What I have been doing since i received the earthling grant.......taking pictures of my new dog, buddy, and my slightly older dog, Betsy; eating exotic and tiny fruits; making very very short and silent movies about things I think are funny or cute; meditating with an ongoing list-series of people I know/have known in mind....camping in nearby spots; making little drawings for my friend zac who is an archaeology professor in CA; collecting combs and pencils for my comb and pencil collections; working on my parents' farm; working at a factory as a welder/fork lift driver/supervisor; making a cd of my recent photos for harrell; shopping in ohio and indianna thrift stores; visiting family on the west coast; listening to late night, a.m., conspiracy-theory radio shows; walking around my little town; recording songs onto my handheld tape recorder; writing stories for my book; clipping out bits from magazines that i want to share with friends; trying to convince my girlfriend of things that i should also probably be doing myself; having literary discussions with the friends of my friend bill, who are members of a local homeless persons' reading group.