The campfire is always crackling and visitors are always welcome at Campfire Park
— Cowboy at the Campfire
Nature Folk Guitar
And why he only strums
Greetings Fellow Strummers,
My name is Guitar.
Introducing Guitar from Nature Folk
And I know what you’re thinking: A talking guitar? Well, you can’t have a Nature Folk Movement (NFM) without a guitar at a campfire. What exactly is the NFM? It’s where we go about fixing nature one campfire talk, one folk song and one waterside chat at a time. If you think that’s far fetched, don’t forget – you’re talking to a guitar! Our goal at Nature Folk? To deliver quality campfires to your digital doorstep to help you reconnect with the natural world around you and rediscover how we used to do things in the Before Phone (BP) era prior to the smartphone and internet taking over our lives.
So enjoy, and as always, thanks for stopping by,
It’s a new dawn with Candidate Burt Silver, but only because he stayed up all night to see it
— Burt Silver
Toot Too Far
If so, call Uncle & Uncle
Have you or a close loved one …
Ever been startled by the blare of horn?
Uncle & Uncle is in your corner
And did the rude horn blast cause you to feel distracted for the rest of the day, and possibly cause psychological harm? If so, not to worry, Uncle & Uncle is in your corner. We’ll not only make sure the person who perpetrated the act is brought to justice, we’ll make sure you only hear polite toots.
Don’t let beep make you lose sleep — Call Your Uncle!
I don’t know much, but I’m inclined to spill whatever I do out at the campfire
— Old Miner
Dialog with Dino
It was a Time of Great Phonelessness
What’s could possibly be crazier …
Than a phone-eating dinosaur?
Available on Apple Podcasts and Podbean
Answer: How about a podcast hosted by a talking guitar? As odd as that may seem, you can’t have a Nature Folk Movement (NFM) without and guitar by a campfire. At Firelight Radio, the content is campfire-inspired and guitar-guaranteed. That means you’re going to hear a little crackling and you’re going to hear a little plucking. Well, actually plucking is a bit of an exaggeration. Guitar may look like a guitar but his playing skills are pretty much limited to strumming.
The good news is that Guitar always has a special guest to help him get down the bottom of what the NFM is all about. In this episode, Dino the Dinosaur from the obscure geologic epoch know as “Before Phones” is in the special guest. Dino’s quest? To try to find his way back to the epoch Before Phones, also known as BP. His method for getting there is eating every phone that he sees.
Well howdy folks, and I’m completely freaked out. And you know why. The fringe middle. The silent majority. Why are they so quiet?
— Buck Buckner
Talking Tree
Firelight Radio presents
Welcome to Firelight Radio …
Where we tune in to the Nature Folk Movement (NFM).
Firelight Radio is available on Apple Podcasts and Podbean
What exactly is the NFM? It’s the feeling that wells up into our hearts and minds when we gather around a campfire — the crackle, the glow, the aroma and the strumming. Here at Firelight Radio, we’re campfire inspired and guitar guaranteed. You’re always gonna hear a little crackling and you’re always gonna a little strumming. It’s where we get back to what’s important in life.
On today’s episode, we talk to a tree.
Actually, it’s the tree that does most of the talking.
Remember the Rule of the Ninja: Never fear, never doubt, and never over think.
— Ranger Rudi
Trilogy Sneak Peak
How one simple campfire spawned 3 books
Hey there,
Thanks for stopping by. Today, I wanted to write a short piece on the three books that I co-authored. If the books were ever featured as a movie, the Hollywood-style trailer would probably go something along the lines as written below (and shown in the video.)
So without further ado …
As Ranger Rusty raised the flag at the crack of dawn, he thought it was “just another day. Little did he know his day would turn into a 3-book odyssey. Or am I talking about myself?
Little did I know (or imagine at the time) that the endeavor of writing those three books would take six years of my life. Not that I didn’t enjoy it, and not that I did it all the time, all day long. It was usually in the evening and early morning hours – before embarking into work at the nearby National Park/Preserve – that I did most of my writing. The caveat is that I did it every day. Rarely did I let a day go by without working on some aspect of the sprawling work. The other caveat is that I had a co-author, as elaborated in the video above. But even he would say when it came to the grindstone of writing it the book was primarily me. The other caveat, and there are lots – is that the three books chime in at just under 500,000 words. That’s quite a bit by any metric. A short book, like the Great Gatsby, is around 60,000 words. Could we have used an editor to help us shorten it up? Maybe so, but I stand by every word.
My Point:
The trilogy didn’t start as a trilogy. It started as a single book. And that single book didn’t start as a book. It started as a 30-minute campfire talk. The rest, shall we say, is campfire history. At the start of a journey usually you have no idea where it will lead. You can check out the books here: Visit the Trilogy’s website
Or, breaking news, check out the abridged version of all three here:
Buy the book: Kindle and paperback formats
Try not to overthink a song. Go with what pops in your head, run with it, and don’t stop until you cross the finish line.
— Bobby Angel
Final Campfire
The stunning conclusion to the trilogy
Welcome to Book 3 …
Of the Centennial Campfire Trilogy.
Cowboy at the campfire reviews the book
Book Summary
Welcome to Book 3 and what critics are raving “the stunning conclusion” to the Centennial Campfire Trilogy. At the end of the first two books of the trilogy — The Legend of Campfire Charlie and Last Stand at Boulder Ridge — our fearless protagonist, Ranger Rusty, finds himself simultaneously trying to man the Sweetwater Visitor Center in the heart of the Big Cypress Swamp while also slipping back in time to distant childhood memories of an old backcountry camp and deeper still to a first-hand historical account of adventures at a Seminole War era fort and a haunted archeological dig for dinosaur bones as he tries to conjure the energy to hold court at a campfire talk in a remote campground at the end of a very (emphasis on very) long day. As exquisite an ending you’ll ever find in a “large canvas” epic work, Final Campfire is a full-body experience that no respectable book reader, plumber or campfire enthusiast (including the inner s’mores roaster in all of us) will want to miss.
Front and Back Covers
Note: Watch the original movie trailer to the trilogy to find out more, and also check out The Legend of Campfire Charlie (Book 1) and Last Stand at Boulder Ridge (Book 2). The Centennial Campfire Trilogy is co-authored by Robert V Sobczak and Rudi Heinrich.
