It was a miserable December morning in Michigan. The meteorologist predicted 40’s degrees F and sunny last night, but it was 30 degrees and grey skies. Even the clouds were grey, probably with cached snow. Usually I would put the pillow over my head and go back to sleep in disappointment; not today. Today I…
Tag: Thursday Inspiration
Thursday Inspiration 30 — Rivers tell a story
At lyrics.com they list 19,267 lyrics that contain river, 49 artists with river in the name, and 100 albums with river in the title. Next to love/heartbreak, river has to be one of the most frequent themes ever in the music world. per wikipedia: Michigan has over 300 named rivers. Several names are shared by…
Thursday Inspiration 29 — Pancho Needs You
I swore I would never go back again. Each of us knew some element of divine grace allowed us to walk away from each other back then, and at the time each of us were thankful for a blank slate. Then Lefty walked into my joint one afternoon. Although his once smooth baby face was…
Thursday Inspiration 22 — The Lass on the Iron Horse Headed West
“I’ve been high, I’ve been low, I’ve been yes, and I’ve been oh, hell no! I’ve been rock ‘n roll and disco, Won’t you save me San Francisco?” –”Save me Sanfrancisco”, by Train Daddy done touched me one last time I thought as I hopped on the Western Line Curled in a boxcar with a…
Thursday Inspiration 21 — Fire and Rain
A spark was struck that dry autumn day as we met by chance by Lost Lake. The undergrowth of red as it crept up to the treetops matched a growing heat in our bellies as the crickets sang with wild abandon. We walked back to the trailhead together and agreed to meet at the same…
The Silver Vortex
Remy and I met in a rare book store on Monopoly Boulevard in Boston. Not only did we have an interest in rare books in common, but we loved finding obscure historical places to explore that we’d found in them. In a 15th century tome, the Romana Obscura (RO), we were able to acquire for…
Tao Talk 