What's Up, Doctopher?
June, 2024
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The spring winds are dying down and summer bugs are a-stirring. The seasons move with urgency in Crestone. They rush in and don’t stay long. At 8,000 feet, nature doesn’t have time to fuck around. When it rains, it’s a downpour. A light breeze is a warning of the snarling winds coming soon. When the summer sun is strong, it’ll peel the paint off your car. But all the harshness reveals a purity, scrubbing away whatever isn’t essential, durable and real. There’s comfort in being here amid all this unambiguous reality — especially in times like these, when reality seems to be an increasingly dubious, slippery, shadowy concept.
Lifeboat updates: We pulled the sewer lift pump out of the ground, dug a new trench through the lot we bought recently (shit flows best downhill, I’m told), put down a concrete slab, and are now in the process of building a mud room / sun room / bathroom addition over the place the pump used to be. I stepped away from the framing to write this little missive. As usual, we’re blessed to have friends drop by with skills and eagerness to lend a hand. This’ll give you a sense of the goings-on round here:
On Memorial Day, I put together the second DJCPR volume: a collection of songs about war. If you’re a paying subscriber, you should have received notice of that.
We’ll be heading off in Scarlett Jovannson next weekend, en route to this year’s Sex at Dawn/Budokon retreat. The slots for single men are all full, but there are a few spaces for women/couples. Drop us a line if you’re interested in joining us in Whitefish in a few days. Great food, lovely people, amazing location, sauna, cold plunge, sweet dogs, deep conversation, world-class movement teachers, lasting friendships. Come get your chakras aligned, your toxins flushed, and your shit together!
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Hope the Reno's are coming along!!! Best wishes to you and Anya!