It’s That Kinda Introspective Day…
Posted on | October 15, 2009 | 2 Comments
… where song lyrics say it all.
“For Goodness Sake”
By Chuck Ragan
Simple backbeats seem to soothe me.
If I could hold them, I would. Let’s say,
take some rest, as if not wicked.
And walk around enjoying silence.
A world away, elders gather,
Speak thier tongue and hardly falter.
With words of bond, joy and grievance,
Simple songs, work and penance.
To drown hate like a stone, walk the path overgrown.
Never to lay awake, and if so for goodness sake.
Well down the road the deer are crossing,
The grass is greener where there walking.
Rattling beasts and heavy movement,
mark them now son before we lose them.
Bear your arms, ever so wisely, or burn them all, if you have no need.
And dress to kill but kill so kindly.
A hollow heart’s to weak and weary.
To drown hate like a stone, and walk the path overgrown.
Never to lay awake, and if so for goodness sake.
Now call me crazy, but all the old ways, of living simple are simply fading.
And all we buy is time before we die and lay on down desensitized.
A wise old friend recently told me, “an idle mind is the devils playpen”.
Mind the gaps and watch them closely.
Spread the love, but choose your friends wisely.
Love yourself, to love your family and find the difference between wants and needs.
Be sure to stop and count your blessings, smell the roses and fight for something.
To drown hate like a stone, and walk the path overgrown.
Never to lay awake, and if so for goodness sake.
Now call me crazy but all the old ways, of living simple, are simply fading.
All we buy is time before we die, and lay on down desensitized.
Autumn…
Posted on | September 20, 2009 | 1 Comment
Autumn! Where have you been? Come on in! Please! Sit down and make yourself comfortable! My home is your home…
New Branches…
Posted on | August 19, 2009 | 2 Comments
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting my brother and his family up in Charlotte VT, pretty much old stomping grounds as a child, and I got to see my niece Anna Belle and newborn nephew Timothy, or, shall I say “Little Timmy” as they like to refer to him 
. It’s so easy to get caught up in the “Aw he’s so cute!” or “What a smart kid you guys have raised! You sure have your hands full!”.
But, in the end, as I started my rocky ascent from Burlington’s prestigious international airport, what I came away with from that wonderful visit (actually from every visit up there really), is the undeniable gravity of family.
How being amongst the “new branches” in the family tree, make you check yourself constantly. How you can’t help but marvel at all the potential you have crawling on you or sleeping in your arms. That potential to be everything you ever were or weren’t. That clean slate that allows for a life free of the dumb mistakes you ever made. Of wiser, kinder eyes and bigger, more accepting hearts.
There’s not an ounce of jadedness or hubris… just unfettered dreams and imagination.
I’ve spent a good amount of my life trying to hold onto those tiny threads back to when I ran through the woods, using a Whiffle Ball batt for a sword, valiantly stopping all that threatened to take that moment away. But those threads fray with time and get harder to hold on to.
As I sit back and watch another summer quickly disappear, I’m so grateful to have these new, fresh branches to grab and tie those threads back on to. To reinterpret, remix, add to and completely make their own.
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Now playing: Bon Iver – Blindsided
via FoxyTunes
About Friends…
Posted on | August 2, 2009 | No Comments
I can’t believe we’re already in August. I visited the site while I was at training last week and couldn’t believe that I still had the post up about the Golf being sold; from the end of June! 
The point of a blog is of course to update it and update it frequently. But man has life had me in a frenzy lately. Nothing bad per say though I regret that it’s involved a lot of what I like to call “screen time” (basically, time in front of a computer). But, I’m also in an odd little place where I’ve really been enjoying what I’m doing with said time in my off hours. I’ve connected with some pretty awesome people! On the days I feel like I need to unplug, I make sure that I do. But, for now, I’m gonna keep doing the little projects I have lined up on the side and enjoy connecting with people I never would’ve connected with otherwise.
When the time does come to unplug, I have an amazing network of friends to bring me back down and focus on what’s important to me. This weekend, above all weekends brought this fact home for me. We got together with friends in Raleigh and just sat around eating pizza, drinking Fat Tire and watching 3 horror movies that they all wanted me to pick out! The gathering wasn’t really even my idea! I didn’t host. I didn’t get the food. I did very little. In short, we all knew what a fun night for all of us would be and we threw it together. I don’t have too many friends I can do that with. I’m sure it wasn’t a big deal for them, they are all so genuinely and naturally kind people, but it was a big deal to me.
I’ve been walking a pretty introverted line my entire life and because of this, I’ve made much fewer friends then I bet I would’ve made if I was the extroverted type. I have zero regrets about this tact though. I’ve always felt that it was better to have 10 really close friends, than a 100 drinking buddies. So far it’s worked out really great 
.
I offer no pics of said individuals, no details. I only offer my sincerest thanks!
Life’s really damn short and I’ve been pretty blessed to share it with some of the best group of individuals on the planet! And I’m grateful for that fact every morning I wake up.
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Sad Farewells…
Posted on | June 26, 2009 | 1 Comment
Wow! What a crazy day yesterday was, let alone week! So many cult icons (icons I grew up with) left our world, it’s kind of head-spinning to think we’ll never see their smiling faces moving on our lit screens alive again. I hope they rest in peace. They certainly left a legacy of entertainment behind for all of us to reflect on and remember! Good memories too! I suppose we can only hope for that much.
Yesterday also brought the selling of my beloved Golf. She was a great car and, as much as car could be, a loyal trusted friend. It’s interesting how much an object can pull at the heart strings! We formed a lot of memories with that car and it was definitely hard to let her go. But after we bought the Prius, we found we were using her for things less and less. Then reliability became an issue, she failed inspection for the first time and we started to debate the price of everything to get her into tip top shape again (trust me… it was a lot) against the fact that we really only drove her two to three times a month.
Add in the monthly and annual payments we had to make and it was no-brainer really. Albeit a painful one.
She had to go .
So I put her up on Craig’s List hoping for an uber diesel enthusiast, biofuels geek (like me), and someone who’d work on her to get back into shape! Long story short, that exact person contacted me 2 hours after the posting went up and just like that, 48 hours later, the Golf was parked in a new, truly exceptional home! With a fully stocked garage no less !
I will absolutely miss her, but to know that she’ll ride again and give another family 1000’s of miles of service is a good feeling.
So now we’re a one car family!
It’s the first time in a long time, but I’m psyched for the challenge. There are a ton of options afforded to us here public transportation-wise and while I know we won’t find that everywhere and that every once and a while it’ll put us between a rock and hard place, it’ll save us money and it takes another car off the road. It also moves us one more HUGE step towards where we want to be, and that’s exciting!
“So long old friend! Thanks for all that you did!”
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Now playing: Iron & Wine – Lovesong Of The Buzzard
via FoxyTunes
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