Recovery. Sobriety. Living Wise.
To hear the music in today’s post, please go to the Just A Thought website. PLEASE CLICK HERE In life, sometimes, we tumble into a crevasse, deep enough, dark enough, dangerous enough, to reorder our priorities and change how we live the rest of our lives. My tumble taught me three things about crevasses: They’re almost impossible to avoid, They’re terrifyingly consuming, They’re virtually impossible … Continue reading The Great Crevasse
To hear the music in today’s post, please go to the Just A Thought website. PLEASE CLICK HERE The state of the world has really sucked the wind out of my sails and put me in a state of watchful grief. It has been hard to find my equilibrium. Luckily for Marsha and me, we found a way to get a little peace of … Continue reading A Visit to Dogland
In the Year of What Else Could Go Wrong cleared gutters gush November rainand run off becomes more of an ideathan a result. The tiny maple leaves once fall fire drop and clog the splash block and water eases its way down the foundation wall as all good North-west basements turn winter pools. No one says, what next? The predatorshave taken power, the weak are leftweeping in their chai tea, … Continue reading In the Year of What Else Could Go Wrong
We have included Mark Pearson’s music in this post. Please click on the link above in your email, or Click Here A while back I introduced you to Mark Pearson, a fraternity brother of mine. In his sixty years as a singer and songwriter he does in music what I’ve attempted to do in words. As a member of the folk group The Brothers Four, … Continue reading The Way of Everything
“What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other’s folly. That is the first law of nature.” ~ Voltaire I’d like to share my story of how I learned a new language — the language of the heart. Not long after I sobered up I bought a cabin on the Swinomish … Continue reading How I Learned A New Language