A fan once asked Tom Hanks, "What's it like to be you?"
As he was signing her autograph, he sighed and said, "Lady, whoever you are, it's just one thing after another."
Amen to that.
No matter how far along…
Lightning: When There Is No Resistence Between What You Want and What You Have.
Life on the ranch, waiting for our friend Andrew Delaney to perform. Photo by Julia Balinsky.
Lightning. In the sky, between us, among us. The particular electricity you feel when there is no resistence between what you want and what
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Our Habits, for Good or Ill, Seem To Be Trying To Help Us
It’s been a good week for musical shenanigans.
Tuesday night’s songaround at FitzGerald’s in Berwyn, Illinois with Kara Kesselring and Scott Tipping was one for the ages.
The song circles at the Kerrville Folk Festival were EPIC.
And seeing beloved…Read more
First Things First
FIRST THINGS FIRST.
I woke up where I fell asleep the night before.
They say a good night's sleep begins with getting outside and letting the early morning sun fill your sleepy eyes.
It was cloudy, so I was off…Read more
I woke up where I fell asleep the night before.
They say a good night's sleep begins with getting outside and letting the early morning sun fill your sleepy eyes.
It was cloudy, so I was off…Read more
You Can't Fight Joy with Deprivation
What a week it has been!
As the saying goes, they call this month "May" because it "may" be sunny, or it "may" be rainy. In Chicago, we've been hovering between the two.
Same with me. I've been hovering between…
The Freezer
Nobody likes to be told what to do.
Not even when it’s you telling yourself to do things you know you wanna do.
You may recall from last week, I was beginning the journey of putting first what I normally…
NEW: Haiku Milieu Highlights section
I tried something this week.
I tried to do first, what most often comes last in the grand to-do list of my life.
What did I learn?
That the hardest part is starting.
The second hardest thing is stopping, once…
