What a cop-out, city boy. I feel you know more about the nitty-gritty of Manhattan life than I do. I’m sure your bike, roller blades and friends took you to places I know nothing about. But, okay, since you buttered me up, I’ll give it a whirl. Where to start? It’s not gonna be easy, [...]
When you walk on the streets of Manhattan you pass many people. On the days you’re not in a hurry, you can notice the many different expressions on their faces. Expressions that are sweet, sad, determined, peaceful, tense, angry, kind, happy, depressed, compassionate, anxious, strong, tormented, loving, etc. Sometimes someone will pass whose energy shifts [...]
Wow! Mom this blog looks amazing. You have really got some great things going on here. I am really enjoying the writings.
Ok, here’s the deal. I have several friends visiting NYC from the south and they asked me, “hey city boy, give us some inside scoop on the concrete jungle. What should we do during [...]
I saw a scene from a recent movie with Queen Latifah www.queenlatifah.com . She’s getting ready to bungy jump. She’s right there on the edge. That scene caught my attention because in the back of my mind I assumed it was something I could do. When I saw that scene a second time, the [...]
It was very, very cold on Sunday in Manhattan. I dressed in layers-six to be exact, to get to French Roast on 85th and Broadway to meet a friend for dinner. Six layers of clothing tends to restructure a body. I didn’t care what I looked like. All I wanted was to be [...]
Cyndi is from British Columbia and I met her in Boquete, Panama in the dining room at Marilos Pension. She was game for anything. One morning Cyndi and I were in the town center walking by the street where buses depart for the city of David. It’s about a half -hour car ride, or an [...]
I met Mr. Traveling Man in the beautiful mountainous area of Boquete in Panama a few years ago. We where both staying at Pension Marilos www.pension-marilos.com located a few blocks from the town’s center square. We’d go for long walks and long talks. We’d walk up into the mountains, [...]
The holidays are over and 2006 is here. What are we going to do now? Are we capable of leaving the old behind, of not hauling one burdensome past experience or thought into 2006? I’m reading a book called, A NEW EARTH by Eckhart Tolle www.eckharttolle.com . I won’t try to describe the book. [...]
Have you ever considered doing something radically different from your daily life when waking and beginning the day? Having an unplanned, freeing and exhilerating one day of doing what you wouldn’t ordinarily do. Okay, I’ll list some ideas that flash through my mind. Going to a city to track Bigfoot with those that are [...]
A feeling of sadness came over me this week as I watched a TV program. The show was about a few women in their twenties and their passion for plastic surgery. The stories they told about why they needed plastic surgery to enhance their lives was not entertaining. They desperately want to be as beautiful [...]