There’s a phrase in the Bible that describes our situation here on Earth. It says that we’re to consider ourselves “In the world…but not of the world”. I wrestled with that thought for years…wondering how do I transcend daily life, … Continue reading
Category Archives: music
Sometimes, it’s not only friends who recommend and lead you to good new music. Ben Harper mentioned Piers Faccini as being someone he enjoyed. So, trusting Ben Harper’s judgement….I discovered Piers Faccini. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-sq7JLExmQ A big time for me is brewing … Continue reading
One of my favorite scenes in any Indiana Jones movie is the one where he gets an opportunity to pick the Holy Grail. I think it was in the third movie…Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Anyway, he’s in this … Continue reading
I was going to use this song in yesterday’s blog post. It was my daughter’s eighteenth birthday…and I remembered the line in the song that said “and live like a flower”. What could be more fitting than that for … Continue reading
I had a friend at camp who carved out a place to stay underneath the camp library. He dug it out of the earth…and some rough sawn lumber and a used mattress later, he had one of the few private … Continue reading
When did good music from “my era” become classic rock? When did I have a time that I could call “my era” develop? How did that happen? I was listening to some good music (ie classic rock) the other day….and … Continue reading
I love the moment when a friend who also loves music says, “hey, how about this guy? You ever heard of… Willy Porter?” (or any other great artist that a friend might turn me onto). This guy is soooo good. … Continue reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4oCrCwEIEA I’ve heard some people say that time is speeding up. I don’t know if that’s really true…I think it’s more situational. I’ve been in some meetings or teleconferences that seemed to bend time. They dragged on forever. I guess … Continue reading
It’s a fun thing to see your children get to the point where they’re introducing you to cool stuff. I think that it can happen at any age…our three year old teaches me fun stuff all the time…but it’s satisfying … Continue reading
The catch phrase for the old “Six Million Dollar Man” show was “we have the technology, we can rebuild him”. Pretty cool…it was a fixable problem. They had the technology…and they were going to make things all better. My bookshelves … Continue reading