches, Lifestyle, Nature, Rucking
I used to begin my rucks from the house, but the idiots driving without concern for the safety of pedestrians has persuaded me to drive and park at a nature preserve. Enduring traffic noise and tension on the streets began to piss me off, downgrading the benefits and...
by Kenny | Apr 21, 2019 | Dispatches, Lifestyle, Nomad, Passions
I need to get something straightened out in my mind, the urge, the inclination, the frequency of the premonition that I need to change my living situation to rejuvenate my life. If that means selling my house and downsizing my material footprint, then I expect to have...
by Kenny | Mar 3, 2019 | Dispatches, Lifestyle, Nomad, Suburbia
The frequency of my rumination of living as a nomad has increased. I’m scratching an itch that doesn’t appear to be resolving; it may require the healing properties of the nomadic lifestyle. The suburban jungle in which I live is choking me with its toxicity of noise,...
