The road ends, but the journey continues...
I caught this re-broadcast segment on 60 minutes last night after returning from our 4015-plus mile road trip to visit Dad and be with Family. Because Dad fought in WWII, I offer this video in honor of the spirit in which it was fought…because he is my dad, I offer it in honor of what it means to be Family.
(Nicholas Winton and the Power of Good)
from- Swimming with Swans: vignettes of our three year journey between homes
November 2011 (Fountain Hills, AZ)
During my daily walks along local paths in town and in the surrounding desert area, I’ve noticed Saguaro Cacti with large dark brown “bite” patches along their base up to and including places way high above my head. At first I thought perhaps they were indeed, bites from local fauna that somehow didn’t get hurt eating the spiky spines along with the juicy flesh. Think: deer bites on Aspen tree trunks. But it didn’t seem to fit with the height limit of most animals. So, I got to thinking maybe it was some sort of naturally occurring disease that helps to maintain eco-balance such as the Pine Beetles in the Colorado forests.
I did a bit of Google research and discovered Continue reading
Detail of rows 1 & 2 of my quilt WIP
Note: In keeping with the theme of this previously written Swimming with Swans vignette (2012), we celebrate in spirit with our daughter Hava as she receives her J.D. degree this weekend (2014).
from-Swimming with Swans: vignettes of our three journey between homes
May 2012 (Westminster, CO)
In honor of this time of year: a time of graduations, weddings and new beginnings. It is a time of celebrations and inspirations.
And there’s more, oh so much more to be thankful for and to celebrate… Continue reading
Track list:
1-In Search Of
2-Meet Me in Maui
3-On The Border (Al Stewart)
4-Welcome to the Milky Way
5-Working Up An Appetite (Tim Finn)
6-Timberline Tree
7-Child’s Play
8-Rhapsody in Blood
9-Imagine (John Lennon)
10-Brief Encounter
11-What a Difference a Day Makes
Tom’s a guitar bud from the days when back-to-back students, gigs, concerts, workshops and rehearsals left little time for socializing. It’s been over five years since we each rented studio space in the same building with other working musicians and the ‘Chocolate Lady’ in downtown Louisville, CO. Swapping stories and notes between late or ‘no show’ students, we forged a professional and personal camaraderie during our respective day-to-day teaching gigs.
While Tom has been performing, writing, recording and evolving with his group Perpetual Motion for years, Perfect Imperfection is his first solo recording. Several years in the making, the name is taken from his wife and band partner Josie’s view of life: Nothing is perfect, that is what makes life so perfect. Evidently, this wifely philosophy was the kick in the pants Tom needed to actually record a solo album. Continue reading
Once again I find myself in Colorado visiting Dad while in the midst of record breaking weather. The Deep Freeze temps that usually occur during the National Western Stock Show in January have arrived earlier this year. Family and friends are beginning to joke about my visits bringing crazy weather; first the 1000 year flood and now this. If this keeps up, those same friends and family might not be so happy to hear of any further visits I’ll be making!
The unseasonably bitter cold has brought out concerns for the neighborhood stray cat where my brother and sister-in-law live. It seems there is this kitty who was once a beloved house cat, living an indoor life in a home just kitty corner (!) from my brother and sister-in-law. This lovely feline had an adoring owner who passed on about three years ago. Kitty’s inherited owner took no interest in claiming her, causing Kitty to become an unwilling outdoor cat.
As with most strays, she makes her daily rounds; surviving better than most because of her winning personality and because her territory is within a nice neighborhood. According to my brother, she is the perfect stray to take in and call your own. Kitty has tried to adopt various humans, but with little success. Mostly because she is technically someone else’s pet. In the case of my brother and sister-in-law, they accepted Kitty’s offer at one time, trying to incorporate her into the family. Unfortunately, the household’s menagerie of permanent and semi-permanent pets didn’t accept Kitty into their gang.
So adopting Kitty was not an option. Continue reading
It’s NaNoWriMo time again, folks.
Last year, the challenge in doing my first NaNo was to just do it. This year, it’s to just do it in a different genre. Yep, it’s only my second time around for this event, but I feel like a seasoned pro.
What exactly is NaNoWriMo? The clever acronym stands for: National Novel Writing Month. This extravaganza takes place in November each year and is a wild journey of writing 50,000 words in 30 days. That’s 1667 words each day. Every day. Of course, in my case that’s the bare minimum as I try to stockpile words to protect my Thanksgiving Holiday from the ravages of NaNo. Since this year’s Turkey Day lands mercifully on the first of the last three days in November…I can finish by then, no problem! Just in time for the kids to come home for the festivities and enjoy our feast in pure turkeyed-out bliss!
Last year’s approach was purely intuitive. Continue reading
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