Happy to be here
Forest of Bliss is a house, a way, and an ongoing experiment
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The Onlies, Aug 9
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Old music isn’t dead, it’s just waiting for folks like The Onlies to show you how alive it is. You’ll hear it on “You Climb the Mountain,” a great new album released in 2025. We heard them play this music live at Green Mountain Roots and Bluegrass festival (video below). It is so alive! Is…
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Nebraska teaches…
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There in the sheltered draw-bottom the wind did not blow very hard, but I could hear it singing its humming tune up on the level, and I could see the tall grasses wave. The earth was warm under me, and warm as I crumbled it through my fingers. Queer little red bugs came out and…
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Photographer
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A friend just introduced me to Mary Kocol. Her work has a quality I find I like in many different media. There’s a dream-like quality to many of her photographs. See those of flowers particularly. They are never dreamy, nostalgic, or romantic. Instead, the subjects are both earthy and ephemeral. Mary Kocol at Gallery Naga
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Poem: “There doesn’t need to be a poem”
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The foreign land of music
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Everything is at once familiar and strange here. The language is foreign, but like this language, the one you’re reading, it doesn’t convey the thing. We can all music many things, but after all, it is feeling.
Hi! John and Laurelyn here.
We have a simple aim in mind: live a little more each day in such a way that when we die, we have few regrets. Not a life of more, but a life that is rich, deep, and connected to people, those we love and whoever we encounter.
Take a look at Laurelyn’s art and consider joining us for a house concert.
