BreakFast for 16

Arnold & Damon with the Breakfast Arnold Made

Arnold & Damon with the Breakfast Arnold Made

My Partner manages a Bed and Breakfast of TreeHouses in the Pacific NorthWest.

Tree House Point

It happened that last month, both BreakFast Chefs were to be away at the same time.
I obtained my Food Safety License, and off I went.

The Kitchen there is Run by a Magical Kitchen Sorceress named JANET. (more…)

Hot Dogs

hot dogsI went to see MOM on the 4th of July
She said, “You know what I’d like? Let’s have Hot Dogs!”

“But you don’t like Hot Dogs,” I reminded her.

“But it’s the 4th of July! I feel like we should have them.”

So on the afternoon of July 4th, I stopped at MENDY’s in Grand Central Terminal — They make a Great Hot Dog! — and I got three Hot Dogs with all the trimmings: Mustard, Sour Kraut, Relish, Onions…

I brought them up to MOM’s.Mendy's (more…)

Daily Miracles: Celebrate Your Least Favorite Miracle Today

IMG_2738Walking
Eyesight
Sunshine
Snow
Clothing
Hot and Cold Running Water
Trains
Hearing
Feet
Color
Light… (more…)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

On this Fourth of July Weekend, Let us Celebrate

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!

Flag238 Years Ago Today we declared our Freedom from the Tyrannical Government of GEORGE III.
We submitted our Facts to a Candid World:
(It is worth the few minutes it would take to Re-Read that DECLARATION)
The Declaration of Independence
Hmmm… They sure sound like familiar issues. (more…)

How I Spent My Twenties

rainbowflagIn this Season of Pride, I Offer the Following…

Coming of Age
Ten Years after StoneWall
How the Older Men looked at me with such envy
I was oblivious to what their struggle had bought me.
I took my Freedom to Love quite for granted.
I looked at them just as Old Men who understood nothing
of what I and the other Young Men were capable.
I saw no connection between what they had been through
And my Freedom to Love whomever I chose. (more…)

Impurfect

ImperfectRoseI Love
With my whole Heart
With my whole Mind
With my whole Soul
Impurfectly

I do most things Impurfectly… (more…)

CHOOSING TO BE MORE VULNERABLE

Here we are, some 35 Posts into this Journey…

I am not a Computer Age Kid.
I was Living in a Well Established World when the Internet changed everything
Before that, everything seemed to work pretty well.
Then I woke one morning to discover
that most of the skills I’d taken time to cultivate
had been rendered somewhat useless.
Pretty much overnight.
That’s OK.
Life is not about getting used to things.
At its Best, Life is about Learning New Things
Always
Letting Go of what we know
And, by that, Knowing More… (more…)

True Beauty

IMG_0800There was a Top Modeling Agent
Who when asked how he did it
How he found the Most Beautiful Women in the World —
SuperModels —
He responded, “I look for the flaw. (more…)

OFFERING

HandsUpDoes it seem like No One wants your Gifts?
Offer ‘em Anyway!
They are not yours to Keep.
They are Yours to Give.

So, Offer ‘em Up! (more…)

CANNON-ization

PopeFrancisPOPE FRANCIS
Who seems a Really Progressive and Cool Guy
But no doubt subject to compromising with the same type of Political Bodies with which
BARACK OBAMA
Another Really Progressive and Cool Guy
Is subject to compromising,
[And let’s not over romanticize ether of these men — they are both fairly Political themselves!]
This Week
Has Canonized POPE JOHN PAUL II and POPE JOHN XXIII
As Saints.
Very Cool. (more…)

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  • Some Good Movies

    IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
    THE SIXTH SENSE
    SAINT RALPH
    I AM
    PRIDE
    THE GOOD LIE
    MAO'S LAST DANCER
    MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON
    CALENDAR GIRLS
    WALK ON WATER
    CINEMA PARADISO
    SLIDING DOORS
    THE LIVES OF OTHERS
    LOCAL COLOR
    BREAKING THE WAVES
    EVERYBODY'S FINE
    READY? OK
    INKHEART
    THE LIVING END
    MARRIAGE, ITALIAN STYLE
    THE BUBBLE
    BIUTIFUL
    GYPSY w/ ROSALIND RUSSELL
    and Anything by PETER HEDGES

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