Café Avilion, AfterA run…A swim in the ocean…A video for you…( 3:11 p.m. 26th November ) Dear Love, Yesterday, I shared with you a perspective, a way of looking at the self as something not so real if you will. Today, I want to give you another perspective. You are you. I wish I could give you the gift of being 100% who you are, free and unabashedly yourself. No one can do that for you but I will go for it anyways. And I want to do that by speaking to your heart. But first let me set the...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
An Undisclosed Café Sesimbra Portugal, A Wednesday, Dear Love, Some days are just made to be silly. You know I haven’t had any Coke for 20 years or more. I’m just not a big fan of soda pop But here I am in Sesimbra at an undisclosed location, sweaty hot day. "Que forno"… Like being in an oven ( what an oven ). . The writing was flowing, hours sitting at the keyboard and I was done looking at anything non organic. I closed my computer and decided I would have a Coca Cola. Now I’m not drinking...
6 months ago • 3 min read
Café Spot DivingSesimbra Portugal24th July 2024 Dear Love, It’s noon and I sit in the diving mecca of Sesimbra, near the docks. Tuesday and life is calm, after the weekend rush, a Monday and Tuesday feel like a Holiday from people. Local characters sip coffee, fishermen unravel their lines from a night of fishing. Here in Portugal the fresh markets for fish are closed on Mondays because the fishermen are blessing the ocean with a day off. That is a testament to the Portuguese and their love...
6 months ago • 5 min read
"Alienation is the human condition, love the human necessity", said the professor. His tone was sincere, his eyes focused on the truth. It was the first day of class and my 22 year old mind was in a puddle of anxiety after hearing those words. You feel it in your entire being when a truth hits you; it is disturbing to your existence. I dropped the class. Perhaps it was that same semester, when I found myself in an auditorium, a different professor began to speak with silence. He pushed play...
about 2 years ago • 1 min read
"Alienation is the human condition, love the human necessity", said the professor. His tone was sincere, his eyes focused on the truth. It was the first day of class and my 22 year old mind was in a puddle of anxiety after hearing those words. You feel it in your entire being when a truth hits you; it is disturbing to your existence. I dropped the class. Perhaps it was that same semester, when I found myself in an auditorium, a different professor began to speak with silence. He pushed play...
about 2 years ago • 1 min read
What adventurous times we live in. A thousand lies mixing with a thousand little truths, the troubled times have never been so confused. And yet, here you are, here I am, alive and living... Playing and dancing and planning... What strange curiosities will life bring next? That's about as far as one can get when it comes to outside circumstances, events beyond one's control. But what about you and your life? What about you and your desires? Yes... Your story continues to unfold. Are you taken...
over 3 years ago • 2 min read