Improve the health of a local river or stream. Why?  Because rivers and streams are the lifeblood of the earth.

Make something amazing as entirely from scratch as possible.  Give it away. Why?  Because cheese does not come from the supermarket, nor wool sweaters from a catalog.  The better you understand the steps of how things come into being, the larger the scope for your heroic actions.

For about five minutes each night before you go to sleep, think through the freehoodship adventure you’ve experienced so far, but think it through backwards from the last mission to the first, the moment you lit the candle.  Watch yourself as though from outside yourself as you move through the days and weeks, as though… Read more »