The house was leaning to the south. I mean it was sloping sharply to one side. You felt like you were on a ship in rough waters. We walked up the stairs to the second story guest rooms and stepped down into the group of rooms that pulled you in since the rooms seemed to […]

Some times it just makes no sense. Some times it feels like a lost cause. Some times you look around and sense it got away from us somehow. Oil spills and wars fill the mind and the airwaves. Hubris seems to have taken over.And then you see a glimmer of hope for us all. It […]

What does authentic look like. There is a calmness to authentic.There is a quiet confidence to authentic. There is a wisdom to authentic. Authenticity. The real deal. The essence of truth. Without saying a word, without uttering a phrase you know authentic. I watched the exchange from the entrance to the conference room. There was […]

12 minutes. Just give me 12 minutes this morning. Well, there was the warm up first. And then the 12 minutes. The experience at Crossfit today … 12 minutes of intense strain, sweat, struggle and beauty. Yes, beauty. .It just seems that so many have forgotten their body/mind/soul connection. The body is not some place […]

What does it take to risk it all. What would you risk it all for. No next minute. No next hug, hello, touch or caress. The void, as far as we know for sure. What would it be. Or would you not risk it all for anything or anyone. Just slowly fade away without any […]

7 years ago. 13 days from today. For all of us there are certain moments, days, dates, events that are a game changer.For us it was June 19, 2003. 7 years ago. 13 days from today. As I get into the month of June almost each day has a special meaning. Births, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, […]

Juxtaposition. Amazing how the context shifts with the juxtaposition of events. A baby naming, a wedding, a bedside watch, a tear in the Gulf of Mexico's skin, a fishing, seaside culture in harm's way, accusations, counter accusations. Beginnings, endings and in betweenings. Such is the world and life today. One would think it would bring […]

The house sat quiet. It was waiting for the return. It was patient. It had been too long since we visited it last. But there it was. Serene, peaceful, unassuming and waiting. We turned the lights on, reset the temperature, checked on the motorcycles, watered the plants and the house came back to life. Just […]

Not today. Really, not today. Not today will we stand down from the obstacle.Not today will we avoid the risk. Not today will we fail to give it everything. Not today will we turn back from the storm of the nonsense. We so often hear" not today" in a negative way…like we will get it […]

The staircase seemed longer. There seemed to be 50 steps instead of the 5 that were really there. The house seemed like a mansion, yet it was no different than every other house on the block of "regular" houses. The cars were just late model American made cars. At that time in life there was […]