Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 10hkopana.net/october-16-2...kopana.netoctober 16, 2026“If you can change your mind, you can change your life.” ~ William James The north side of Mount St. Helens blew off in 1980. For a teenager in [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 16/10/2026kopana.net/october-15-2...kopana.netoctober 15, 2026“Stop trying to be everyone’s butterfly. Be the bee. Stay busy. Make your honey. Mind your business. And if someone disturbs your peace? Sting [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 15/10/2026kopana.net/october-14-2...kopana.netoctober 14, 2026“If it costs you your peace, it’s too expensive.” ~ Unknown Before we left Cannon Beach today, I took another walk. I photographed [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 14/10/2026kopana.net/october-13-2...kopana.netoctober 13, 2026“Grace means that all of your mistakes now serve a purpose besides shame.” ~ Unknown Haystack Rock at Cannon Beach, Oregon was on the list to [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 13/10/2026kopana.net/october-12-2...kopana.netoctober 12, 202“You are never too old to dream, too late to begin again, or too far away to reach for something new.” ~ Unknown Greg and I drove to Mt. [...] 010 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 12/10/2026kopana.net/october-11-2...kopana.netoctober 11, 2026“You can notice the spiral without following it all the way down. Retrain your brain.” ~ Unknown I took Greg to the Gum Wall. Yes, I said gum [...] 010 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 11/10/2026kopana.net/october-10-2...kopana.netoctober 10, 2026“May you dream of lovely things and wake to find them real.” ~ Unknown I hadn’t been to Seattle in 38 years. I changed that ahead [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 10/10/2026kopana.net/october-9-20...kopana.netoctober 9, 2026“Life is like a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” ~ Albert Einstein Meet Ignatius T. Wagstaff, AKA Iggy, but I call him The Igmeister. [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 09/10/2026kopana.net/october-8-20...kopana.netoctober 8, 2026“In the end, we’re all just stories. Make yours a good one.” ~ Unknown Tiz the season of the long shadow, when the sun casts a golden [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026kopana.net/october-7-20...kopana.netoctober 7, 2026“We never outgrow our need for love, and we never reach the limit of how much love we can give.” ~ Unknown My grandparents, Hazel and Thornton [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 07/10/2026kopana.net/october-6-20...kopana.netoctober 6, 2026“A cheerful heart is good medicine.” ~ Proverbs 17:22 The first person I saw when I got to the funeral home for Shero’s service was [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 06/10/2026kopana.net/october-5-20...kopana.netoctober 5, 2026“Disrepect will close doors that apologies can’t open. Be careful how you treat people you think you don’t need.” ~ Unknown This [...] 010 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026kopana.net/october-4-20...kopana.netoctober 4, 2026“You need a “Let Go” list just as much as you need a “to-do” list – Let go of the anger, regrets, attachments, and people and situations that [...] 010 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 04/10/2026kopana.net/october-3-20...kopana.netoctober 3, 2026“If you want to know where your heart is, look to where your mind goes when it wanders.” ~ Walt Whitman This is Yvonne Giles. BFF Reinette [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026kopana.net/october-2-20...kopana.netoctober 2, 2026“If you’re wondering who your people are, they’re the ones who make your heart feel seen and your nervous system feel calm. Yes, it is [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 02/10/2026kopana.net/october-1-20...kopana.netoctober 1, 2026“Not every change is a loss.” ~ Unknown I was at Hutchins Library at Berea College today. Head of Special Collections Tim Binkley (right) was a [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 01/10/2026kopana.net/september-30...kopana.netseptember 30, 2026“You will never regret choosing kindness.” ~ Unknown I’ve had such a delicious, adventurous day. I got some good work done on an upcoming [...] 010 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026kopana.net/september-29...kopana.netseptember 29, 2026“When you look at a field of dandelions, you can either see a hundred weeds or a thousand wishes.” ~ Unknown Soon after last night’s [...] 110 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026kopana.net/september-28...kopana.netseptember 28, 2026“Be careful not to judge a transition while you’re in he middle of it. A bridge is always more wobbly than either shore.” ~ Cory Muscara [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026kopana.net/september-27...kopana.netseptember 27, 2026“Sometimes, when one door closes, you need to nail a board over it.” ~ Unknown I delivered those cemetery flowers I made yesterday. They seemed [...] 010 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026kopana.net/september-26...kopana.netseptember 26, 2026“You don’t have to have it all figured out. You just have to keep showing up for your own becoming.” ~ Dede Hawkins Shero had become so [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 26/09/2026kopana.net/september-25...kopana.netseptember 25, 2026“I asked the crows for guidance. They said find your people and become a minor neighborhood concern.” ~ Unknown It’s fall. It feels [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026kopana.net/september-24...kopana.netseptember 24, 2026“Appreciate good people. They’re hard to come by.” ~ Unknown I talk about Lord Basil George Heybuddy Pogo “Buddy” Terry all [...] 010 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026kopana.net/september-23...kopana.netseptember 23, 2026“Every version of yourself was doing its best with what it knew. Give yourself some grace.” ~ Mel Robbins A couple of days ago, while walking [...] 001 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026kopana.net/september-22...kopana.netseptember, 22, 2026“Misery loves company, but so does Joy. And Joy throws much better parties.” ~ Billy Ivey One thing I love about Judy is her sense of [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026kopana.net/september-21...kopana.netseptember 21, 2026“When today feels heavy, notice what is still here: warm coffee, light through a window, a familiar laugh, a song you love, the evening sky, and [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026kopana.net/september-20...kopana.netseptember 20, 2026“If your nervous system could speak, it would ask you to spend more time with peaceful people, and to take longer walks.” ~ Yung Pueblo This [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 20/09/2026kopana.net/september-19...kopana.netseptember 19, 2026“If you can overthink the worst, why can’t you overthink the best?” ~ Unknown I went to help Lois and Missy at their yard sale. I was two [...] 001 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 19/09/2026kopana.net/september-18...kopana.netseptember 18, 2026“Meditation is not an escape from anything. It’s learning to sit peacefully with everything.” ~ Timber Hawkeye John and Nila Crouch are [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026kopana.net/september-17...kopana.netseptember 17, 2026“Fall in love with as many things as possible.” ~ Unknown Today, I had the rare opportunity to help HRB and Ken, instead of them helping me. I [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 17/09/2026kopana.net/september-16...kopana.netseptember 16, 2026“The world is changed less by what we argue, and more by the kindness we quietly live.” ~ Unknown Once again, I’ve followed [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026kopana.net/september-15...kopana.netseptember 15, 2026“It’s not about perfection. It’s about authenticity.” ~ Jeff Bridges I came home after a pretty productive day at the office and [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 15/09/2026kopana.net/september-14...kopana.netseptember 14, 2026“The way we choose to see the world creates the world we see.” ~ Barry Neil Kaufman I used to stockpile quotes for the outhouse, sometimes a [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 14/09/2026kopana.net/september-13...kopana.netseptember 13, 2026“I know that no one else is responsible for my happiness, but I am very appreciative of the people who add to it.” ~ Unknown Remember I said [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 13/09/2026kopana.net/september-12...kopana.netseptember 12, 2026“A kind heart can still stand strong and fight for what truly matters.” ~ Unknown Yesterday’s post seemed a bit of a downer because of [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 12/09/2026kopana.net/september-11...kopana.netseptember 11, 2026“For many of us, it is a vivid memory, but for our children, it is history.” ~ Anslee Earwood 2,977 names read. 2,977 moments of silence. 2,977 [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 11/09/2026kopana.net/september-10...kopana.netseptember 10, 2026“If everything you offered was not enough, offer your absence.” ~ Mario Benedetti I don’t care how bad a day or week or month I’ve [...] 011 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026kopana.net/september-9-...kopana.netseptember 9, 2026“Very little is needed to make a happy life.” ~ Unknown I must be living right because this week I got to have dinner with both my blood and [...] 010 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026kopana.net/september-8-...kopana.netseptember 8, 2026“Nothing has ever been said about God that hasn’t already been better said by the wind in the pine trees.” ~ Thomas Merton Aunt Lois [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026kopana.net/september-7-...kopana.netseptember 7, 2026“If you can’t change a situation, change the way you choose to see it. Remember, most of your stress comes from your reaction, not from reality [...] 001 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026kopana.net/september-6-...kopana.netseptember 6, 2026“Give yourself permission to imagine who you could be beyond the boxes you have always known.” ~ Unknown Robin gave me a bag of tomatoes [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 06/09/2026kopana.net/september-5-...kopana.netseptember 5, 2026“Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction becomes the turning point. Move slowly if you need to, just keep moving.” ~ Unknown The [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 05/09/2026kopana.net/september-4-...kopana.netseptember 4, 2026“You are being presented with two choices: Evolve or Repeat.” ~ Unknown On the way into the office, I stumbled upon these drawings on the brick [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 04/09/2026kopana.net/september-3-...kopana.netseptember 3, 2026“No one ever got radicalized by being grateful.” ~ Gloria Steinem It was an unexpected day, full of gratitude and seeing or talking to loads of soul people [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 03/09/2026kopana.net/september-2-...kopana.netseptember 2, 2026“Run the risk. If it works out, happiness. If not, wisdom.” ~ Unknown It was a big, emotional day in the outhouse. Hero and Shero’s house [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026kopana.net/september-1-...kopana.netseptember 1, 2026“Be joyful because it is humanly possible.” ~ Wendell Berry Had a little setback today, I guess, from the heat. Plus, Wendell Berry died [...] 010 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 31/08/2026kopana.net/august-30-20...kopana.netaugust 30, 2026“Joy doesn’t have to be loud. Sometimes it looks like coffee and sunshine.” ~ Unknown This is Ruby. Ruby has a middle name, like any good [...] 010 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026kopana.net/august-29-20...kopana.netaugust 29, 2026“Becoming yourself is the longest, most sacred rebellion.” ~ Unknown The night before I went to West Liberty, I stumbled outside near midnight [...] 000 0
Kopana @theouthouse.bsky.social · 29/08/2026kopana.net/august-28-20...kopana.netaugust 28, 2026“We’re all pieces of God and we all have that little God-Light inside us.” ~ Dolly Parton I’ve been awful sick this week, but today [...] 000 0