Baron Michael Mojohito John Richerson von Tchudi » Kombucha

Chin High

Mojohito — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:24:04 +0000

I love to write, and I love to write for this journal/blog. I craft entries in my head for days, weeks even, imagining a perceived audience anticipating my update quietly. But the posts don’t get written, and my drawling mental drafts get weary and frayed. I plan to write. “Today I’ll make a blog post”, I think. I put it on my “To Do” list, which is any variety of scraps of paper, chunky felt-tipped letters on a dry erase board, note books, post-its, text on a mobile phone. But the posts don’t get written, the list is too long.
I begin to get miffed at myself, and even resent the perceived audience. I don’t get emails or personal tribe messages inquiring to my well-being, so I imagine that nobody is out there, or that nobody cares. And that’s not really important, and not really why I write. So, before I give you a bulleted story as to my excuses and perpetual priorities, I’m just going to say:
Maybe I’m taking a vacation from the ‘net for a while. Maybe I’ll not be planning to write another post, to be a blogger extraordinaire. Maybe you shouldn’t wait for another entry in my journal. Instead, you send me a personal message on tribe. Send me an email. Get on Skype and add mojo_hito as your friend. Figure out what Twitter is and add mojohito as your friend. Dial 415 992 5525 and see what happens. Leave a voice mail message. I’m really easy to learn about, find, talk to. But I don’t have the time to make the time to sit down and write to you a beautifully worded entry about all the events listed below. I’m re-prioritizing, and instead of blogging, I meditate. Instead of abosrbing information, I integrate. Instead of thinking, I do. Here’s a sample:

> Tahoe Yoga and Wellness Center. I work the front desk as a receptionist, I update the website, I make fliers and you know what? I’m making print adverts that get published.
> Tahoe Yoga some more. I facilitate taiji sessions, five days a week, in addition to the desk job.
> Hito’s Homemade. The kombucha is thriving, and so is the market for my humble project. Heatherlee and I are working together on this, 50/50 and splitting profits, but it’s difficult to keep up with the work necessary. It’s probably a black market operation, but the Health Department doesn’t return my phone calls, so I don’t know.
> Great Basin Community Food Cooperative. I’m the webmaster, which means I maintain and update the website, and think a lot about how to make it better for the people who use it. I also maintain the bulletin board and the events calendar, which get a lot of spam, which takes more time to delete.
> GBCFC cont’d: I’m doing ordering, which is about five hours every week or every other week.
> GBCFC part III: I’m still on the Board of Directors. But I’ve quit the other committees, and stopped going to meetings.
> Healthy Beginnings; It’s a Lifestyle Magazine. My first professional article will be published in the May issue of this local magazine. I expect to have future articles published locally, and move up from there. I love to write.
> Canemasters: at my first ranking test, Grandmaster Mark Shuey Sr. was impressed with how quickly I’m improving, and skipped a rank. I’m in the Cane Masters International Association, and I ought to be teaching the exercise routine classes for folks with limited range of motion and recovering from injuries within a month or two. Still have a lot of work to do before I’m ready to teach self defense.
> Bodywork. I finally put in my application to take the National Certification Exam for Massage and Bodywork today. Really looking forward to practicing shiatsu legally, but I’ve got a lot of anatomy studying to do.
> Dharma. I think I’m finally beginning to learn what this means, thanks to Lama Marut of a Tibetan Buddhist tradition. I STRONGLY encourage you to check out his website and subscribe to his podcast: www.lamamarut.org I’m finally putting some things aside and taking up a daily meditation practice. Finally, I’m beginning to understand.

No doubt that I am forgetting at least one major project in my life. Like the garden, or the house, or living healthy relationships, or experimenting with computer networking, or writing for wirelessisfun.com, or…

Oh, and my parents have bought the piece of land near Chico, and them and Brother Cheetah expect to move out of Reno in June to begin the farm.

Look, go back up there, and find the part about how to reach me, and consider trying. The future is now. It’s wide open. Be alert, bring your awareness into your body, into your breath, each moment.

You might have money now, but soon enough you will find that Love is the only currency. And that’s not bullshit, so you better get your karma in order.

Like music? Listen to Roots Manuva’s “Awfully Deep” and be moved by some urban spiritual warrior hip hop dub like you’ve never heard.

Keep it real.

In Solidarity,
Mojohito

Over and Out

Livin’ la vida loca en El Reno

Mojohito — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:39:40 +0000

Seven days ago, Heather and I left Emerald Earth. It was eerie, as every other person at the Sanctuary left for events, and our last day was also our first time completely alone there. So we pranced naked in the middle of a courtyard, just for the thrill of it, even though the weather was unseasonably cold and foggy.
We hauled ass across the state to our new (temporary) home in Reno at my parent’s house, which is on the market to sell; our jobs are to facilitate that process and do research.
It rained the following night, a fortuitous omen of our arrival, and indeed, Reno has matured significantly. I am pleased to see my friends here, and impressed with the work some of them have been doing.
The Great Basin Food Co-op had its grand opening on Tuesday, which I attended and signed up to shop. THe organizers have done an amazing amount of leg-work to get the thing up to speed, first with a CSA and now the Co-op. The space is small but ample, and the selection of products is impressive. They emphisize local and inexpensive, so the products are excellent quality and cheaper than I’ve seen anywhere.
I am especially excited to report that I have been invited to produce and bottle and sell kombucha to the co-op. Hito’s Homemade will hopefully be on the market in ten days or so! This is possible becuase the co-op is technically a private club: only members shop there, and all memebers sign a waiver that indicates that they understand the risks involved with raw food. Very exciting.
Much is happening. This is just a taste. Suffice to say that I am pleased to be back in Reno, something I hadn’t expected.

Manifesting Dreams

Mojohito — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 04:53:28 +0000

Dang, over a month since adding something to this page. Little point, I think, in reviewing the last five weeks, but let’s see…
The apprenticeship has ended, a smashing success, and now I am living at Emerald Earth in a work-trade capacity; still building, but also gardening and doing a lot more cooking for the community. My kombucha is thriving, and I’m brewing near six gallons a week. Probably more than I can drink, but I’m hoping to produce some to share – or sell – also working with sauerkraut and have a batch of beer in the works!
Heather is here too, and we are very fortunate to be living an a beautiful natural building that would otherwise be unoccupied. Our own little home, with kitchen and bookshelf and desk and most certainly a bed in a bedroom. Stompin’ our feet on the wooden porch, never got to worry about locking the doors.
But we’re not here that much this month. Three three-day weekends in a row, plus. My sister Emily got married in Oakland, and we were happy to see Cheetah and my folks, as well as Tim. It was a partyin’ weekend, see photo. I read at the ceremony as well as prepared a vegetarian entree for dinner.
Back at EE, Heather and I are going to the Solar Living Institute tomorrow, to volunteer for SolFest.
On Monday, we’ll be seeing Cheetah and his partner Jen again, along with my Mom, who is flying them down to look at a promising piece of land in Middletown, California. This is particularly exciting, because we are very close to making a dramatic step forward on this homestead project, manifesting dreams.
The list of events goes on.
I’m trying to balance the excitement in my life. There is anxiety about fulfilling my obligations to EE as a work trader, what with being away so much. We barely feel arrived before we turn around and go again. Too much pot smoking and ejaculation leaves me feeling drained and grouchy, so replacing addictive behavior with positive things is something I’m putting a lot of focus into. In the meantime, people mostly irritate me, and I prefer being alone with Heather, or in the kitchen, or working hard. Social stuff around the community not so much.
I return to the concept or process, being gentle with myself, taking my time, appreciating the hard parts, savoring the fun parts, laughing at my dumb attitude, and learning to thrive on what my life entails.
I am surrounded by beauty and abundance, and the trick is to remember that always.