The final five: The Odyssey...25th Anniversary of 9/11...a river walk in Laughlin...The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas...the bright side happens in the daytime.

The summer of camping continues...waterskiing...it's really something that your activity causes destruction that renders your activity impossible to do...ploppin' rocks..."I will remember her shoes— how they lit up when she moved, small blue flashes across the floor, trying, briefly, to testify"...Gold Runner Amtrak...do I look like a bum?...Yearning Man...hangin' out in Los Angeles with all my friends just bikin' around...they're doing amazing things with protein...vulnerability...No on G!

This summer is the 20th Anniversary of The Hereafter album! To celebrate, I dug deep into the firewire archives and unearthed five never-before-heard outtakes. "Before The Setting Sun" single streaming release August 14th + full Extended Play streaming release September 7th!

The Chinese Farmer...Camp...North Woods...The Sixth Extinction...Overstory...Pride.

Andy Featherston + Analogics (https://andyfeatherston.substack.com/)

Jason Perz + Against All Odds Research (https://aaoresearch.substack.com/)

“Market Wizards” - Jack D. Schwager

“On Writing” - Stephen King

Time heals all wounds. First Waymo experience. Walking and talking in Los Angeles.

It's almost like I chose to come to the planet to repeatedly be taught the lesson to have no expectations and then to repeatedly forget it and learn it again. Maybe that's the whole reason I'm here.

Get ready to be ready. What is it that you want to create that you feel love about? What can you focus on that gives you your sovereign self? What gives you that feeling of a divine homestead where you can create your roots? What gives you that feeling of connection with the eternal flow of life? What do you want to set up for the next nine years?