The Impossible Nut
By Don / Date: October 31st, 2017
See that hole? Those hoses are as thick as my thumb – and that deep cavern goes down beside the transmission to the left hand drive shaft. And in front of that is a plate. A plate on the back of the flywheel housing at the front of the transmission casing. This being a Subaru […]
You have already decided, the rest is just resistance…
By Don / Date: October 24th, 2017
Here is the predicament. You are alive. You have a precious human existence, right now. And you will die. Now what? There are two main options. Either you continue with what you are doing now; leaning in further here and there in the hopes of things getting better. A bit more elbow room in the […]
Almost
By Don / Date: October 24th, 2017
A quarter second to the left of yesterday I missed you By a hairs’ breadth And found the point Within me
The whole point of Love
By Don / Date: October 7th, 2017
In my teenage angst I discovered the music of Joy Division and the Lyrical genius of Ian Curtis. I could go on at great length about the music, how it inspired me and how 30-and-a-bit years later I feel completely vindicated that I stuck to my love of this music in the face of disdain […]
How long have you got?
By Don / Date: September 20th, 2017
I do not just mean how long have you got to read this post. How long have you got? In 2011 I looked at myself in the mirror and realized that I did not know what the hell I was doing. I was successful, married, two great kids, a Dog. And I felt that if […]
Balancing on the edge
By Don / Date: September 6th, 2017
Two hours ago. How many heartbeats is that? I practice Martial Arts; used to play Judo years back. Now Kick-boxing and Krav Maga. That said I have not been in the Dojo for about six weeks since I injured my knee sparring. It is taking a while to heal. I know myself well enough – […]
Looking myself squarely in the heart and not losing my nerve…
By Don / Date: September 5th, 2017
Vertigo. How it shows up for me is second guessing. I take a risk in relationship and spend my time wondering where the other side is at. My strategizer goes into overdrive. At least – that is what it has done in the past. Now – with inspiration from Dr. Seuss – My ‘figure-it-out-er’ is […]
Zappa
By Don / Date: July 26th, 2017
I dreamed early this morning that I was at a Zappa gig. Some deep funk rocking out from a bass player with six strings, kicking ass, and no sense of stopping and rhythm section like a train… It was day time, in a huge auditorium. Cathedral-like. Somehow I am involved in singing the previous number […]
Things are moving a bit faster these days…
By Don / Date: July 25th, 2017
Manifesting. A fascinating concept. Translating thought into reality. Done quickly and without a lot of ‘set up’ and planning. A beautiful idea. Which is of course why it is the way things work. It is the dance of the universe. Life happens because we say so. When we do not hedge our bets by keeping […]
Soul of the wind
By Don / Date: July 14th, 2017
Flowing around this tower Feeling between ancient stones Scaling walls Sensing every outside edge of its solidity Departing; wistful Dancing leaves in invisible fingers Along the path beyond Returning to glimpses through arrow-slits To life deep, contained within Where a draught Stirs dust motes And the howling sound Is bare whisper of its true […]