No matter the level of independence you seek, you are far from it. — After almost 11 weeks of tent camping in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, I see that in America, the concept of “self-reliance” is near impossible. No matter how much we seek to attempt escape from dependance and reliance on the outside world, “they” still have their claws in our wallets…

Are you using Generative AI as a creative and if so, is your work based on ‘ChatGPT’ or Google’s Bard? — I want to know your answers. Question: If you are using an AI tool to improve your SEO optimization, are you using the ChatGPT or Google’s Bard large language models? Make a comment here about whether you’re using ChatGPTor Google Bard for your SEO optimization.

There’s no such thing as a normal day, even if you’re in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, Antarctica, or here in the United States. — This is the prize recipe for a wonderful Thanksgiving. The primary ingredients are you! Be in the moments of the day. Stop. Sit. Listen. Look. Taste new things. Breathe in deep. Remember those stimuli. …

No longer in the woods of Upper Michigan, but heading back ASAP! 13-Weeks-Four-Days Tent Camping in the UP There were some who said my eight-year-old Great Pyrenees, Maycee, and I would not last a week tent camping on my dad’s land in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We lasted 13 weeks and had the time of…

It’s almost never too late try something new in life. — Greetings, this time from Montgomery, Alabama. Maycee, my Great Pyrenees, and I spent 13 weeks and four days tent camping on my dad’s land in Upper Michigan this summer. For the now, we are visiting family in Montgomery, Alabama. My Mom, the Bravest Tent Camper of All To my utmost surprise, my mom, 70-plus, drove from here in Montgomery to Marquette, Michigan in two…

I’m working on my novel again because I’ve been reading. — If you’re not writing, you’re also not reading. The two go hand-in-hand together. Like peanut butter and jelly. You can eat a peanut butter sandwich without jelly, or jelly without PB, but the magic doesn’t happen until you lather the bread with both. In the same way, you can write…

Marquette, Michigan, I need your help finding her again. — Friday, a little before 9 a.m. at the McDonald’s in Marquette, Michigan, I had what my eldest daughter says is a “missed connection.” …

I’m disabled, an INTJ, stuck, can’t work regular hours, and 10 weeks of tent camping in Upper Michigan is healing my psyche. — Important Factors Involving My Story I began seeing a Christian counselor during the process of my first divorce in 2004. Off and on throughout the years, I’ve remained a patient. We have done lots of cognitive behavioral therapy. I’ve done Julia Cameron’s Morning Pages most every day since 2014; four years after the second divorce.

The plan for the long winter in the UP of Michigan — My eight-year-old Great Pyrenees, Maycee, and I are in our 10th week of tent camping on family woodlands in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The deciduous leaves are beginning to change colors. They don’t all look like a blend of fire-colored wonder as yet, but we’re not far away. And…