The work started months ago. A handful of Lion leaders doing early prep work for the event scheduled for Saturday, 9 February, the 23rd year of the Cupertino De Anza Lions Club Charity Crab Feed. We need a 12 foot box truck, and refrigerated rig too, to handle all the transport of gear and foodstuff …
Category: Attitude
A Dad’s List, #5
The Dad's List Series continues after a little (medium-size?) hiatus. Super stoked to be back with another edition, this one like, "...FIVE golden rings, four calling birds...", no wait, stay on track. Just a little humor is at play; almost never a bad thing, humor. But to the matter at hand...The Number Five Dad's List, …
Ocelot?!
Actually no, the theme for this piece is actually "oscillate" ... as in, "to vary or vacillate between differing beliefs, opinions, [and especially for this post], conditions, etc." There might be a little lesson from the small feline predator of the Americas too. It's been a helluva last few weeks. Lots going on as the new year kicks into full gear. Family, work, life. …
Operation: Little Kids
“Being a parent of little kids is sometimes like being a special forces operator.” That’s the way it’s been feeling these last few days. Of course, we don’t have to apply lethal force in the course of conducting parenting operations; and certainly we are not in harms way (typically) when parenting. So no one is …
Are You Experienced?
Sure there's the Jimi Hendrix debut album from 1967, but that's not (exactly) what I'm talking about. In its most basic form, I'm talking about the experiences we have everyday, and making the most, or maybe TAKING the most, from every situation, every experience, every day. Here's what I mean. There are plenty of ups …
2018, That’s a Wrap
That's a wrap. Not the yummy tortilla kinda "wrap", mind you. Rather, I'm of course talking about the end of the year, 31 December, 2019 just a few hours away. Notable from the year... Faith proved again to be a major, positive influencer in coping, navigating, persevering through the rougher patches of water. My father …
Happy Christmas
It's the middle of the night. I woke from slumber, thinking about the rough state this country's in, the tough state our world's in, and then this song comes to mind. And I feel a little better. “Christmas Song”, Dave Matthews, c. 1993. She was his girl, he was her boyfriend Soon to be his …
PERSEVERE
My “Word That Matters” for 2018. “This word speaks to me everyday. I have it engraved on a band I wear on my wrist. It says ‘keep going, never give up, go forward, don’t be deterred by obstacles’. It speaks to all of us where we are, to be strong and brave and committed to …
Listen
Listen. There is an awful lot we can learn, and a lot of joy to be had as well, when we listen. When listening carefully, we also deepen our awareness, and strengthen our ability to cope and understand and thrive in the world. The other morning very early, I made the decision not to get …
Priorities
"Shoe Pile." It might seem a bit odd, a pile of shoes next to a shoe rack. I often think that when I walk by that spot in our house. After all, shouldn't those shoes be properly stowed in the rack? But then if you count the shoes, you pretty quickly note there are more …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 