constant change
They say that change is the only true constant in life. That we are constantly changing. Is that why the world seems so confusing sometimes? Right when we think we’ve figured it all out and life will become a smooth, manageable ride with lots of understandable situations, we realize our eyes wern’t fully open, and [...]
Happy Beer Can Chicken Day
Lucky for me, being Canadian, I have celebrated Thanksgiving already once in October. We did the whole Turkey, stuffing and Jim Beam egg nog with a massive group of fellow Canadians here in Maui. What a wonderful excuse for a feast. Getting together with friends and family to eat is beautiful – but wow what [...]
Life of Salmon
I spent some time in Victoria for the past couple days. It was nice to be in cold weather, bundle up with toques, boots, jackets and mitts. Have a red nose and rosy cheeks. I went on a hike through Goldstream Park, and saw the most incredible display of life and death there. For those [...]
Graeme Sykes, November 10, 2006 – Because it’s Monday, and about Two Years later
I just finished my first Kurt Vonnegut novel, Galapagos. I enjoyed it. Usually I don’t read Science Fiction, at least not since I was a 15 year old pre-pubescent day dreamer. Galapagos is unlike 99% of science fiction though, it confronts modernity head-on with an abusing rationalization of accepted logic interspersed with timely tidbits of historic [...]
Stop at the Red Light
At this moment in time I am feeling frustrated and trapped. I am often my own worst enemy, and my mind travels around and around in circles, trying to figure out what the right path in life is supposed to be for me. Decisions, choices, options, requests, opportunities, regrets – these things swirl around my [...]
When did we get old?
I was having a conversation with my sister about my birthday this year. I told her I wanted to spend my last birthday in my 20′s with my friends and family this year. The second those words came out of my mouth she choked… “I can’t believe you just said that…. when did you get [...]
Going Home.
With a title like that I can mean so many things. Going home. What does that mean anyways? Physically going home? Doing something familiar and comfortable? Passing on? Being born? Born again? To me, in this instance, it means two things. I am physically going home. Visiting three places that I’ve once lived, Santa Barbara, [...]
momentum
As my friend Graeme mentioned to me upon my first embarking on this blog thing… apparently many people start blogs, gush out a tonne of stuff at the beginning, and then the content begins to taper off. The second it becomes routine or responsibility, it loses its appeal. Often this is reflected in the quality [...]
Music in the Background
I believe that we all feel more comfortable with music playing in the background. It evokes fluid movement, a security blanket of sound, soundwaves to speak and ride over. It changes nervous body movements to rhythmic tappings. It unifies head movement through mutual swerves and curves. It gives us something to identify to, with, and [...]
History
Well, today’s the day. All the hype, all the campaigning, all the press, all the political slandering… it all comes down to this day. We stand on the frontier of one of two outcomes. History in the making – the first African American President, change for the country, an elevated sense of security and freedom [...]
Live life at 80%
Ok, this entry is a response to something my good friend Mark said today. We laughed about it, but I thought a bit more about it and let me explain my conclusions. This is not to say that you shouldn’t live life at 100% sometimes – 100% is good, 100% is all in. But the [...]
piano bob – a little diddy
We went on a quick little hike to Twin Falls after Halloween – It was a wonderful surprise to find a rope swing hanging alongside the trickling falls in our little mosquito swarmed pool. After being bitten 43 times on my legs alone, I decided to brave the suspiciously brown, surprisingly cold water for a [...]
