This is the second part of a two-part essay. Part 1, titled “Learning Gay, Growing Straight”, is how we got here. Read on to see where we go from here.
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How stumbling upon an obscure Wendell Berry book made me re-examine my racist self...
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This is Rudy...
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Matthew put the punk to rest so he could step into a classic, wise beauty of making good music. He’s taking his own advice to hustle up and you should listen.
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What would come of us if there were more voices of affirmation, encouraging a bit of good recklessness in us?
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Abraham Heschel wrote, "We must not forget that it is not a thing that lends significance to a moment; it is the moment that lends significance to things."
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Life is not lived because you listen to the latest top seven ways to find your passion, or because you read "Ten sure fire ways to find the job you want." It is lived by...
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Matthew Ryan’s latest release, Boxers, is an album crafted by one familiar with real suffering, who’s seen how dark the nights can get, and doesn’t quit because he’s learned the sun always rises.
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A few months ago I received a message from my mother asking if I have ever seen or heard Off Camera with Sam Jones and more specifically the interview he did with Matt Damon. I do enjoy a good interview....
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I grew up disliking any form of liquified tomato, especially flat, tasteless tomato soups. (Most kids had to finish their milk, I had to drink a cannon V-8 before heading to school). So I decided to make a soup I would enjoy. To my surprise it was such a hit they asked for the recipe. Problem was I didn't write anything down...
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We made a road trip to Austin, TX a few weeks ago and the timing was exquisite if not unsettling.
I was quite the crabby, wrapped-around-the-axel companion for the trip down. Sixteen hours straight driving is a sure fire way to make space for the underlying stuff that bugs you to rise up. It wasn’t until a decent sleep, pancakes, migas, and coffee at Magnolia Cafe that I started seeing clear enough to name the bugs.
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Driving 3,000 miles to the Pacific Northwest and back provides plenty of time and distance to shuck off the daily gremlin-like noise of busyness. It, also, creates space to hear what I am missing or simply forgot in the routine of living. Two things I came away with from time on the road,...
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The other day I watched an early 90’s promo video for a backpacking outfitter I worked for off and on over 14 years. You can watch "Jeremiah Johnson" or any 70’s outdoor film and pretty much get a sense of what the promo looked and sounded like, complete with some bluegrass soundtracking. Not much has changed when it comes to mountaineering...
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“Go set the world on fire!”
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In less than a year I have attended the funerals of three impactful lives. The first was heartbreaking. The second was heartwarming and inspirational. The third made me want to live a better life and love everyone more.
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“To tell the truth, I feel a good deal younger…” – George MacDonald.
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Writing is solitary sport but often is improved by the scrutiny of other eyes. Also, there is something both freeing and frightful to publish one's own words out in the open for all to see, or ignore.
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How much music do you have in your life?
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To be good at the first two is to be lazy. To be good only at the third is to be less than human. But to thrive in all three is to become more than we can imagine.
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