traditions.

broccoli bread.
every visit with my kids includes a loaf of this tasty business.
so good, for you face, for you eye!!!!

mmmmmmmmmmmm.


heres more proof of my permanent malfunction.
who thinks this look is a good idea? party like its 1999.
y2k bugs were in abundance. ointment might clear that up....


not that i was in any better shape in london, a year earlier, bangers and mash style.
...i smelled the way i looked. for real.


soooo, ive had one week off, so far, and another happening right now.
holler if you miss dollars, yo.

change. the winds of change, and the winds of war must come from the same direction.
i think its the same wind that always blows the smell of hot dumpster toward you as well.
wind happens when conflict happens. high pressure vs. low pressure. warm air vs. cooler air. beans vs. digestive tract. word.
every difference that isnt immediately resolved makes wind. and thats great if youre a kite, but if youre a viking, the only thing wind brings is full sails to Iceland. which is very pretty, but not very useful to me at all...
thats probably why they also rocked out with oars. (and illmatic dragon head masts.)
proactivity. thats the key.
so what happens when being proactive is being patient?
being patient.
BEING is the operative word, here.
the act of being patient is harder than the act of making it worse.
choosing the wrench in this case is NOT freaking out. im confused by this, but i am doing it.
the universe is taking its time, or im just to dumb to see the bigger picture,
but i am cultivating coincidences at breakneck speed these days, 100% pure vanilla sky extract.
synchronicity, the hippies call it.  
in any event, the extra time spent storytelling and artmaking, cooking, and movie watching with my young replacements is appreciated.
as always, i am grateful for the time i have been given.
and to show it, im being patient.

last night we created our own monsters. and looked at d&d monster manuals for 'clues'.
then we watched a little 'Return of The King', and some of the old-time BBC, made for t.v. style 'Chronicles of Narnia'. there a LOT of sharp teeth being drawn.

wind. inner conflict type. being patient, with a gut full of tofu. hot sauce vs. the hot fire furnace, ya'll.
im not one to blow my own horn (off my body), but on the real, there is some wind a-blowin'.
the wind of war, not quiet, and not soft.