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I wade into the political stream this morning. I do it reluctantly. Lately, our political discourse is so ugly, stupid, and corrosive. I am ...

"Paradise" - "a place or state of bliss, felicity, or delight." Right on.  "The word Paradise entered European lan...

" Validate your consciousness." Ha. That sentence bubbled up in my head last night, it came to me in the middle of a deep sleep. ...

"Energy is Eternal Delight." - William Blake Yes. Indeed. I find that my life is an ocean of energy. Sometimes raging, sometimes ...

You know, you might think my last post (see previous post) , is a bit "airy-fairy." Talking about the power of vibes, but then ag...

When we have a "successful" outing with our band, (like we did yesterday late afternoon, on the street in our hometown) ; with a...

Neil Young once imagined himself as a salmon swimming upstream , and he wrote a song about it. It's kind of a hallucination, a vision.  ...

Am I the spider or the fly? Did I create this present state, or did I accidentally zip into it? Am I creator or captive? I am smack dab in t...

If you are "cool," you are a bit detached from events in the world. Since the Wise Ones tell us that suffering (see the Buddha)...

Another musical session yesterday, 3 of us, playing songs in our rehearsal studio. A guitarist, a drummer, a percussionist. Super-percussive...

One thing I constantly do: I monitor my own internal landscape. I am , and I surmise we all are , raging, overflowing volcanos and out of c...

Yes. It's true. Going to a party, and partying is not all it's cracked up to be (see previous post) . It didn't totally throw ...

We went to a party on Saturday. It's kind of a funny ritual. If you haven't been to one in a while, and you don't drink alcohol...

Human Beings; can't live with them, can't live without them.   My go-to working hypothesis, which I often invoke: Human Beings are ...

Ha... Forgetting (see previous post), is a trick of the mind that I find super-useful in writing songs, lyrics, riffs and chord sequences. ...

Back to practicing (see previous post). .. What's funny. We don't practice because "practice makes perfect." There really...

A good day for us is usually a day when we play music. We usually go to our rehearsal studio on Wednesdays and Saturdays, so, for sure, we ...

Yes. I am reminded that we are all chemistry labs. You know we come to the party with our own properties, and accessories. We all come fro...

Ha. Sure. I think I am smart. Although, I am smart enough to know I'm not that smart. Whatever I know is absolutely dwarfed by what I d...

You say your Mojo-Making Machine is on the fritz? What's a Humble, Heat-Dome-Sapped Pilgrim to do?  Pizza Party! My partner and I spli...