my happy place

tell me about your happy place

and i will tell you about mine

when i am here, nothing else in the world matters.

the weather, the way the clouds move across the sky

is all art...a beautiful type of painting that changes constantly

the trees glisten with moist dew and they sway in the wind

to a beautiful natural rhythm....

and the ocean is just magnificent

the brilliant urgency with which is flows

and the power that it holds at any given moment

makes you feel like a tiny creature in its grasp

and the people give it a personality

with no worries in the world

nothing could be bad enough

that a little nature couldnt fix it

isnt this the truth

so thats why it is here

that i find my peace

and made that pact in 2001

to return every year

until i would call "here"

home.

The Wright Brothers

I dont think i will ever get over how amazing it is to fly.

Every time im in a plane, i get this overwhelming feeling of how small we really are. Every time the plane takes off when you first feel that air under the wheels, its like a small high. At that moment, you are free, speeding into the sky going straight for the clouds and for the next 3 hours you will be the only living thing you see up there. I can only imagine what the Wright Brothers felt like years ago.

I also think alot about what brought everyone on that plane to that moment in time. Everyone always has a different story and a different path that led them to the exact same plane as you. Some travel for business, some for pleasure and some out of desperation and out
of all those stories you will only hear about 1 or 2. The person next to you might tell you their whole life story or you may hear it onthe cell phone call of the person two rows ahead of you before the plane takes off. Either way you all share together that moment in the sky.

Recently I heard that cell phone companies are in the process of making their signals reach as far as 30,000 up...can you imagine what a flight would be like if every one on the flight could talk on their cell phone. It seems so outlandish. But then again, you can talk in buses and trains now, and that is normal. So its only a matter of time.

I just think being in the sky is so unique because for just a moment you are looking down on life and down on the world with a view undisturbed by the troubles that lie there...simply a view of pure peace. Everything looks so peaceful and happy from above. The clouds flow perfectly, the houses are lined up perfectly, the mountains curve with perfect form. And then you hear over the loudspeaker "we have begun our final desent" and you realize that reality is only moments away. I like getting lost in my thoughts up there in the sky. Its the best place to think, to work, to sleep and to really live in a moment in time.

My flight leaves in 3.5 hours.

West coast bound.

And as I cross the continent im looking forward to losing my thoughts up there in those clouds.

In my head

I feel you in my head
Walking around
Sometimes you sit for a while
And think to yourself

and sometimes I feel you kneeling
talking and swearing
that things could be different
if we all thought that way

and sometimes I feel you leaving
you get lighter and lighter
you dont want me to notice
that you never look back

but the times I feel you dancing
are the times I remember
and for a while sometimes I sit
and think to myself

its only pennies

10 things in life that are worth the extra money they cost....

(1) Extra Soft Toilet Paper!
(2) silk Undies
(3) Direct Flights
(4) t-shirt Bed Sheets
(5) Biolage Shampoo
(6) Swiss chocolate
(7) fresh fruit
(8) Pearl Tampons
(9) Fresh cut boars head deli meat
(10) apartment rent in New York

its raining

outside its raining but peaceful

i love it when it rains at night

its like the earth is being cleaned or something

and then when you wake up everything has a fresher look

its like when you go into the grocery store

to the produce isle

and those water sprayers go off

and the fruits and vegetables look so much crisper

anyways, i think its nice

i also like it when it storms at night

and you can hear all the thunder

and the lightning lights up your room

it makes you feel so small and helpless

and content

with just being indoors

I guess thats just nature's way

of putting things in perspective

when the stars burn out

And was it like you thought it would be?
A silent peacefulness releases as he speaks
Did you feel it overcome you,
or did you search for it unabashedly?

He pauses as if short of breath

It wasnt like I thought it would be
he confesses quickly
I think its probably that way for most of us
Those of us that question those things
and wonder why the lights dont dim
as the stars burn out

Two Words

Bluegrass Music

The RootsThe street balladry of the people who began migrating to America in the early 1600s is considered to be the roots of traditional American music. As the early Jamestown settlers began to spread out into the Carolinas, Tennessee, Kentucky and the Virginias, they composed new songs about day-to-day life experiences in the new land. Since most of these people lived in rural areas, the songs reflected life on the farm or in the hills and this type of music was called "mountain music" or "country music."
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In our new found tradition "Atlanta by Night" last night we experienced the high energy balodies of the south....with a group of people 99% of which had never heard the music...we spent the evening at the redlight cafe off of amsterdam avenue in atlanta...listening to an amazing band called Dread Clampitt www.dreadclampitt.com check them out!

so for those of you out there, from all over the world..if you have not had the southern opportunity to experience this music.....you should!....expand your horizons!

now granted it may not be "your type of music" but its a great show for sure....

with the fiddle, the banjo, the guitar and super southern vocals.... what a combination....

what more could a music lover want? :)

pick up the phone

Call someone you havent spoken to in a while.

I think that is one of the most uplifting things you can do on any given day....it makes you feel so happy and smiley cause you remember all the things that youve done together, all the moments youve shared...all the memories youve created and its so great!

i firmly believe that all these people that come in and out of your lives do so to bring you these moments in life...these moments when you look back and say "Wow, that was such a good time!" and they give you so much more to look forward to...

and it is even greater when you dont see them for a while....when the distance has grown and expanded...cause when you get back together....there is that much more of yourself that you have learned about that you can share with them...that much more that you can talk about and relate to....and in the end it makes you a more complete person...

thats what traveling and living and moving and creating does for you...

it makes you a person evolving.....

evolving into something beautiful and wonderful with every moment that passes....

laughing

If you go it doesnt mean that you leave
If you come it doesnt mean that you return
These words meant nothing to me
five years ago
They mean nothing
until you wake up one day
in a home you grew in
and you realize your heart
is still on the plane
you left
21 hours ago
still westward bound
on the edge of the continent
looking at the sun
and laughing

A fish in a haystack

A story from a fish.....

http://video.msn.com/video/p.htm?m=Home%20and%20Living&mi=NBC%20Today&i=e8ae0210-05df-46ab-8107-4fcc192a313d,158a4e65-93fb-48a3-963e-ef87799905c6&p=Living_NBC%20Today&rf=http://www.msn.com/

It looks true to me and lie detectors dont lie!

AnYwAys.....

I just got back home after 3 weeks of traveling and 5 states (IL, MI, CT, NY, MA)! craziness :) its good to be home but not for long as ill be gone again on friday to the beautiful state of IN! Hoorah for corn! and Purdue of course :)


"some times i wonder what im gonna do....cause there aint no room for the summertime blues!"

if you can tell me where those lyrics are from you are amazing! I will have a new found respect for you :)

well fortunately it feels like summer...well more like spring...down here in the south...sunny and warm, gotta go enjoy the crisp night air!