Postmodern Pastoral

  I'm spending a few weeks with my brother Luke, and his family in Houston. It's very peaceful. Luke has a toddler and we basically play all day, and we have nap time, so I get a nap everyday. Golly I'm so grateful for naps. Yesterday morning Luke and his wife had to run an errand so I was babysitting for a few hours, Luke gave me permission to use the TV if his baby was going out of control. It's nice to have the TV as a safety net, but I know Luke doesn't want his child to get addicted to screens. There's this balance of short term compromises against the grand vision of how to raise a child. We didn't watch TV, we read Calvin and Hobbes.  I had friends Daniel and Addison visiting from Austin and I wanted to meet up with them, at noon we met at Spa World, the Korean spa on the west side of Houston. It's quite a drive, but everything is a drive here. On the way I listened to "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jeanette McCurdy, so I guess the drive ...

I've been in Park City for the last few months, I was driving a city bus, they hire seasonal workers for the ski season. It was plan b, I wanted to go back to my old wilderness guiding job but they shut down. So I figured I could spend a few months in Utah. I called my mom the other day and told her I didn't really like Utah, and she responded "well I knew you wouldn't" lol bless. I put on some fat and didn't get enough sleep, but that's largely my fault, not Utah's.  Ironically, I started to really enjoy Utah about a week before I left. Lol okay. Leaving a place is so exciting though. I mean, I don't have a job or a place to sleep, and that comes with it's share of challenges, but it's also so fun and adventurous!  I stopped by a friend named Mark, Mark is beautiful and we chatted for a couple of hours and he gave me snacks for my road-trip. I stopped by my grandparent's cemetery and ate a sandwich there. Then after hours of driving in...