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Wed, October 31, 2007 - 7:47 PM
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Thu, November 1, 2007 - 5:14 PM
maybe they're just somnolent, rather than stuck.
it is the valley of the moon, after all. |
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Thu, November 1, 2007 - 7:43 PM
Thanks, miss!
By now, I am sure, many of my friends can recognize that time--inevitably evening or late at night--when I occasionally send out some scorching Jeremiad about how (in the words of the Stones) "I can't get no satisfaction" and the world has abandoned me and, further, Sonoma (or, earlier, substitute Santa Cruz, Chowchilla, Barcelona, Elk Grove, San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Larkspur (wherever I was living at the time) has been found wanting (by me) and all the fuddy-duddies there are 'stuck' and I'm not.
This time, among the responses I got at my email site and in blog points I sent this out to, these following responses (in addition to the one above) stand out as being sobering (in all senses of that word), the first from my best friend Ed: >As to your last comment about stuck? I don't know. Are "they" stuck, or are "you" stuck and are projecting that out on "them?" My >experience is that whatever I project out is an interior landscape and has little to do with the others.... Now that reminded me of all those things I know from Buddhism, Louise Hay, Betty Bethards, and Eckhart Tolle hut am still learning. Then there was this one from my nephew James, who commented on that aspect of this new home town of mine that has produced its name as Slownoma: >We used to have a saying in the band and after a while actually stopped playing these nights, Halloween, New Years and St Pattys day. >We called them amateur nights. Those nights people who rarely go out and drink do so and make a fool of themselves. We preferred to >be out with the professionals.. people who drink EVERY night. Now, THAT was grounding in its way, too. It's NOT all me. Then, of course, there was the good advice--and caveat--from Jeff W, my NYC friend, at my previous virtual outburst: You need the sign that I have posted above my computer. >PICTURE OF COCKTAIL GLASS >PLUS SIGN >PICTURE OF "SEND" BUTTON >EQUALS SIGN >SKULL AND CROSSBONES >It's invaluable. The trouble is that when I need it most, I'm not always inclined to abide by it. Finally, there was one from my friend Roadie that I deleted here and want to quote: >I can see why you are longing for the parties. >Time to start your own traditions. All of this is to say: thank you for your responses, reflections, advice, and humor! I know I have left out some gems that I have gotten from time to time from others--notably Geo., Michael, Jenn, Luke, Linda, and too many others to name and thank! As my Santa Cruz newage friends always used to say, "It's all good." Will |
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Fri, November 2, 2007 - 12:02 PM
yeah--i was raised in sonoma valley.
it ain't ALL you. ;o) |
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Wed, November 7, 2007 - 10:33 AM
happy 70th!!
love you Will. tell me, who played at your retirement party at the sheriff's lodge. i trippeed for hours on the visual balloon thingy...fuckt me up good!
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Wed, November 7, 2007 - 4:16 PM
Heyhey, Tomas!!!
Wow!! Wasn't THAT a party! On Ocean Street Extension in the Cruz, 1994, at the Sheriff's Posse House, with a LOT of our posse in tents and fully activated all night! We thought we might have had a stealth shield, but the cops cooled us down to drum circles for about an hour after three or so until....the main DJ that brought the vibe up again after we almost got busted was Alan (I'm having a senior moment on his last name, but he eventually moved to S.C. around 26th Avenue area) who'd worked at Ameba Clothing on Haight, with Mark Ameba and Tracy (who was JUST starting to DJ then) and then Brian Behlendorf's g-f and future wife, Laura LaGassa, kicked in and we rocked until 'way after sunrise! Remember that great light show and the smart bar, too? Classic, bro, huh???
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Wed, November 7, 2007 - 4:21 PM
The 'visual balloon thingy'
Yes, that's what i meant about that 3-D light show, and help me remember the character who set that up for me. he was trying to get rights to the video phone that he claimed to have invented....ah, senior moments....
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Wed, April 23, 2008 - 9:10 AM
Oh, will, I thought it was just me in Boston that felt that way...
I loved living in Marin, but soon fell into the comfort of the beauty and living/working an off-norm schedule that allowed me time to be outdoors a lot, wandering...so it became hard to msuter the "OOMPH" to get up & go out. The City, a 20-minute drive at night, seemed so far away....maybe I am getting old?
Here in Boston with no car, Night Owl transit service was discontinured a month after I moved here in 2005..making a simple sojourn out for a drink or dance downtown into an expensive evening, $50- cab ride home? no, thanks... I am hme more than ever...embracing the day and longing for the wild and magical nocturnal gatherings of yesteryear. The irony here is that I was in CA that week, working on getting things from storage, sorting shipping, camping in the chill night air in the magnificent redwoods, and Halloween had it's tricks for me... a friend in Napa, drunk with grief, lashed out unjustly, caused me to change my plan to head north...and I might have looked you up the next day on the return trek. Sorry I got your B-day invite after my plans were laid for the following week's visit..with work it was not so easy to make sudden changes, I went around my boss to get the time off approved as It was...got to The City by the Bay, partied like a Professional in SF and lost a few days recovering...heading to Marin to camp. On that Halloween night, instead of going north, stopped by to see old friends for comfort after my shocking encounter, but had just missed their son going to bed before I got there. I had a lot to do and didn't get to visit everyone or hike as much as I wanted to, My plan was to go back in March and September this year. Getting laid off more than a year before completing school was not in the plan...but was welcome relief as the gift of opportunity to create new things for myself... I wish I'd made more effort too connect with you, despite all that. It is true that time flies... For now, I am off to the beach to ponder my fate and savor today. |
