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A Chanticleer Christmas
A Chanticleer Christmas November 28 – December 23, 2015 A Chanticleer Christmas is Chanticleer’s beloved offering, a favorite with audiences and critics alike. The warmth and profundity of A Chanticleer Christmas are revealed in a telling of the Christmas story … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Ruminations
Tagged beauty, community, entertainment, history, holidays, music, spirit
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Immortality
I started reading Adam Leith Gollner’s The Book of Immortality: The Science, Belief, and Magic Behind Living Forever on April 17th and I finished it on about the 10th of May. This was also a very good book, full of … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Books, Ruminations
Tagged books, nonfiction, philosophy, spirit
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Zen Notes…
I finished reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, by Robert M. Pirsig, on April 15th. And this was an amazing book. I clipped pages all through the book and then compiled my notes. I thought about writing an … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Books, Ruminations
Tagged books, Literature, philosophy, questions, quotes, spirit
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Spring Vacation
March 19 – 25, 2015 – we’re off to Los Angeles to spend time with my dad and for Dalton to attend his League of Legends weekend. Our journey begins with a ride on the Airport Express bus. Arriving at … Continue reading
‘MasterMind’ Meetup Group
As I have mentioned here and there, I am a member of several Meetup groups and I get emails from time to time about new groups that might meet my interests. The other day, I received one that roused my … Continue reading
Posted in 2015, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged community, creativity, FUN, philosophy, spirit
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December 5
It’s my birthday and I ‘ll cry if I want to… Except I have no desire to cry. I am grateful for every single one of my 54 years and I am HAPPY. Who else has a birthday on this … Continue reading
September (and October) books
After finishing The Ocean at the end of the Lane, I decided to read Three by Dillard, which contains three of her best books, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, and The Writing Life. I must say that Annie … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Books, Ruminations
Tagged books, FUN, religion, serendipity, spirit
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Commuting
I have probably mentioned the fact that once a week I go and work at a client location for a few hours. It is just across the county line and a drive of only about 20 miles. When the traffic … Continue reading
Blast from the Past
A couple of weeks ago, I discovered a message on my Facebook page that I might have never even noticed if my sister hadn’t told me she had sent me something there. I rarely even look at Facebook much these … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged community, friends, FUN, spirit
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Musings About Joseph Campbell
So I’ve decided that I do want to write about Hero with a Thousand Faces that I recently read. Joseph Campbell wrote this book back in 1949 – right smack in the middle of the twentieth century. I found myself … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Books, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged art, books, history, Literature, NATURE, nonfiction, philosophy, questions, religion, serendipity, spirit
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031614
I woke up this morning thinking about God – or, rather, the concept of God. When we got smart and quit believing in an actual, living God, we sort of “threw the baby out with the bathwater.” Because, while I … Continue reading
Posted in 2014, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged ADD/HD, creativity, NATURE, philosophy, questions, religion, spirit
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31 Reasons for a “31-point-plan”
Here is a list, in no particular order, of reasons why I choose to do a “31-Point-Plan” every month. And it is something that anyone could decide to do, in any way they might choose to do it. I originally … Continue reading
Posted in Onward & Upward, Ruminations, Tools
Tagged art, Balance, creativity, goals, personal growth, spirit, TIME
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ANGST
I had a very weird dream last night. I was living in this small closet of a room in this huge place, like a mall and an amusement park all in one big thing, and loads of people; sort of … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged angst, children, creativity, smoking, spirit, TIME, writing
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“The Memoir Project”
I have just started reading “The Memoir Project,” by Marion Roach Smith. And the first thing the author talks about is that one needs to first decide what one’s memoir is about; e.g., it is a comedy, tragedy, etc., with … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Books, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged ADD/HD, books, fear, spirit, writing
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“Writing Down the Bones”
On August 23rd I started reading Natalie Goldberg’s “Writing Down the Bones.” It is one of the absolute BEST darn books about writing – and life in general – that I have ever, ever read. It is simple, direct, straightforward, … Continue reading
nine-eleven
9/11/13 – thinking about where I was on 9/11/01. Sitting on my sofa nursing my child. I will never forget it. I think about other shocking events I have experienced: The 1989 earthquake in San Francisco, the floods in 1982 … Continue reading
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Tagged insanity, philosophy, politics, questions, smoking, spirit, writing
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Life of Pi
And I started this book last night, 7/6/13: (and finished it 7/10/13 – and soon thereafter I got the movie.) Life of Pi by Yann Martel Book Description Release date: October 2, 2012 MORE THAN SEVEN MILLION COPIES SOLD New … Continue reading
We love our Eucalyptus…
Here in Petaluma, and in many other parts of the Bay Area and California, these lovely eucalyptus trees, many of them more than 100 years old, can be found everywhere, in shady groves, and alongside and canopying our roadways. … Continue reading
How to Do What You Love
How to Do What You Love By PAUL GRAHAM (Reprinted from www.paulgraham.com/love.html) January 2006 To do something well you have to like it. That idea is not exactly novel. We’ve got it down to four words: “Do what you love.” … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Onward & Upward, Ruminations, Tools
Tagged Balance, goals, health, philosophy, quotes, spirit
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“What Beliefs Do You Get Up With in the Morning?”
In Dr. Mardy’s Quotes of the Week for March 24 – 30, 2013, “the doctor” speaks about: …having a set of guiding beliefs that are so fundamentally important to your existence that they actually get you going as you rise … Continue reading
Posted in 2013, Ruminations
Tagged philosophy, quotes, spirit
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11/6/2011
And I have come to a grinding halt. I have not done a thing these past two weeks but sit here, depressed. I’ve slept a lot, watched TV a lot; have only done what’s been absolutely required like getting Dalton to … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, Ruminations
Tagged creativity, ENVIRONMENT, grief, magic, money, pain, spirit
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Community Crawl
The Aqus Community Crawl I must write about Saturday evening’s entertainment: Community Crawl I missed the first stop, the Petaluma Bounty’s 4th Annual Bounty Harvest Party, at 55 Shasta Avenue, which was supposed to start the Crawl off at 5:00 and go … Continue reading
Posted in 2011, Onward & Upward, Ruminations
Tagged community, entertainment, FUN, spirit
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Our Deepest Fear
I found this quote on a piece of paper in my files one day, but I am not sure where I got it. I believe it was probably given to me by Molly at one of our Groups. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Onward & Upward, Ruminations, Tools
Tagged fear, quotes, spirit
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