“Now if heaven is perfection
I’ll get my deepest questions answered
Like a child tears into presents
To a Christmas tune
But in that big hall, let there be a
Bright red ribbon that stays
Wrapped around the mystery
Of Someday Soon”
It’s funny how a song evolves for live performance.
He left off that part…and it was one of my favorites when I heard this song again the other day …driving the mail around.
There is a lot of depth to this stuff by David Wilcox.
Here’s the original version with the included lyrics.
Someday Soon?
How much of my life is framed in hopeful optimism of what is to come?
I hope ….a lot.
I’m hyper-sensitive to this video for some reason…being a mailman, and all.
Look where the steering wheel is!
It’s all wrong!
It doesn’t look safe to drive on that side of the car!
I had a 67 Beetle that sat in our driveway for years.
My parents were very patient.
To call this driveable Beetle a “rusty wreck” shows me that these people have a different experience with cars than I do.
“Rusty” is when it rattles going down the road….flapping in the wind.
This Beetle looked nice from the start.
I wonder where all the Beetles are these days?
The title of this one is “Amateur Builder Turns Schoolbus Into GORGEOUS Tiny House: 18 Month Timelapse”.
Looks like a pro to me.
I love to watch videos like this because it reminds me that experience is a good teacher…and, unless you throw yourself into a project, you can’t get any experience.
Duh.
Getting over the hump of “I don’t know how” isn’t all that big a jump….you just have to try.
This is a really nice build.
This guy started out as an “amateur”…but he now knows what he’s doing.
Good, good, good!
Leo.
Man, I haven’t seen him for a while.
He plays guitar crazy good.
Crazy good.
And…he’s just as funny as he used to be.
The monkey doesn’t fall far from the tree, for sure.
I’m tired of the “tiny house movement”.
It got too trendy….too mainstream, if that’s possible.
I’m tired of people without imagination taking advantage of people who want to glom onto a trend.
I’m tired of it.
And, then, I see a video like this.
There are still people building their own places and taking charge of their lives….being responsible…for the right reasons.
I like this lady.
I know some folks who are getting old enough to retire….and what could be better in retirement than to park an efficient tiny home in a beautiful location?
There are so many ways to live.
This is another great video from Exploring Alternatives.
Oh, man.
I remember Linda got slammed by Beatles’ fans before and after the Beatles broke up.
They didn’t like her playing music with her husband.
But…watch this video and wait for the point in the video where she’s playing her solo on Paul’s song, “Jet”.
Look at him look at her.
She was competent…and he was proud of her contribution.
That’s cool.
This was a good song.
Paul loved Linda.
This would tire me out…but it would be a good kind of tired.
I’m tired tonight…but it’s not a good kind of tired.
Today I came back to my job after a week off…. a vacation week of going to the beach and spending the rest of the time repairing Isaac’s car.
I was tired after the vacation…but it was a good kind of tired.
After another in a long run of hard Mondays at the Post Office, I feel like I’m stuck in the “bad tired” zone.
Speaking of “bad tired”….Jenny had a flat today that couldn’t be patched…so we had to buy another tire.
I drove into town to help her get the spare on…and she went to the tire store while I zoomed back to the office to case the mail and try to get out on the route.
It looks good to be bike touring like this.
I wonder if I’ll ever do it?
It would be hard to get through the day if I didn’t bury my head in the sand a little.
I believe that something is happening.
Of course, something is always happening….but…I bethink that something weird is happening.
I drive an old Jeep…everyday….80 miles or so.
I can’t avoid it….it’s my job.
I contribute to the problem.
And….it’s hot.
It’s warmer than ever.
How hot is it going to be?
To deny that this is happening as some sort of weird political alliance is unfortunate.
Bill McKibben has written a lot of books and articles about global warming.
Check him out…..books on Amazon….and his organization 350.org
You have to like trucks to watch a video like this.
I looked up “will it run”…and this came up.
This big dude is goofy.
And….goofy is good.
Here’s a truck that he bought at auction….that turned out to be a good truck.
He had to go to the Ford dealership to have a couple of keys made…but the truck ran well when he finally got to fire it up…so I think that he got a good deal.
He said that he must have bought the “wrong truck” when he discovered that everything worked.
I guess that it doesn’t always work out so well when you buy a truck at auction.
I’m fresh off the Neon fix….after a month or so of having the little red car up on jack stands in our driveway….and after some blood, sweat, and….no tears…I got it back together and it ran well.
The more I do the better it goes…confidence is funny like that.
Maybe I’ll start buying cars and trucks at the auction, too?
Now that I know that I can leave a car sitting out in front of our house for months at a time….up on jack stands and obviously not running….it makes it easier to think about having cars sitting around that need work.
This hot, dry weather makes it a whole lot easier, too.
I hate working on stuff in the rain.
I need a big shop.
Auction cars….and a big shop…and a new minivan…and fencing…and a well over at the property…and an HVAC unit…and…lots of money.
And….more coffee.
It’s early.
“Will it run”?
That’s a good question.