I am grateful for quite a bit… this first post of mine in the year 2023. I had a fabulous recording of what shall be the opening episode for season ten of LWG. And season three opener of Moped Outlaws went live today—another podcast I am grateful to be a part of. I had a…

This weekend will mark the transition from the years 2022 to 2023.  This has been quite a year!  This past month I graduated from Orange Coast College with an Associates of Science degree in Professional Mariner Activities and already there are opportunities opening up for me.  I officiated on several national soccer tournaments, meeting other…

It is another day after the holiday; the majority of our country is experiencing a major winter storm.  There are a lot of flights delayed and canceled, some people have died because of the storm.  It is a little cloudy where I live, but the sun is up and I am alive.  It is a…

As many close to me can attest to, often when I refer to down time, I am doing a deep dive into the human shadow. Today, however, I am grateful for the RnR I enjoyed… Even doing a load of my laundry was a pleasure. All good in the neighborhood.  

And so I am grateful for another year in my life.  I have had a great day so far and a wonderful birthday week.  I am grateful for that as well.  I look forward to tomorrow and to this next year.

Today I am writing this from my room in Cabo San Lucas; yes I am blessed.  I am so grateful that Grace arranged this trip for us.  It is a trip of relaxation and recharging; this is what we are doing.  Okay, there is some work being done, but very little.  We are meeting new…

I am grateful for the soul I feel I know it’s real It keeps me smiling as the nights grow longer Helps me grow stronger In the truth Sometimes… It seems It’s all I got And when I’m not Beatin’ myself senseless I confess I see the Light And I’m alright ‘Cause having my soul…

Today I took my last written final for my Professional Mariner Activities degree; Saturday I have a class but no test.  I am so grateful for all of the things that I have learned in the program at Orange Coast College; I am grateful for the people, (both instructors and students) that I have met. …

I am grateful for a wonderful evening, family gathered together to celebrate Bodhi’s seventeenth birthday. Wonderful people. Wonderful food. Wonder full birthday…

I am grateful for the guest Marc and I recorded with this morning for Moped Outlaws episode #80. No! I ain’t telling you who it is… it goes live next Monday. And I am grateful for the Netflix series: Half Bad: The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself. It is hitting just right right now……

Today I drove with Grace down to San Diego to the Training Resources Maritime Institute.  The purpose of this trip was to spend half of a day training how to put fires out on a ship, in tight spaces.  Decked out in Fire Turnout Suits with breathing apparatus’ strapped to my back, I followed my…

Tonight I am grateful for the conversation I had with my daughter. I appreciate greatly her openness; her trust. …and – I ask for strength. Because sometimes, I sleep where the sun don’t ever shine.