Crashing California

I have had a wonderful and sort of "debrief-ish" last couple of weeks. I've finished up some large freelance projects, continued to fall into the grooves of JC and all that entails. My personal life feels at present always busy but good. I guess it's a good rut to be in. Of course alot of things have been happening outside of my life as well. Last week we were all "allowed" downstairs to our lunch room to watch the inauguration of President Obama, and I watched (among the absolute throngs of people in Washington and all over) American History unfold itself. I also watched a gentleman in front of me (African American) crying and wiping his eyes, which struck me much more than watching the president himself. I guess I have an interesting perspective on things ... being a Canadian in America I did not grow up with segregation, nor the racial politics and strife that this nation has endured and is now trying slowly to diminish. The weight of this presidency fo...

Some extra pictures from the cliffs today

Well, anyone who knows anything about me, will know, my birthday is in two days. Yep, the big 3-1 ... I think 3o was a harder year for me, 31 just sort of feels like an extension on the previous year ... no milestones evident just yet, though we cannot know what this year will hold. I went down to San Diego to spend some time with Laura and Andy and little Mira ... and they had a wee-surprise party for me ... birthday cake and all ... which was wonderful except I was not expecting it, so Jay wasn't able to come (!!) but it was still cool, I spent the night, Jay picked me up the next day and we went to our old stompin' ground in Point Loma and down to Sunset Cliffs, which was SUCH a treat because the tide was sooo low we could walk down on the rocks and scope out the usually covered up treasures embedded in the rocks. I felt like it was God giving me an early present. There were birds and dolphins and lots of little "weird" tidal things you don't usually see, such ...

Happy New Year Everyone! One of the best things about New Years for me, is how it seems to bring out the dreams of new hope in starting over -- the chance for us to have a clean slate in life and choices. Like if we were having a rough year (as it seems so many have had) because the clock rolls around to midnight and the calendar year begins again, that it's licence to "christen" our dreams and BEGIN NEW. Really, it's mostly symbolic if we're honest with ourselves -- a good excuse to "begin again". We could do that at any time really. It's an interesting observation to think about how human nature feels the need to have a pinpoint-significant place in time to start over again, to try to fix what might be broken, or start new goals. Don't get me wrong, I put myself into that category too! In fact, this year Jay and I did up some lofty goals (some not so much) for ourselves, our band and our lives. It does feel good to be able to sit at the edge of...