To the reader:
This project has changed a bit since the start. It began as a very personal exploration of my own thoughts, feelings, and opinions and while it is still largely anchored in the self I feel a bit of a change in the wind. More people than I really ever thought would wander to this corner of the internet have come here and I only have guesses why. It may be for a laugh, or perhaps some cool photos, but I think that it may also be that people are looking for light. They want honesty, they want simplicity, and that’s really what I have been focusing on with my life. Moving kindly through the world and trying to shape my experiences into wholistic expressions of what life can be. Exciting, scary, beautiful, real, and authentically me. I know I have slowed down on my post frequency and a good part of that has been that sitting in the moments has been more appealing to me than reflecting on them recently, or maybe I’m just sleeping in too late. I like this page though, it brings me some joy, I think it may do good in the world in it’s small little way (I hope). So I’ll keep writing and sharing, and thank you for joining me on this journey, please reach out.
Love,
Fitz
Disclaimers
The thoughts, opinions, and beliefs expressed in this blog do not represent the position of the US State department, the Peace Corps, CDHSEM, PCDEM or any individual beyond myself.
Edit: It would seem people whom I have never met have begun to wander into this corner of the internet. Welcome, I hope you enjoy my musings and bullshit, I’m just another dude with a keyboard and a camera wandering around trying to do something good. Feel free to reach out and say hi.
Oh, and I’m probably going to cuss a lot, this ain’t a church
Ps: To the poor soul running my next background check, I’m so sorry you are forced to read this drivel.
What am I Reading?
Holy Barbarians- Lawrence Lipton
Discourse on the method of rightly conducting the reason, and seeking truth in the sciences- Descarte
Ideas and opinions- Albert Einstein
Cosmos- Carl Sagan & Ann Druyan & Neil Degrasse Tyson
On Anarchism-Noam Chomsky
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media- Edward S Herman & Noam Chomsky
The letters between Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac
A People’s History of the United States - Howard Zinn
The Right Stuff- Tom Wolfe
Big Sur- Kerouac
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies- Jared Diamond
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering Into Peace, Joy, and Liberation- Thich Nhat Hanh
Done (this year)
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work- Matthew B. Crawford
Surf Is Where You Find It- Gerry Lopez
The Art of Happiness- Dalai Lama
The Autobiography of Malcom X- Malcolm X/Alex Haley
Shogun -James Clavell
The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
Tuesdays with Morrie- MItch Albom
To Kill a Mockingbird- Harper Lee
Wind Sand and Stars -Atoine de Saint
Barbarian Days- William Finnegan
Shantaram- Gregory David Roberts
The Little Prince -Antoine de Saint Exupéry
A place of my own -Michael Pollan
The electric cool aid acid test - Tom Wolfe
To Kill a Mockinbird-Harper Lee
Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea- Jaimal Yogis
Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell: A True Story of Violence, Corruption and the Soul of Surfing- Chas Smith
A Psalm for the Wild-Built: A Monk and Robot Book-Becky Chambers
Wayfarers Series- Becky Chambers
Letters to a Young Poet - Rilk
Kiss or kill - mark twight
The things they Carried- Tim O'Brien
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)- Hunter S. Thompson
Wind, Sand and Stars-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life- William Finnegan
Chronicles: vol 1 - Bob Dylan
Travels With Charley in Search of America- Steinbeck
Small Gods- Terry Prachett
Unreasonable Hospitality: The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect- Will Guidara
CABIN- Patrick Hutchison
Good Omens-Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman
Annihilation-Jeff Vandermeer
It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War-Lynsey Addario
Steve & Me- Terry Irwin
The House in the Cerulean Sea- TJ Klune
A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There -Aldo Leopold
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Kitchen Confidential - Anthony Bourdain
Greenlights - Matthew McConaughey
Papillon - Henri Charriere
Mexican Gothic - Silvia Moreno-Garcia
James- Percival Everett
We Owe You Nothing - Punk Planet
Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert M. Pirsig