peace steps

las vegas

2011-02-26T22:01:00.000-08:00

we arrived in vegas about 4 hours ago. i personally am looking forward to leaving asap. i am not really into this whole scene, to much noise and far to many lights for me. we are staying at the main st hotel, brewery and r.v. park. there rv park is just a big parking lot w/ electrical, water and sewer hook-ups, though they have a nice hot shower that was very enjoyable. we spent the last 4 days on the quechan reservation north of yuma. we were on the land of Preston Arrowweed. and his daughter Penelope. helped do some cleaning around the land and also helped penelope clean her trailer a bit. i did 2 sweats of 2 rounds each. the last round of the 2nd sweat almost got me good, i had to leave early, though it turned out to be just a minute or so ahead of time.
we will take part in a unitarian universalist service tomorrow and then do a walk in the memory of Jigme Norbu, the Dalai Lamas nephew who was hit by a suv and killed on 2-14. we may be walking out of vegas on monday or tues.

PEACE

sedona

2011-02-12T17:56:00.000-08:00

we are presently in sedona. we arrived on the 10th and will head back to phoenix tomorrow 4 2 nights and then begin walking north to las vegas. this leg will be 285 miles and take 11 days, we are scheduled to arrive in vegas on 2-26.

"as you look all around you
tell me what do you see
so much in our vision
is such a mystery

how much is truly real
in what you feel you believe
do you make the world a better place
in what it is you seek

every action that we take
it must have positive intent
or you might just end up
feeling utter remorse and bitter repent

this life we live is a blessing
& if there is a heaven it is truly heaven sent
in each soul there is a beauty we must envision w/ in our minds eye
and see beyond our ego-centered ignorance and discontent

Arizona

2011-02-06T21:00:00.000-08:00

wow, a crazy week, but then whats new. we left austin a day late and after a cold spell had blown in.
went just 80 miles the first day and stopped to get the r.v. worked on. because of the cold it was not able to happen so we drove the next day to fort stockton. because of the cold we also used up all our propane on the heater the previous night so when we got to ft. stockton we were out of propane and had to spend a night in a motel. we woke to snow thou it was not real heavy and after some talk of spending another day there we headed down the road and drove to las cruces, nm. the next day we headed in to tucson, az-where we are now. the r.v. suffered some damage to the water pipe elbows from the bitter cold that we had endured and so there wee some unexpected repairs that had to happen.

i walked out of tucson today (though we will "offically" leave tomorrow, and I did 21 miles along the frontage road along I-10.

"celebrate the beauty of each morning, celebrate the beauty of each day
tell those you love that we love them. embrace the beauty of every breath you take"

leaving austin

2011-01-30T14:14:00.000-08:00

we will be leaving austin monday and headed west. drive to el paso then tucson. we then will walk north to phoenix, las vegas and then points west.

r all we r really real?

words

2011-01-28T08:14:00.000-08:00

let the spirit of your soul be free
to recognize and embrace each others individuality
so that you are not unreal enough to chastise and criticize
that which you do not know about
and that which one might hold inside

if you do not seek to find
and you feel you know all
you will soon be cut down to size
b-4 you realize the time has gone by
to expand the horizons of your mind

Lay down the judgment you say & feel you don't hold
so that we can all capitalize
on the diversity of strength that lies
in the honoring of all of
the hearts that can unify

life

2011-01-26T21:46:00.000-08:00

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." -t.j.

look above.

these words and ideals alone are what SHOULD control, or have a large control over, pretty much all we do and take part in in our life, forever, alway's and in every way.

there SHOULD be no concern about "what others think". provided of course that you are not having any negative impacts, in any way, on anybody or anything.

people are to often caught up in how others might "see" them, when in fact if others "see" them in any way they are not really "seeing" them at all.

acceptance of people and things is most important in our striving to create a fair and just world.

i of course am 1 that needs to learn from these ideals as well. as with most of what one creates on one's surface there is always a reason why these "thing's" manifest themselves outward.

love your enemies and you will not have any.

NAMASTE',PEACE, LOVE and BLESSINGS

austin

2011-01-26T10:18:00.000-08:00

walked in a saturday1-22 as planned. church service on sunday as well as a real nice water healing ceremony. i volunteered and prepared dinner at casa marianella on monday, it is a center for newly arrived latin american immigrants on gunter st in austin. i will volunteer there on wednesday and thursday as well.

went to see some wonderful some wonderful blues last night at a classic austin blues club. but it was marred by some very, very sad news that a personal friend took his life yesterday.

more later

austin

2011-01-19T08:28:00.000-08:00

we will walk into austin on saturday the 22nd. i am taking a few days off. i have been feeling a bit over fatigued the last few days, but after 3 months of walking that is about right and right on schedule and par for the course.

a few words 4 ya'

we live in beauty
we breath in bliss
we must honor the ground we walk upon
give the deepest thanx's
and the highest praise to our creator

celebrate diversity
tread softly

help others
and u will be rewarded

only love has the ability
2 strengthen every soul everywhere

PEACE-art

belleville, tx

2011-01-15T19:37:00.000-08:00

we have broken out of the greater houston area and our on the way to austin. we will arrive there on 1-22
and stay until early on the 30th.
nice country in this part of tx, thought the walking has been tough because it has been along hwy. 290, which is very LOUD.

from austin it is a driving leg into el paso. not much else today, a bit tired-PEACE

houston

2011-01-11T13:17:00.000-08:00

well here we r in good ol' texas. not as bad as i had always heard. i am pleasantly surprised at houston. It is a big place but has a strong activist community and many good souls that r working to create true, positive change.

had the distinct pleasure to meet Noah Rattler. he and i exchanged a few e-mails in april of "07" when i was walking to the east coast and at the time i was in the mojave desert. we had planned to meet up there in the mojave but he was not that far west at the time (he was doing a 1,800 mile walk from houston to l.a. to raise awareness on the homeless issue that is invading the u.s.) fast forward to last week-=he pulls up in a car to introduce himself to us (he had been told we were going to be in houston) and recognizes my name. later that night he begins tom tell a story about someone he had exchanged some e-mails with a few years earlier that was in the mojave at the time, and it turned out it was ME. so now he will walk with us for a week or so as we make our way west to austin (and hopefully stay w/ us a bit longer as well).

all is well as well and we will leave for austin thursday morning, it is 164 walking miles from our host's house here in houston to our host's house there in austin-PEACE/LOVE-art

PEOPLE OF THE WORLD

2011-01-07T11:36:00.000-08:00

1-6-11-houston

the people of the world must come together
the people of the world must live in peace
we must live our world in harmony
so we can all fulfill our destiny

the people of the world must begin to rise up
to join together hand in hand
to build bridges of understanding
& to bring trust and love to every child, woman and man

the strength for this resides in all of us
if we only act from whats in our hearts
we have more power than just to stand by
and watch as it all crumbles and falls

the people of the world our our lifeline
to reach out to all in need
to bring poverty, hopelessness & hunger
down to it's needless knee's

rise up and join together
so we can all become 1
rise up and join together
and share our endless love

texas

2011-01-01T15:32:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR

we arrived in texas earlier this week. we r now less than 40 walking miles from the place that will be our home for the time that we will be in houston. east texas is nice country, quiet w/ lots of woods, i kinda' like it that way ya' know. the time in houston (8 days) will surely go fast. the list of events is starting to come together and is on the website @ http://www.13moonwalk4peace.com i am looking very forward to our time in austin though, i have never been there and being the music fan that i am, it should be fun, hope i can catch a show or 2.
i did not walk today (new years day) and will take tomorrow off as well, a slow week for me. the 5 plus hour walk in a downpour the other day took a lot out of me.

i have been keeping a strong pace on my walk days so it will be nice to have a extended rest whilst we r in houston.

STILL LOOKING 4 THAT OTHER WALKER TO HELP US AS WE PUSH WEST

have a beautiful, safe day-and as alway's-SPREAD THE PEACE-art

x-mas 2010

2010-12-25T08:10:00.000-08:00

blessings for a merry day for all and a glorious new year.

much love to all-peace-art