What is to Come, What will Be

Sitting here at the Lake House @ Lake Margaret and thinking about my blog....

I just deleted the A Place Apart blog after really nothing has been happening for nearly a year and I'm starting to contemplate just how much attention I want to continue to give to this blog.

In the beginning (5 years ago) when I started this blog it was riding a wave of new media formats that allowed me to put myself out there in regards to what was going on in my brain... Now I'm not so sure how that will continue. It also has a lot to do with my lack of time spent on the computer these past 8 months and I'm sure that once I get more settled somewhere I'll be able to come back to it more often. I'm not saying in any way that this blog is finished, it too is at a crossroad for how I'll use it in the future...

So with that I thought I'd post a little about what has been happening of late...

I have spent the past 2 months making some connections via outdoor education by sending my resume to a ton of places. I did get some bites but nothing has manifested itself yet. My wife presented me with the awesome challenge of starting to write down my vision of what it is I want to do with these skills and knowledge with the intent of being really serious about forming our own outdoor education/wilderness school/retreat center etc... in the Midwest.

So I am planning to spend some time this coming weekend in SW Oregon for a retreat of my own and begin to put some vocabulary flesh to this vision that is unfolding in my life.

If time allows then I will post that on this blog... until then I will be having the time of my life as we move into Scout Week, Survival Week and the last week together as Anake community.

Connected but to What?

Just came across this study from the Children and Nature Network:

The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school — using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Those ages 8 to 18 spend more than seven and a half hours a day with such devices, compared with less than six and a half hours five years ago, when the study was last conducted. And that does not count the hour and a half that youths spend texting, or the half-hour they talk on their cellphones.

Read more about the study by clicking here.

In related news, the No Child Left Inside Act that is reportedly in the President's Budget.

What's up with the blog?

As to be expected, I have been quite busy with school this quarter and it has been difficult to find much time to blog. It has also been difficult because I've not had access to the internet like before. I hope that as I am able I can begin posting some more. So much is happening and it really has been a blessing.

This spring, I am looking forward to family and friends visiting as well as making a shift to live out on the western edge of camp to conduct my own primitive living experience for the last 10 weeks of school. Maybe then I'll be able to offer some reflections... come to think of it, since it is a primitive living experience then I may not be posting.....

Stay tuned.....

Renewing Medicine for 2010

1) Review of Good Medicine

What have been those special sacred times when we were most connected to the Earth, other people, and our sacred path?

2) Stepping Stones of our Vision and Path

What have been the keystone events in our life's path that lead us to this moment?

3) Synchronicity

When has the sacred been present in our life?

When have their been clear signs of this and what form has this taken?

4) Gifts

What are our natural gifts, talents, and creative/sacred powers?

What have other seen in you?

5) Obstacles

What obstacles and blocks have their been on our path?

How have we overcome them?

6) Forgiveness and Release

What do we need to let go of?

What expectations do we have of ourselves and others that we need to let go of?

7) Vision

What is our future ideal vision or dream?

Where are we going and how do we get there?