A long while back -- true enough, it HAS been a long time... This band from the San Francisco Bay Area -- where I've called home the whole of my life -- they went through iterations...and as rock pop was blossoming in the 1980's...Jefferson Starship was well in the mix, and this song was the …
Simple Things
I wake up in the darkness; I feel unsure, uncertain of the next day, the next moment. Sometimes that darkness stays with me the whole of the day. I turn to simple things, repeatedly, to find light, and joy. A mix of temporal and permanent, these simple things. Fresh, hot coffee, The crackle of the …
Strange Solace
Working in the warehouse today, standing in-between the looming racks of material,pallets up high, down low, also looses boxes neatly stacked. I'm between PL1 and PL2. Gray, rainy day outside, much needed rain for our drought-stricken state. The weather turned wet yesterday, and is expected to continue throughout today. Near the location I'm working in …
Wound Up
People ask me at work, How are you doing? Of late it’s uniformly been, “Pretty wound up…” So much to do. So much all at once, And it doesn’t go away, So SO much, So much so, I prep then fall into sleep, where I want to be, Tucked away in slumber, Not all wound …
Not Alone, Busy Brain
Sweet slumber, gives way to Busy Brain. Unexpected; thought things were well in hand. Why does this happen? Why do our brains do this? Work, kids, bills, tasks, life comes trickle rushing in. This scribble at 243a, after an hour and a half of this and that ponder. A coupe of my colleagues at work, …
Celebrating SLud_50
Fifty years ago this weekend my brother came into the world. From then until now he is my unique other half. We’re almost five years apart; all the same, he was, is my one who repeatedly inspires, confounds, and provides joy. From the day he came home until now, he represents a constant hope for …
Moments
Trying to make them when I can, moments for the kids, moments for fun. Not a big thinker most of the time, more an opportunist, open to make it happen if the desire and window of time opens. Case in point? Mid-Sunday afternoon, at a local park, kids playing, then someone has to go potty, …
Lyrics Post: “Second Nature”
This one from RUSH, all those years ago… Still speaks, still magic… "Second Nature" A memo to a higher officeOpen letter to the powers that beTo a god, a king, a head of stateA captain of industryTo the movers and the shakers...Can't everybody see? It ought to be second natureI mean, the places where we …
A Tribute: Grandpa Mort
Family, parties, storytelling, all catalysts to express and experience love. His daughter, mother to my sisters-in-law, humbled me with a gift a few years, a home-made holidays vest. The nickname “Mort”… from last name Morton. What a great bunch, that family; I never met Grandpa Mort, but I know his daughter. One of the truest …
Safe Mode
Sometimes Safe Mode is necessary. Sometimes it’s the right call. Sometimes it's ok to shift to Safe Mode, to only attend to the essential things that require immediate attention. Safe Mode allows us to narrow focus. Safe Mode strips away the extra, the "bells and whistles", the things that might slow us down, knock us …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 