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  • Enjoying life one day at a time (As opposed to the two and sometimes three days at a time method?)
  • Throwing a Frisbee while barefoot in the grass
  • Laughing at the littlest things
  • Remembering Mom’s macaroni and cheese
  • Enjoying the soft hiss of a Coleman lantern
  • Smiling into the face of a sunflower
  • Relishing the possibilities of a rainy day
  • Waking up and shouting, “Good morning, World. My, you’re look ’n good!”
  • Identifying a particular bird for the first time
  • Looking for mushrooms and recalling Easter egg hunts of long ago
  • Acknowledging sundogs
  • Walking through the woods with someone you really, really like and wanting more
  • Hearing from above the distant chortle of sandhill cranes
  • Making time for every season
  • Wiping your sleeve after sneezing as loud as you can
  • Sipping hot chocolate from a heavy mug after hiking in a cold November rain
  • Getting wild eyed at the sight of deer bouncing through tall grass
  • Watching the barn swallows swirl
  • Waving to an unknown stranger driving past the house
  • Confronting Rik, the Reptilian, and not being afraid
  • Finding beauty within when skin is without
  • Delight at the sight of a hummingbird moth sipping nectar from the evening blossoms
  • Keep doing as you get older
  • Hearing an owl and remembering it for the rest of your life
  • Listening for the crack of dawn
  • Scheming ways to make people laugh
  • Practicing your skipping skills on a well worn path

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  • Waiting for the moonflowers to open
  • Knowing that you haven’t fully lived until you’ve died
  • Sitting at the foundation of the old flourmill and going back in time
  • Planting an interesting tree for our children’s, children’s children
  • Hearing the deafening silence
  • Sitting on a bench in the woods in total peace with oneself
  • Learning today what you didn’t know yesterday while studying for tomorrow
  • Following the flight of Big Red while pretending to be him
  • Inhaling the scent of new mown hay on a humid, late summer evening
  • Finding your thrilling niche in life
  • Believing Bo Jangles
  • Recalling ones childhood while listening to whistles of Bob White
  • Having a story to tell and taking time to tell it
  • Studying the veins on the backside of a pumpkin blossom
  • Praying for snow (lots and lots)
  • Getting up in the middle of night to witness a meteorite shower
  • Being glad you did even though you didn’t see a meteor
  • Stopping to help a box turtle get to the other side
  • Searching for the home of a belted kingfisher along the creek bank
  • Wishing you might 
  • Drawing from what you see…and what you believe
  • Grilling a thick steak on the bank of Pleasant Creek
  • Having fun with the fungus among us
  • Seeking solitude and finding it
  • Sharing your knowledge of Life
  • Seeing beauty in symmetry
  • Sipping fiddlehead soup from a cast iron kettle hung above an open fire
  • Imagining at the Zen Moss Garden

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Imbibe the Spirit!

"I wanted only to try and live in accord with the longings of my true self. Why was that so very difficult?"

Hermann Hesse, Demian

“Imbibe the Spirit”… the slogan I’ve adopted for The House at Stone Head. What does it mean? The Spirit of Stone Head is reflected in the following list of activities to do while at Stone Head. People have asked me, “What is there to do at Stone Head?  Is there anything for my kids to do?” First, let me say that I hope the kid can still be found in all of us, but whether child or adult, Stone Head is not for everyone. Children having experienced nothing but structured activities organized by the competitive adult world may find themselves bored. Adults who look forward to experiencing the “reality” of a popular TV series probably won’t return. A stay at The House at Stone Head is best for those who choose to know, who choose to imbibe…those who embrace the spirit I encourage. They will come, finding new activities and feelings to add to The Many Reasons To Keep Coming Back List. I’ve always enjoyed the saying, “Everyone sees but few perceive.” Allow me to suggest some possibilities and see if you begin to get it. If you do, I invite you to come for a short visit amongst the beautiful hills and hollows of Brown County, filled with the spirit at Stone Head… the spirit of Life.

As host of The House at Stone Head I will welcome you and when you leave imbibed with the spirit, bid you farewell as a Friend of Stone Head forever!

So here it is… The World According to Stone Head:

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  • Watching the valley fog swirl in mysterious patterns from the back porch
  • Looking overhead on a star-filled night in total wonder of it all
  • Thinking to oneself, it’s a wonderful world
  • Stooping down to admire an insignificant flower
  • Stepping outside on a crisp fall morning to inhale the clean, moisture-laden country air
  • Looking through binoculars at the brilliant hue of a bluebird’s back in the late afternoon light
  • Hiking to the top of the ridge to get a good feeling of “tired”
  • Skinny-dipping in a secluded pond and feeling really alive
  • Noticing the interesting bark of a sycamore tree against the winter snow for the first time
  • Sitting around a bonfire with a chorus of spring peepers
  • Sinking your teeth into a cheeseburger while the Harvest Moon ascends above the valley floor
  • Turning cartwheels in the meadow with friends
  • Finally realizing the sun is a star up close
  • Searching for arrowheads and geodes in the creek 
  • Counting down the years to seeing your first total eclipse of the sun
  • Expressing your true feelings to someone special in secluded Maidenhair Meadow
  • Flying a kite for the first time in years
  • Smiling for no particular reason
  • Hiking through a snowy woods on a moonlit evening
  • Seeing beauty in the clouds above like never before
  • Dancing a light fandango
  • Nurturing friends and neighbors
  • Listening to Elvis sing, “It’s Over” and getting sentimental
  • Getting really excited about a full moon 
  • Letting go
  • Making an effort to see the nuptial flight of the woodcock
  • Starting a bonfire with great thought
  • Never letting a day go by without learning something

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    • Feeling the sun’s radiant energy while sitting on the bank of the dam
    • Waking up to warm morning coffee caressing your lips
    • Deleting jealousy and envy from your thoughts
    • Studying jeweled spider webs glistening in the dampness of early morning
    • Painting colors of the garden
    • Driving the dusty road to see Elkinsville bathed in the shadow of Browning Mountain  
    • Practicing the art of love to the best of one’s ability, even when tired
    • Living life as organically as possible
    • Finding faces fleeting in the clouds
    • Seeking out a baldheaded eagle
    • Kayaking through a sea of lotus flowers
    • Deciding to begin the first day of the rest of your life
    • Showering in the rain with a bar of scented, handmade soap
    • Recalling White Castles of long ago
    • Finally realizing that happiness is a day when kindness touches it
    • Always seeing a rainbow
    • Reading a great book in the middle of a great forest
    • Enjoying the company of one’s self, but especially of others
    • Leaving the world a better place than you found it
    • Aging gracefully without struggle while feeling sexy as ever
    • Being here, now
    • Asking her to dance for the rest of your lives
    • Having more picnics with more wine and more cheese
    • Knowing that everything that ever was and ever will be is now becoming
    • Celebrating the solstices
    • Simplifying
    • Giggling spontaneously one or more times per day
    • Enjoying music of all types but especially ballads by Presley

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