Author Archives: onewanderingspirit

We take an early walk this morning.  I take all the bird feeders down.  What seed I have left, I scatter on the ground.  I’ve been getting things picked up and put away for the last few days. Had to … Continue reading →

To go. Look, the Ocotillo are leafing out! I do feel torn.  I feel it’s about time to leave CLR and I want to head out, at the same time that it hurts to leave this simpler way of living. … Continue reading →

Once upon a time….actually about a month ago, we returned home from a campfire down at Ruth’s place.  It was a fun evening sitting around the campfire…keeping warm….visiting with friends. About 9pm we returned home, and I went to unlock … Continue reading →

As you may know, early last year I leased a boondocking site at Cacallo Loco Ranch, a Ranch in the desert for RVers, about 40 miles southwest of Tucson. The road that leads here is sometimes crowded, nobody wants to … Continue reading →

Does anyone have anything they would like to recommend? Out here with basically no internet and no tv, I read.  A lot. This is the series I’m reading now.  It’s called Earths Children, but better known as The Clan Of … Continue reading →

Before I start the subject above, I want to mention that one reader who is a friend and subscribs to this blog told me via email that she recently received another blog post since the Valentine’s Day one.  She said … Continue reading →

If nature provides all our needs, why do we find ourselves in the state we are in? Are all the modern conveniences really more convenient? Or is that just bred into our thinking? Does the fact that we are wrecking … Continue reading →

”Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.  Live the life you’ve imagined.” Henry David Thoreau Marys Prius Mary wrote in the comment section of the last blog post , with a little more info about camping in a Prius, … Continue reading →

If you have been reading here awhile you may remember that Mary is my friend from California who graciously allows Joy, Shiloh, and I to stay at her house when we periodically visit the home place. Mary has recently retired … Continue reading →

No, this isn’t a tourist attraction near Tucson that I’m recommending.  Not at all.  This is the Fort Kelly only known to the folks at Caballo Loco Ranch.  I probably don’t have all the dates correct, but it’s a fun … Continue reading →