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Seattle Thanks 2022 part 2

Posted on November 30, 2022

Our visit included a visit to my see my stepmom who turned 85 on Friday! Music was happening at her retirement community so we went to listen. (That’s Why There’s No) Thanksgiving Song Can’t sing along, cuz there’s no Thanksgiving song Pieces of April, now scattered round the table How many more, that’s what this day is for Take the tin foil from the tray, set silverware and plates Paper napkins from the drawer Too gold to stay too long… that’s why there’s Cheap beer and football, sweet wine and pratfalls Careful when you go to plate the cranberries should keep the shape Of the can, our silly yearly plan Makes us laugh until we shake, what little sense it makes To save the…

~ Commuting uniform ~

Posted on October 10, 2022

Those who know me know that I bike to work each day. It’s short – a 2.65 mile ride door to door. As I posted a few days ago we have been hit with a lot of late summer wildfire smoke so I suited up in an N-95 for the daily ride. Sigh. It’s a bit much these days. We desperately need rain for a whole host of reasons and even knowing that the rains will arrive, these weeks of dry and heat and smoke take their toll . . . .

Two shows

Posted on December 24, 2021

Went to two very good shows in December: Gregory Alan Isakov and Bruce Cockburn.  Bruce Cockburn has been one of my most loved musicians in my life. I have had the chance to see him many times over the 30 years of following his work. My friend Daniel invited me to attend the sound check, which was lovely as always.  GAI:                               Bruce Cockburn:

Posted on November 13, 2021

What to Remember When Waking by David Whyte In that first hardly noticed moment in which you wake,coming back to this life from the othermore secret, moveable and frighteningly honest worldwhere everything began,there is a small opening into the new daywhich closes the moment you begin your plans. What you can plan is too small for you to live.What you can live wholeheartedly will make plans enoughfor the vitality hidden in your sleep. To be human is to become visiblewhile carrying what is hidden as a gift to others.To remember the other world in this worldis to live in your true inheritance. You are not a troubled guest on this earth,you are not an accident amidst other accidentsyou were invited from another and greater…

Posted on October 25, 2021

Here is the thing about failure. There really is no such thing. All the steps that feel and look like failure are required for learning. Curiosity is fueled/nourished by failure. I think failure needs a rebrand. We somehow think it is “bad” when, in fact, it is essential. The difference between success and failure is just a decision to keep trying. Failure has a function. Failure asks if you want to keep going. @parkhere