more normal than not

I don’t have a bunch of heroes.

I don’t watch sports much anymore.

Who wants some sports dude to be a hero, anyway?

My Dad took good care of my Mother….so I guess that he’s a hero to me.

No….he’s a hero. No guesswork there…..

There’s not a whole lot of folks who’d stand up to “hero scrutiny”.

Jesus is a hero and so much more (think about it some….who’s more heroic than Jesus?)

IF I was going to pick folks roaming around to be a hero, though, it would be somebody like this guy.

At least, from what I saw in the video, it would be someone like this guy.

He’s no Jesus….but….he’s pretty darn cool and seems to have his heart in a good place.

A dude with skills and a good heart makes for a good hero.

Even if he doesn’t have a truth lasso and bullet deflecting bracelets, he’s a good hero.

And….if calling him a hero is just hyperbole….he’s got some good skills and I admire the philosophy behind the “free tea bus”.

So….Guisepe! GO GUISEPE!

Guiseppe’s full name is Guisepi Spadafora….and he travels in his converted bus and gives away tea (and so much more) to foster interraction with people….to show that people can relate to each other in a way that doesn’t always have commerce at its center.

Dylan Magaster’s video content is so consistently good that picking a favorite would be kind of tough….but I think that this one might be….the one.

Thanks, Dylan!

Thanks, Guisepe!

Here’s a link to Guisepe’s website,  www.freeteaparty.org 

Nice video from Deek Diedricksen.

Here’s the YouTube description:

Scout Wilkins offers up a guest-tour video of her self-built (when she was 22!) tiny house on wheels. This simple sheep wagon (gypsy wagon), is an effective little house on wheels complete with a wood stove, storage, a skylight, and some rather unusual self-installed windows- all built a top a salvaged/burned-out trailer.

Check out Deek’s other videos….they’re all good.

Here’s a link to his channel….. relaxshacksDOTcom

Out in the wild….roaming around.

Jenny and I watched a performance that Corrine Bailey Rae did at the Grammy awards early on in her career.

We both commented on how relaxed she was.

I don’t know how you can do that under all those bright lights.

I’d have some butterflies.

My face would be doing weird things if I was under that much pressure.

Awwwww….who knows? I might be cool, too.

Anyway….she’s pretty chill.

I love music that’s quiet enough to let the spirit come through.

This is some good stuff….and…it’s another Tiny Desk Concert from NPR.

If you don’t know about those Tiny Desk Concerts, look them up.

They’re great.

Here’s that earlier Grammy performance with some weird background conversation.

It’s the best I could find.

It’s Cyber Monday today.

It’s the online version of Black Friday.

That sounds like something to survive….like a time when the Terminator would show up in my driveway….naked in a cloud of teleportation fog….ready to find and kill me for some future transgression.

Or….it could just be a day when online retailers are setting the Postman up for a hard week with all their deep discounts.

Even knowing that I might be making it hard on myself if I ordered anything, I found myself gravitating towards sites that might show me what I could possibly want….or what I could imagine someone in my family might want.

And, like most folks in the world, I was working hard in my head to invent a need.

I need to sharpen the knives in our kitchen….but….wouldn’t it be nice to add to the collection and get something that was a little bit better….or….a little bit different if I already had what was good enough?

A new tool?

Something to educate me? Make me better than I am? A “thing” that might heal something broken?

Something better than what already filled my life?

I love that feeling of being able to say,”LOOK WHAT I GOT YOU!”….but….I don’t know what anybody in the family really needs right now.

I’m not ready to jump into the pool of consumption on a specified day.

I’m not ready for the pressure of inventing a need.

Still…it’s tempting to check out the deals.

It’s a national pastime….waiting for the day when availability meets invented desire and the consumerism that is everywhere explodes…..BAM….I WANT THIS! I WANT THAT!! OH!!! I DIDN’T EVEN KNOW THAT I NEEDED THAT!!!”.

Ahhhhhh, who am I kidding? It’s hard to do anything after a rough nights sleep….much less be a good and energetic hunter/gatherer.

I guess that if you’re going to buy, it’s wise to “buy smart”.

Today is good deal day….why not jump in?

Anyway, it’s a good thing to join the horde and descend on the new grain….locusts eating when they aren’t really hungry, locusts caught up in the cloud of compatriots….strangers side by side, eating until they can’t fly and they fall to the ground, anchored by “need”.

Things will be different when I’m fully outfitted to live the simple life!

I wonder if there’s any good deals that will help me downsize my posessions?

I should look in the “simple life” aisle.

What do the people in my life need?

They need “new”….that’s what they need.

We need new.

What’s so hard about that?

New….for a moment.

New….and wrapped … a present.

A present….like an unexpected flower from a Winter field.

Good grief….just surprise me.

It’s Cyber Monday.