I Think We’re Coyotes

by | Nov 30, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy

I’VE ALWAYS HAD A FONDNESS FOR COYOTES. Perhaps because I like dogs. Perhaps because I sympathize with hapless Wile E. Coyote (really, the Roadrunner is a jerk).  I smile whenever I see coyotes or hear them yipping and howling. While camped at Fortuna Pond near Yuma...

Charlie Brown on Being Yourself

by | Nov 29, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy

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Bob Rebooted: What Have You Got to Lose?

by | Nov 25, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy, Risk

NOT KNOWING YOU, I can’t even begin to guess at how you will react to being a nomad, but I can give you some thoughts. My first suggestion is to ask yourself, “What is the worst that can happen?” If you try it and decide it isn’t for you, you don’t really have much to...

Thankfulness

by | Nov 24, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy

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Bob Rebooted: The Civilized Mind vs. the Nomadic Mind

by | Nov 18, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy

ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I GET all the time is people asking what vandwellers do with all their extra time.  What they really want to know is “What will I do with myself once I have free time, won’t I be bored silly?“ My standard answer is that there will be a subtle...

The Pack or the Flock?

by | Nov 17, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy

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We Have Marched Off the Map

by | Nov 11, 2022 | Changes, Nomad Philosophy

THERE’S A STORY of a first century Roman commander who had to lead his troops into uncharted territory. He sent a courier back to Rome with the message, “Send new orders! We have marched off the map!” When we lived conventional lives in conventional housing, there...

The Wisdom of Charlie Brown

by | Nov 2, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy

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