Once Again

I’ve said it before… I imagine I will so again. I am grateful for my brother. I am really grateful for the gift he gave me last week with our blog posting… It saved me $5. More then that, though, I am grateful for the continual connection we share for excelling, healing, and becoming conscious….

She’s a Lady

Today I am very grateful that there is a beautiful lady in my life; one who does not allow me to slack off.

In The Future Past

I look out over distant oceans Seeing sand castles on a hill And there is not boat waiting But I am standing here still Children’s laughter sprinkled memories She tossed her hair As she ran down the stair Nobody was sayin’ life is fair Smoke leaves traces of life once lived Smells and soot fill…

Miracle’s

For several years now I have talked about wanting to read the Koran.  I have never done anything about obtaining a copy of the Koran I have only thought about it.  This morning I hired a driver to take me to the airport; he was telling me how he was fasting because of his religion. …

The Value of Life

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Say What?

This week I was supposed to be back in British Columbia, Canada; plans changed and my trip was postponed.  Rather than going to Canada I stayed in Arizona and contacted a couple of assignors for soccer tournaments that were being played in Southern Arizona.  I was able to officiate seven games over the course of…

Soma

I am grateful for the young woman Who made a mix tape for me And introduced me to a music that Was on the cusp Of blowing up She was incredible

It’s a sport

On Tuesday evening my brother and I were talking and we have decided that beginning next week the two of us will work out, physically, at least three times a week; no excuses.  Yesterday afternoon as I was working at my desk I received an email asking if I was available to officiate two soccer…

heads | tails

i am grateful for seeing both sides of the coin for feeling both sides i am grateful for the joy i feel right now it was a trying day

Pass the Port

I like to criticize our government for their ineptness every now and then; but today the Department of State worked flawlessly and with smiles on their faces and I received a renewed passport the same day that I turned my old one in.  I needed to do this today because I am traveling internationally this…

Rain Rain Rain

I am grateful for John Lee Hooker and the beautiful blues experience he gave me many a decade ago in a heated, sweaty, local music house with wood floorboards and a low, raised stage that night, my friends, the blues screamed and raged and shuffled softly in a melancholy groan legs shaking eyes glistening and…

You Ask Me Why…

Storm blew through A Broken stump where once a tree grew Powerlines crossed with fallen wood Powerless around where a tree stood So, I am grateful for the people that work hard during, and after, storms blowing through — to restore power for me and you. I am grateful we got our electricity back on…