One day at the beginning of this year (2016), I was looking out the window at my “purrrty cat”, trying to decide whether to sell it as is, or whether to restore and keep it, which I knew might cost several thousand dollars.
It had been sitting there for a while because the transmission went out and, at the time, I didn’t have the four to five thousand dollars they estimated it would cost to fix it.
THE DILEMMA: KEEP IT OR LET IT GO
When I travel, I don’t usually request a specific room at the hotels. Sometimes I might ask for one with a water view if available.
But it’s not that important to me because I don’t plan on being in that room very much during my stay. I’d rather be out doing something. Continue Reading…
Reaching For The Moon…………. (Photo: Courtesy of Nick D’amato)
“…..Gonna live my dreams, and chase rainbows, cause there might be a pot of gold. Just pay no mind to what the people say. Gonna live my life day after day.”
….from the song “Day After Day“, written by Danny Britt.
In my previous post, “Your Presence Is Required”, I mentioned the importance of being present, taking notice of things that interest you, and then pursuing them.
So, pursuant to following my own advice, I planned a four-day weekend trip to Arizona and Texas.
I wanted to travel. I wanted to see and hear Lizz Wright sing again, in Phoenix, Tucson, and Austin. I wanted to take some pictures. To listen to music. To experience places that I had or hadn’t been to previously. To tour the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. To get a full-on, warm embrace from the sun (Seattle has been rainy and gray for three months now) while I played basketball outside in Tucson, Phoenix, or Austin, or all three. To do a couple music videos for an ongoing project of mine. To test drive a convertible Chevy Camaro. To watch the sunset from a mountain top. To stay in a luxury hotel at least one of those nights. To reach for the moon.
That’s not asking too much for one weekend, is it? 🙂
Some of the best moments in this life are happening all around us but we often take them for granted.
Or maybe we are sidetracked, trying to find our selves, or our path in life, so we aren’t fully aware of those moments and are unable to really appreciate them.
Or we’re too busy doing something else and we don’t even notice them. Continue Reading…
One week is just not enough to see Switzerland.
Although my time there was spent well, I just barely scratched the surface in experiencing what the the country has to offer. Continue Reading…