Let's start this way, from the Book of Luke, Chapter 6. “I will show you what someone is like who comes to me,listens to my words, and acts on them.That one is like a man building a house,who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock;when the flood came, the river burst against that housebut …
Milkshake!
Weekend here, walks in the door, just four little days, felt it felt it, felt like more. Smoke in the skies, COVID all around, bump through the days, count them down. Weekend’s here, marked by a shake-up, hoops on the screen, play-doh milkshake, after supper snack offered in the wake, Wake of a week we’ll …
Fire In The Sky
It’s been quite a crazy year, this 2020. We’ve got the Global COVID Pandemic, over 7,000 wild fires in the Western US so far, and sequester life and distance learning and so much wrapped up in between. A weird year filled with uncertainty and many unsettling things. Here in the San Francisco Bay Area where …
Lyrics Post: “Candela”
Quite a risque song, if you find the translation. Or better yet, check out the Youtube video at the end, with the English translation embedded. Listen and enjoy the song, the beat, the performance, the play. Ay candela, candelaCandela, me quemo aéAy candela, candelaCandela, me quemo aé Puso un baile un jutía para una gran …
So Many Messages, One Purpose
There are so many ways, so many takes, but in the end just one purpose, I think: EQUALITY. After 400 years a society, and almost 250 years a country, let it be so: that all people are equal and should be treated as such. These names come to mind: Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Harry Edwards, …
Can I Get A Like? THANK YOU~
I’ve been at this social media thing for a while...Twitter, Facebook, Insta, and this blog. FB I see as a personal network. The rest, and for sure, FOR SURE this blog — my voice to the world. And so to increase the good this voice can do in the world, I’m slowly adapting to the …
Back At It
A little longer stretch, a little gentler start as we kick back into the "new normal" after the three-day weekend capped by the Labor Day holiday. The kids back to distance learning. The adults back to work-from-home. Easy does it. I think about the riders in the Tour de France, entering their second week of …
Labor Day
The late 19th Century saw the labor movement gain ground. As the turn of the century approached the movement spurred popular support to such degree that national, and international holidays were established to recognize and celebrate workers around the world. During this same time more reasonable norms were established for number of working hours, and …
It Seems Simple
These simple words from Francis seem to sum things up pretty well, to me. During these especially crazy times with so many variables in play, I find myself drawn to these simple ideas: interconnectedness, solidarity, mutual support and empathy, compromise for the common good. Pandemic, social unrest, political turmoil, economic uncertainty...one by one we’ll handle …
Simple Blessings
Friday night, front end of the three-day holiday weekend. Everybody ready for bed by eight in the evening, relaxing, screens fired up, and kids winding down. Room lighting just so, a fan blowing gently behind me, easy breeze, hum, glow from the screen on the wall delivering food network fun, light, soft-brain goodness. What’s on? …
