I recently participated in an interview on the going bananas blog. 

running is the ultimate exercise in persistence. 

After doing an interview recently, I realized how many people paid attention to my blog. 

The air was crisp, the sky was blue, the temperature as close to perfect as you can get for Atlanta. And the lighting is spectacular. All in all, a great day to climb a tree. It's been 4 years since I've gotten my gear out. Too many moves to too many places for me to even know where it was for a few years. But today was the day to climb. My trusty companion Kevin was the spark and I was not hard to convince. It's amazing the perspective you can get 80 feet in a red oak. These are the moments we live for. Not our day at work, not the bills we pay... but those moments when we can connect to the people we love, the planet that houses us, and the plants that nurture our ecosystem. I tell you there is no cleaner city air than in a tree.

In just a couple of weeks I will have 3 countries I have never seen ticked off of my world map. How insane is that to be able to travel the world in such a fasion. I hold no delusions that it is good for my health to fly so much. Or that it's good for the planet. But I hold hope that if Dr. Graham and I can travel the world bringing the message of health to others it will all be worth it. In the meantime, I am at home. Watching autumn take hold of the trees while their green turns to the oranges and brown I love. I will miss my favorite month in Atlanta, when the white oak spreads it's branches in the luster of yellow leaves. I will trade this for fall in England and spring in Australia... then I move to summer in Costa Rica. All for the price of admission. But with family like we create in the wings, how could I miss out on the opportunity?

"Everywhere I go there I am." Coming full circle in my awareness of away, all I can say is I am here now. Seattle airport, Pink Floyd rings through the headphones... Shine on You Crazy Diamond. Hard to believe it was six weeks ago that I was in the Atlanta airport getting ready to come out here and start this tour. My mind and body are flooded with images, places, experiences and emotions that flow in and out of my being. I think of the family I connected with, the new friends I made, the places I saw, the fruit I ate and most of all the love I experienced. You can't have too much love. Nor can you give too much. In our world, so filled with pain, insecurity and violence... so riddled with disconnection from nature, ourselves and each other coming on tour reminded me again of what can be achieved if we live with passion, love and understanding in each moment. Not longing for the past, the future or what is not, but living in each moment as if it's the only one you have, and giving your love to those you encounter as you encounter them. Again, I connected with the power I have within me to change the world by changing people's lives. How necessary and worthwhile that endeavor is, and how in many ways I am the only one who reaches people the way I do. To this point I have reached hundreds of people on this trip. And now at the end of this tour I await the plane that will take me to my true mate and beloved. The man who supports my passion, and blew the flame of my potential until I became the person I am. I think of Atlanta, I think of me... and I understand more fully than ever that as happy as I am to return, as excited as I am to see my dearest companion, that I am not actually returning home... because I never left home. "Home is where the heart is" but my heart is always with me.

I think about the blog before this one... Where is Away? And well I proved it to myself just today. I arrived in California and the first thing I get to eat are blackberries on the side of a country road. Big beautiful blackberries. The joy of each sweet morsel as it touches my mouth was hard to beat. Sun kissed and juicy. Sweet and delicious. Provided by Earth. We even picked some and fed two sheep near us. Good food seems to be universal. 

when you can expose yourself. When vulnerability is natural and welcome. If you find yourself guarded and protective around people... perhaps the people you're with are the wrong people. I am blessed with so many people who accept my quirks, passions and dreams. This blog is merely a thank you to all of those people. My thoughts travel to you today and my love follows you always.

Every year I take a couple of trips. The travel starts in August with an events and book tour out west. I leave in less than a month. Time is closing in on me. But the rewards will be amazing! I will meet new people interested in making the world better by improving themselves. If anyone wants to learn more about raw foods... it's impact on the planet and how we can all make the change... you can catch me and Dr. Douglas Graham all along the west coast. Check out www.rawfoodchef.com for info about the Vibrant Living Expo in Ft. Bragg ...and the seminars we have leading up to it... Raw Nutritional Science and Maximum Athletic Performance Or catch one of our seminars in Portland, OR Sebastopol, CA San Francisco, CA Huntington Beach, CA Redondo Beach, CA Las Vegas, NV San Diego, CA or message me here if you're interested in learning more. A healthy planet is built on healthy people... Lennie