gratitudes #1

gotta give thanks for blogger. i now run five blogs. my latest obsession.

it's late, and i'm due in bed, but i need to express gratitude to my employer, the school, for this sweet apartment for which i pay nothing--no water, no electrix, no nada.

the above photo i shot from my parents condo in Newport, VT, where we're heading this weekend. it's pretty sweet to still have cool, loving, generous folks, and Vermont's the bomb.

thank HP i grew up in Vermont. to quote neil young, "All my changes were there." it's not true, really, but most of my core values formed when i lived in Craftsbury. sometimes wish i could get back there, but i don't see it happening. too remote, too few meetings, too few job opportunities for both myself and Yupin, and probably fairly lousy schools for our son, Luke. Still, Vermont flows in my blood, even down here on the Massachusetts coast. can't wait for ski season.

started my day with a meditation meeting, a men's group where we read the 11th step every other week and go through the other steps on the odd weeks. every week i say i need to do more. get more spiritualized.

slacking my way through the week, otherwise, caught up in the election, but i gotta say, a whole lot of fear has lifted. obama just nuked the shit out of the deathstar, and i'm digging the shimmers of hope, the tingles of possibilities, the quivers of potential--like it's about time, right, for this country to EVOLVE.

and here we go people. thank HP i've survived the Bush catastrophe (thus far), and thank HP for keeping me sober through the darkest days.