Monthly Archives: February 2010

Needing to Breathe

When things seem to bundle up and crunch all at once, like work and personal life issues, there is a tendency to just keep going and going.  It is like feeding a locomotive that has gone off it’s tracks and … Continue reading

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A Walk With A Friend

The sounds of the city were muted this late afternoon that I took a walk with my friend.  It was amazing what simple, free flowing conversation with someone who cares can do to put some perspective to one’s concerns.  It … Continue reading

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Finding Me Again

It is funny when someone asks me who I am  and I answer I am someone’s boyfriend, father, son, friend or employee.  I define myself in terms of what I do or my place in relationship to others.  Over the … Continue reading

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The Chamorro Flying Proa Canoe – A Tradition Worth Preserving

Amidst all the encroachment of western society on the Pacific Island of Guam and the drive for economic stability clashing some times with the preservation of the native Chamorro culture traditions, efforts have been made to to recreate and keep … Continue reading

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When the Glass House Breaks

Love sometimes is not enough, even when two good people are involved. When communication decays and things are left unsaid, even with what we believed were the best intentions, it eats away at the foundation of a relationship. Like a … Continue reading

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Friends Who Stand By You and For You

There are moments in your life when the power of friendships reveal themselves in such a way that you understand what it means to have them in your life.  Recently, there have been a few of these moments where these … Continue reading

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Ana Mae Cox Celebrates Her Birthday Dragiliciously!

Okay, I came to Marlena’s to join others to celebrate my dear friend, Ana Mae Cox’s birthday.  She performs there every Saturday night in San Francisco in the Hayes Valley Follies where some of  the city’s best drag performers give … Continue reading

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Bring Him Home – A Tribute to Our Troops – Our Sons and Daughters

One of the great songs from the musical, Les Miserables, is Bring Him Home.  I think of the many young men and women serving abroad in the armed forces.  These sons and daughters who are in harm’s way on a … Continue reading

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On My Own… Reliving a Classic

One of the great moments from the musical, Les Miserables, is the song “On My Own.” Here is the the 10th Anniversary commemoration of it a couple of years ago. The wonderful Lea Solanga performs it.  It moves my soul.

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I Know a Good Man

Without fanfare and what seems like second nature to him, he does simple acts of service that are thoughtful and kind. I have been a recipient of his service for the past 11 years and it has become so normal … Continue reading

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