Learning from the Master of Happiness. Only one person on the planet could draw a crowd of fourteen thousand in Perth, Western Australia, to listen to nothing but a two-hour long speech. That person is Tenzin Gyatso, the 14. Dalai Lama, exiled leader of Tibet. Century the century of peace.

Jaffa liked to let you know who was boss. Mentioned a scar on my left hand caused by Jaffa. A lesson my 9 year old self has never forgotten. Jaffa was always more of a New York Jets fan. Jaffa did nothing at the time of these pictures other than store them in his infinite recall lobe. Plan B if the above fails.

Les Femmes de Ma Vie. Moon Above, Ocean Within. The Rape Of Mother Earth. What a Tangled Mess We Weave, When We Attempt To Love. Big Urban The Poetry of Theron Kennedy.

I Was Lying About Monsters. You could go out in your yard and hear the silence, a sound unto itself, like when an air conditioner kicks off in the middle of the night. So I was standing there in the driveway watching the sky, hearing its hidden vacuum cleaner sounds, looking for vapor trails.

Tanika Charles wearing VO art-to-wear.

My lovely and very talented friend, Kreeli, who also happens to have several years of being a professional vegan baker under her belt, has come up with what I think is a bit of a novel idea. As well as some of her photos here in this blog post.

One place for all of them. Something I wrote a long time ago. Monday, 25 June 2012. Tall sails drifting through the landscape,. Tacking to and fro, catching the wind. Passing wind powered water pumps,. Draining the land, feeding the river. Carrying goods to town and city,. These masters of the inland waterway. Such a sight it must have been,. Now used for our simple pleasures. The workhorse of the Norfolk Broads,.

Now I return to my blog to begin again. To start from where I am and move forward. I am hopeful that my need to look back has lessened and my focus now is on the present and the future. Posted in Allow versus Resist. Giving to myself, what I always wanted from others. Needless-to-say, this has not led to much joy in my own life.