Thanks Kit. Have an excellent day sugaring.

“It is about money. If you worship money, please go. If you, like me, have grown so disillusioned by the cesspool that the US in many ways has become, then skip it. It is a train wreck of culture. Nothing to see here. Move along folks.”

I still live and work in the US, and doing the best that I can to stay sane in the face of these changing tides. A ping-back from your site came across my bow, and I had to investigate, as security for all my clients (past + present) is very important to me.

Funny thing, reading this post really struck a chord in me this morning. I have decide to take the day of from my crazy busy schedule and go visit a friend who is doing maple sugaring today, as the sap is running up here in the mountains of Vermont. I am very grateful for so many things in my life today.

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Namaste, John!

I’ve been feeling really jaded in Newport, too. Sometimes I feel completely invisible here, because I can’t find people who like and appreciate the same things I do, and therefore don’t like or appreciate me. So yesterday, instead of going to a busy beach with friends, I took off into the woods of Jamestown and climbed down a cliff into a tiny cove with the most incredible beach, and had it to myself for most of the day! Meanwhile, on the other side of the point where the town beach is, there were probably 2000 people, but none of them know about the secret beach. (actually one of the sites where Moonrise Kingdom was filmed, where the kids built a fort). My idea of a good beach is one that you have to work at to get to. In museum going and beach going, I think most americans just don’t want to have to work hard to enjoy it. We work too hard during the week and so in our leisure time, we want instant gratification.