2017-02-14 Update: I never intended to discuss Joshua James’ meaning of the song, “Coal War.” I was inspired by it and I just loved how it was used in the beginning of season 4 of “Sons of Anarchy” as I’m sure many fans were: I recall looking for interviews of Joshua James at the time […]
Inspirations
You Already Bought the Ticket. So Take the Ride.
I had the best day in a long, long time when it came to the case studies for Project 03. Case study #1 phase one should be running this time tomorrow and case study #2 is underway. A beautiful three hour session with a couple inspired, motivated ladies who are looking to do good things […]
Triggers – Truth #6 from A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
The biggest downside of trying to become conscious of being conscious is that it seems as though the emotional and situational triggers hit harder when you’re just reacting through your day. After I got through the end of the yesterday, I sat back and reflected while reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. I was so […]
Seasons of Change
If I was smarter, stronger & quicker, I’d a been able to get to Indianapolis at the end of February. As it were, a tooth, a few layers to Project 03 and a few winds blew in directions unforeseen, creating a season of change. I’m told I’m being hard on myself, but in truth I’m […]
“I’m dumb because I have a brain tumor. What’s your excuse?”
I just got home from spending an evening with some neighborhood friends who were in town for the weekend. We were catching each other up on our recent woes. In years’ past, our misery this evening would be centered around the rival St. Louis Cardinals being 3 (now 2) outs from winning another World Series. […]
As long as you believe in the happy ending
When learning how to publish a book of blues, one finds that the only thing one can hold on to during the journey is to the relationship between the contradictions. Some days one needs to embody Sun Tzu & embrace the five constant factors: The Moral Law Heaven Earth The Commander Method & Discipline Other […]
The time we 6-ironed my lucky charm goodbye before starting our shift
Then I jogged up front and pulled a Smokey Robinson for the next few hours. I still text her on her birthday. If you know my phone number, you know what day that is. Update 2019-01-03: Not anymore. A few years ago I texted. She didn’t reply. Then again, I switched phones and didn’t have […]
I Want to Rock Your Gypsy Soul Just Like Way Back in the Days of Old
Van Morrison’s Into the Mystic from his set at the Filmore West, April 26th 1970 is playing from my iPhone through the local establishment’s speakers as I help to close’er down, again. Not that it’s a habit, but it’s a great place to work when friends work the place. My new, old friend behind the […]
Finn, Roll with the Music
I’m south of the lake along the pond, listening to a local jam band finish up their set. 4 songs in 20 minutes & no lyrics: the mark of a good band. My buddy, Jelly, is enjoying sundown on the phone, chatting to his girlfriend who is across the river attending grad school at the […]
I woke up thinking about Hamlet. [Thank you for the epiphany, Bill.]
And then it started like a guuilty thingUpon a fearful summons. – Hamlet. Act 1. Scene 1. (Shakespeare) I never read Shakespeare. At least I never read them all. I read Julius Caesar a couple times. And Romeo & Juliet. But there’s this stack of stuff I’ve been meaning to read. The stack’s pretty tall. […]