backgrounds

yea, I'm looking for a decent background, I'd prefer something with a moon and stars, kind of a spacey galaxy cosmo kind of thing. It's gonna change and change and change.
still haven't found what I'm looking for.
ugh
keep looking


peace
be safe
-skooky

I think its thursday

Yes, I think its thursday therefore it is thursday. I've been looking at maps the last couple days and it's beginning to feel a bit overwhelming. This way, that way, sideways, upways, byways, someways. My original thought of route was to take me mostly north then head west. Then I thought, well, I could save some days by just going mostly northwest. Then, ( sigh ) again I thought, hmmmm this American Discovery Trail thing is kind of cool. Then after checking all of that out. It's like up down all around and if I stay on it leaves me south , by a good many miles, from where I intend on going, which is Devils Tower in Wyoming. So, it's as if I don't want to even bother mapping this thing out. I just want to go. It's not like I have to go a certain way this way or that way. I have no definite timetable. I'll get as far as I get as fast as I get there. Right ?

I've been second guessing myself ( again ) on the wagon dilemma. I love my wagon, He's very charming. However, from experience I know thjat it is easier to push things than it is to pull things. I'd absolutely love to happen upon a cool jogging stroller to convert such as this. I been checking craigslist but even the few on there in my immediate area is out of my price range. Just so you know I absolutely LOVE free. Alas, life is not always so. So, wagon it seems to be unless someone out there has a free cool jogging stroller to give me. Then there's my gear list. Been going over it, I have everything I need pretty much except for a few things I's like to have. A working mp3 player would be cool, a gps (kind of cool but not really important). I have thought about taking a bigger tent, I have a small 2 person tent I am taking but have been considering getting a tad bit bigger small 3 person tent. Again, maybe useful but not so important. What else.... pepper spray, bike lock for my wagon, single burner propane stove,  Maybe a new backpack. I don't intend on wearing a backpack because I have a wagon for that right ? Well, my opinion is to have a decent backpack that will carry the things I really really need in case CHUCK ever gives up the ghost and breaks down on me beyond repair. I've still ben checking into solar chargers as well for the few electronics I do plan on taking. I know the phone is coming along, still undecided on the laptop. It'd be nice to find a spot to upload pics and such on at least a kind of regular basis.

Anyways, getting closer to closer to walking away. Life is Life. scream, it's ok, people need to scream more often. It's cathartic.

Me on Face Book
http://www.facebook.com/skookyartsist

Be Safe
Peace
-skooky

Ehhh ?

hmmm
A couple of  observations:
1. Blogs are blogged by cute  perfect families that insist on telling every cute detail of there lives.
2. Blogs are blogged by photographers.
3.Blogs are blogged in languages I can't read.


p.s. I'm not very objective, jaded perhaps, but not very objective at the moment.
p.s.s. I found my maps and road atlas. that makes me happy.
 p.s.s.s. I have been working on "mapping" and checking out The American Discovery Trail... it's a pretty cool concept. too bad the maps aren't free.

1 final thing a quote from a movie I watched the other night on netflix, I forget the title of it.
"Rejecting great things does not make you noble, it makes you stupid and naive"


peace
be safe
-skooky

Clip Clop

My friend Sarah shared this link with me (Thanks Sarah ! ), so I thought I would share it here as well.  It is about a guy named Bob, a wagon, and his horses, traveling across the country. Heres a link on Yahoo news about him

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110219/ap_on_re_us/us_the_do_over_i


and a link to his web site: Wagonteamster

A quote from the article:

"Then one morning he suddenly departs, as if into thin air — leaving everyone to hope and wonder."

Sounds magical.

 

Peace

Be Safe

-skooky

Enough

I thought this was pretty cool so I am sharing it here.

A time comes in your life when you finally get it…when, in the midst of all your fears and insanity, you stop dead in your tracks and somewhere the voice inside your head cries out

ENOUGH!

Enough fighting and crying or struggling to hold on. And, like a child quieting down after a blind tantrum, your sobs begin to subside, you shudder once or twice, you blink back your tears and begin to look at the world through new eyes.

This is your awakening.

You realize it’s time to stop hoping and waiting for something to change…or for happiness, safety and security to come galloping over the next horizon. You come to terms with the fact that neither of you is Prince Charming or Cinderella and that in the real world there aren’t always fairy tale endings (or beginnings for that matter) and that any guarantee of “happily ever after” must begin with you…and in the process a sense of serenity is born of acceptance.

You awaken to the fact that you are not perfect and that not everyone will always love, appreciate or approve of who or what you are… and that’s OK. They are entitled to their own views and opinions.

And you learn the importance of loving and championing yourself…and in the process a sense of new found confidence is born of self-approval.

You now stop complaining and blaming other people for the things they did to you (or didn’t do for you) and you learn that the only thing you can really count on is the unexpected.

I read this on The Shamans Well


It's awesome.


Along with this.

It has been a good day.


Peace
Be safe
-skooky

Chuck

Little Green Wagon
Roll gently over bumpy roads
may your axles never wear out.
stay sturdy and strong
in adversity and bad weather
may your tires never wear thin.
roll with me through
thick and thin
I have faith in you
my Little Green Friend
I bless and christen thee
"Chuck"



peace
be safe
-skooky

A Prayer

grant me the ability to be alone,
may it be my custom to go outdoors each day
among the trees and grasses,
among all growing things
and there may i be alone,
...and enter into prayer
to talk to the one
that i belong to.

-Rabbi Nachman of Bratzlav

 

 

 

peace

be safe

- skooky

Little Green wagon

   Snow covered at the moment. Here it is, my little green wagon. I painted on it last summer. My original plan was to leave the beginning of last summer for this walk. I was talked out of it by family and friends. I should have just done it.

My Little Green Wagon

   I plan on adding a little flag pole on the back of it. I'd love to have a Gadsden Flag to fly from it. I also need to repaint the moons on the back of it before I hit the road. I modified it by adding the bigger lawnmower tires on the back, it makes it easier to pull. I fear that my little green wagon will not make it as far or as long as I need it to.


   On another note, here are some links to people that have done similar things before or currently. I've had some friends suggest to me such things as sponsors and such. I feel as if I had "sponsors" I'd be doing this for them and not for my self. Another idea was a documentary type video thingy and stuff. I don't see that happening, I don't have a video camera, no money to buy a video camera, or anyone brave enough to go along to video tape such an endeavor. Then there is always the problem of keeping things charged up, electricity, internet access. Last summer I did a lot of walking, usually 5 - 10 miles a day. Not once did I see  modem, router, or such to plug into. I have looked into Solar Battery Chargers for laptops and electronic devices. I can't afford one of those either.


Anyways - here are the links to Walkers and Such

I'm Just Walking
Gary "walkingman" Hause
Rickshaw Road Trip
The Fat Man Walking dot com
Nate Walks America
Wikipedia list of People who have walked Across America


Peace
Be Safe
-Skooky

Books and Reading

I love reading. I Love Books. I have way to many books. They are my friends. There's something about just chilling out reading, maybe some music playing in the background, No TV, maybe some hot herbal tea... it's Magical.

Anyways, thought I'd share this link with any fellow readers that stumble across here. It's a site called Paperback Swap Its free to sign up and a great place to find books you love or would like to read. I have been a member of the site for a couple years now and it's an affordable way to find a book that you really want but could not afford. Tell them skookyartist@yahoo.com sent you. Books are awesome. Hope you enjoy the site as much as I have.

Peace

Be Safe

-Skooky

Strange Day

Busy going over things and going through sorting stuff, what to take what not to take with me. Threw away a bunch of things today

Too many lists.

Stuff creates burden.

Ugh.

I feel overwhelmed. Damn near panicked feeling. Tension is horrible. Feeling unwelcome is the worst of all.

I wish it was warmer out so I could just get up and go while I have the conviction.

Breathe in Breathe Out ... Calm, I am Calm

I turn to my book to read a prayer.

Strong In Spirit

Make me strong in spirit
Courageous in action
Gentle of heart
Let me act in wisdom
Conquer my fear and doubt
Discover my own hidden gifts and talents
Meet others with compassion
Be a source of healing energies
and face each day with hope and joy




It always helps me to feel better.


Ideas, comments, suggestions appreciated.


Peace 
Be Safe
-Skooky

Getting Ready...

My first blog ! woo hoo !

Seriously tho ...

I'm working on getting the final things done and ready for my adventure. A few things I still would like to have to take with me and many many things to get rid of before I go. I'm at the point in my life where stuff is just stuff. I need the sort of things that don't have a monetary value or can't be purchased at a local Wal Mart.

The sort of moments, ideas, concepts and experiences that feed the soul. That's what I'm after, that's what I need.

So yea, I will be leaving April 1st or thereabouts depending on Mother Natures cooperation and blessings, and walking with my little green wagon heading west. Excited and a tad bit frightened at the same time.

Peace
Be Safe

-Skooky