Tag: Understanding

Fiftieth Post

I’ll mark my fiftieth post with a announcement of sorts…

I’ve recently been trying to keep to a more frequent posting schedule and am quite happy with what I’ve produced. So from here on in I’m going to try (hard) to post on a more regular basis. I’m shooting for at least every couple to few days. 

I really need to practice the craft of writing in the hopes of being more “comfortable” and less “planned,” if you will. Blogging should be more about spontaneity than anything else, right?  Continue reading Fiftieth Post

Let Your Imagination Set You Free

I once swore to myself I would never let myself forget how bloody frustrating life can get when you no longer possess the faculties you once used to live life. And there I sat actually having to be reminded of a promise I once made to myself… 

I recently had an opportunity to see the film The Diving Bell And The Butterfly. Continue reading Let Your Imagination Set You Free

Soothing

666 Motor Inn Album Cover

What an odd week. Odd in many respects. But most relevant are these feelings of nostalgia. I was on my old stomping ground today. And while a lot has changed, some memories are so strong that they resurface as a result of the slightest tug? Let me finish…
In the first half of 1997 I was still an inpatient at a rehab hospital out of town. Where distance and cost, at least initially, dictated I couldn’t go home quite as often as I’d eventually be able to, but once that time came I started going home weekends. I wouldn’t know where to begin to communicate the importance of such a weekly trip to my mental well being.

Most times it’s the little things that make a life worth living. And sometimes it’s all you have to hang on to.

Continue reading Soothing

My Outlook

As I said, Well It’s 2008. I truly didn’t mean to be so indignant towards 2007. But shit happens…

I did, however manage a few opportunities for personal enlightenment last year. Most notably was the reading of Caroline Moorehead’s fantastic book, Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees. “One of the greatest books of all time. It may change the way you look at life.” No kidding…

“Why should something as arbitrary as where one is born determine where one is allowed to live? Entrance restrictions, borders and boundaries, often themselves accidents of history stand as barriers to a more equal world, protecting the privileges of those who live in the least crowded, richest and safest states.” Continue reading My Outlook