Bitchin’ drive over Box Canyon this morning in my car.

Today my youngest son decided to take a state AP Calculus test. It was in Simi Valley. So, I took the old Santa Susana Pass home. Then the wild and mysterious Box Canyon as well. The magic is still there too. One thing I can still count on in this fucking strange life. As I … Continue reading Bitchin’ drive over Box Canyon this morning in my car.

Go through girls like I go through fines… But I’ll never leave my car.

MAN AND MACHINE b/w PEACE THRU' POWER GROUPS FIRST RECORDING SESSION spring 1982 (Ron Emory and Mike Roche knew who they were ) "Posh and Jack both say: Please don't drink and drive! Limited Edition On Colored Vinyl Knowing that True Sounds of Liberty or T.S.O.L. are in Europe having fun NOW...makes it all seem worth while. Jack Grisham … Continue reading Go through girls like I go through fines… But I’ll never leave my car.

SO CAL PUNKROCK REUNION

Aug 2013 I have learned one thing. As Woody says, “Showing up is 80 percent of life.” Sometimes it’s easier to hide home in bed. I have done both. – Woody Allen Shyane at 12... As the Punk Rock Nostalgia was hitting hard back in 2013 I saw the invites to this event and they … Continue reading SO CAL PUNKROCK REUNION

Opossum

Day starts with a baby possum in the door screen, put it on a tree branch in the backyard, for mama to find, get in the car with a run, soon we are caught in traffic... but then this song comes on our car radio... and living is sweet

Box Canyon Road the magical place

When times get boring and I have had enough. I take a ride up Box Canyon Rd. Image of Yucca Plant in Box Canyon. Box Canyon Road begins at the corner of Lake Manor Drive and Valley Circle Blvd. It ascends a hill overlooking the San Fernando Valley. It leads into the old Santa Susanna … Continue reading Box Canyon Road the magical place

Sushi turkey

Holly said to Bear, "Did you ever notice when you close your eyes and look up at the sun that you can see a mandala? Red and orange colors flashing out in bursts of color. It reminds me of a Mosque. A vast ceiling in my eyes. This is what I am thankful for." The sushi restaurant was not open on Turkey Day. My son called earlier, and no one … Continue reading Sushi turkey

Apple Cider & Betty

When humans participate in ceremony, they enter a sacred space. Everything outside of that space shrivels in importance. Time takes on a different dimension. Emotions flow more freely. The bodies of participants become filled with the energy of life, and this energy reaches out and blesses the creation around them. All is made new everything … Continue reading Apple Cider & Betty

I think technology has ruined a few things! I said ladies no men!

When I lived in New York, I stayed with a family where happily every Thursday morning the trash truck would come to pick up the trash. At about nine in the morning the women in this house got up quickly and ran to the windows. I did not know what was up, but I found … Continue reading I think technology has ruined a few things! I said ladies no men!