Even Stop Lights

Sometimes I think thoughts that are kinda kooky.  You may know the types of thoughts I mean. Thoughts that, if you were to share, you just know those you love would roll their eyes and come up with something like "there she goes again".    So I think these thoughts but rarely allow myself the [...]

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The Hole in the Y’all

For real – it’s true. Y’all has a big ole hole in it.  I guess most people think “Y’all” is a contraction of sorts – combining “You” and “all”. But I beg to differ.  It’s not even slang. You see, “Y’all” when said correctly (Yawl) and in the right circumstance – to those for whom [...]

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Color Intervention

The area between San Diego and Tijuana hosts a biannual "Interzone Festival" or "Festival Tijuana Interzona".  This year's festival included an Urban Renewal project, where artists from all over were invited to spruce up outside walls of buildings scattered all over the poorest parts of the area.   The resulting art is fascinating, healing and humourous, yet [...]

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#NoMoreRecession ~ A Hashtag for Good

 It’s a simple idea, really.  Think of one thing people can do to help someone hurting because of the Recession, and tweet it with the hashtag #NoMoreRecession .   You know how sometimes you get that “lightbulb” in your head?  Maybe it was a great idea that could help us dig ourselves out of this [...]

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Summer Rain and a new Gift from Me!

The first sign that Summer is ending is the increase in activity in  ’Special Offer’ events.  I have two awesome such events to share with you today, plus,  I’m including my new creation “Deep Water Mind Trip” Download link.   The end of summer marks many things for me.  I’m a summer person, (but not [...]

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Even Stop Lights

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Sometimes I think thoughts that are kinda kooky.  You may know the types of thoughts I mean. Thoughts that, if you were to share, you just know those you love would roll their eyes and come up with something like "there she goes again". 
 
So I think these thoughts but rarely allow myself the priveledge of sharing.  I know it's taking a risk to share, and most of the time, I just don't do it.  One example has to do with Christmas and stop lights.  I suppose it's because daylight savings time goes back to "normal time" not long before the Holiday Season starts which makes this work, but it occures to me, that during the Holidays, the green and red (and gold even) of traffic lights, coupled with the red of tail lights if sitting in traffic, make for quite a Christmas-y show.  So, does that sound kinda kooky to you? I figured as much.
 
But, here's the fun part: While preparing the music for a Christmas Party and reviewing the words to some favorite carols, I noticed something.  It has been shared before. Yep. By Ray Evans, two-time Acadamy Award winning songwriter.  In…. you ready for this?  Silver Bells !   
 
Strings of street lights, even stop lights
Blink a bright red and green
And the shoppers run home with their treasures
 
That's the beginning of the second verse!  So if a big time composer can share a funky thought, why can't I? 
 
In fact, I should!
 
What about you?
 
 
 
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The Hole in the Y’all

For real – it’s true. Y’all has a big ole hole in it.  I guess most people think “Y’all” is a contraction of sorts – combining “You” and “all”. But I beg to differ.  It’s not even slang. You see, “Y’all” when said correctly (Yawl) and in the right circumstance – to those for whom [...]

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Color Intervention

The area between San Diego and Tijuana hosts a biannual "Interzone Festival" or "Festival Tijuana Interzona".  This year's festival included an Urban Renewal project, where artists from all over were invited to spruce up outside walls of buildings scattered all over the poorest parts of the area.   The resulting art is fascinating, healing and humourous, yet [...]

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October 13, 2011 0
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#NoMoreRecession ~ A Hashtag for Good

 It’s a simple idea, really.  Think of one thing people can do to help someone hurting because of the Recession, and tweet it with the hashtag #NoMoreRecession .   You know how sometimes you get that “lightbulb” in your head?  Maybe it was a great idea that could help us dig ourselves out of this [...]

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Summer Rain and a new Gift from Me!

The first sign that Summer is ending is the increase in activity in  ’Special Offer’ events.  I have two awesome such events to share with you today, plus,  I’m including my new creation “Deep Water Mind Trip” Download link.   The end of summer marks many things for me.  I’m a summer person, (but not [...]

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August 15, 2011 0
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Same Sauce

Sometimes my poor hearing is beneficial.  I was listening to a speech by the Dalia Lama on my ear buds today, and he said “We are all made by God. We all come from the same source”.  I was trying to multitask, however and mis-heard it as “same sauce”.   So, I decided to ponder [...]

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August 9, 2011 0
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Why it Doesn’t Have to be so Hard

So many times in my life and work, I come across people who seem  shrouded in misery.  Everything they say is something about a horrible thing that happened to them, or to someone else, or is happening somewhere in the world. Everything they do revolves around something painful or miserable.  It’s almost like we seek [...]

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August 3, 2011 0
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Mapping Trees – Working Beyond Passion

  “Do what you love and the money will follow.” That is the best and worst advice I’ve ever gotten.  There is a grain of truth in it, no doubt. But mostly  I think it’s bunk. I don’t mean that in a negative way either.  It’s just not a complete sentence in a real-world kind [...]

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July 7, 2011 2
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Inspired Within – Letting Out our Light

We already know this, but most of the time we ignore it. If we hear it, or feel it, or see it, it is sometimes just a fleeting moment, and we miss the opportunity to acknowledge it. Are you inspired at this moment? Don’t say no.   Because I challenge you – you are. Every second [...]

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July 1, 2011 3
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Speaking My Language

My father was a professor of literature and philosophy.  Needless to say he liked to speak with big words and metaphors almost all the time.  My best friend and I used to get tickled sometimes when he would go off on a rant, and just look at each other with that knowing look… "what the [...]

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