EXPLORING THE MAGICAL AND THE MUNDANE


  • Looking for a Hero

    Victor Wooden is an amazing bass player. He’s played with people like Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (founding member) and Chick Corea. One of his albums, Yin-Yang, is on my ever-shuffling iPod, my endless playlist of some 8000+ songs. I’ve got a couple of his albums, but that’s not important. He’s a very inspiring man. His tag…


  • It’s rainy. It’s January. We all want to go outside. Individually and collectively, Mr. Al and I’ve been going through old pictures, pictures of sunny (and not so sunny) adventures over the past few years–the places we’ve been to the adventures we’ve experienced. It’s sure been fun. All that reminiscing?  Brought out the wandering star…


  • One of Those Weeks

    I was thinking this morning about how resistant to change humans are, yet how adaptable they are as well. And change is the only way, as a species, we can evolve and survive. Why are we so resistant? Just a random thought. Probably brought on by our having no water in the house… …over a…


  • My nearly-fifteen-year-old dog is ready to die. Not only a dog is Mr. Jinks, but a friend who’s unconditionally, unfailingly loved me for nearly fifteen years. He can never be “just a dog,”now, can he? I took him to the vet’s earlier in the week because he had a cough, among his other old age ouches. Vet…


  • Here we are! Together in a New Year. It’s so new you can still smell it’s freshness, taste it’s possibilities, see the whole vista of potential, hear it calling to you, feel that excitement at the beginning of a new adventure. I have no resolutions or plans for this year other than HEARING and TRUSTING…