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The Chrysler Building
Two views of The Chrysler Building: the first in the pink light of sunset a few weeks ago and the other in last night’s foggy rain. Read more
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Meditation Music
Playing a musical instrument is a lot like meditating. I find that my mind follows the notes as my fingers play and I can’t carry on a conversation while I’m playing music the way I can when I’m just listening to music. It’s like being lost in a dream.I wrote this spare instrumental piece last Read more
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Third Time Is The Charm
Three years ago today I started this blog with the post “(Just Like) Starting Over.” It’s not an easy thing to start over but it’s necessary when the path you’re on hits a dead end. By the age of three, most of us have mastered the whole walking-and-talking thing, even if distances are difficult for Read more
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Happy Turkey Day
Forty years ago today, I became a vegetarian. The turkey fetish was a big part of what pushed me to finally follow my heart and forego the consumption of flesh. I also met a young woman that year who was a vegetarian. Before her, vegetarians were an exotic breed like albinos or Buddhists. She gave Read more
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American Idiot
“Maybe I am the faggot America I’m not part of a redneck agenda Everybody do the propaganda And sing along to the age of paranoia” – Green Day Read more
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