Post Of Lime

I must point you to THIS wonderful post by the inimitable Lime. She is ever a rock of strength, sanity and calm in my often emotionally tumultous life. It reads in part, "Mahatma Gandhi, Corrie Ten Boom, Martin Luther King, Jr., Imaculee Ilibagiza - These are people who have all adhered to nonviolence and insisted that we must not return evil for evil, that we must return good." It was Lime who wisely reminded me that you should never wrestle with a pig. You both get dirty but the pig enjoys it. It's much easier to delete and, having deleted, move on. Peace out.

Apples and Oranges

Well, I wanted to post something today so you get this picture. I have one that's ACTUALLY apples and Oranges but I like this one better. More HERE.
But I'm here to tell ya
There's something else...the afterworld
A world of never ending happiness
You can always see the sun
Day or night
So when you call up that shrink in Beverly Hills -You know the one
Dr. Everything'll be alright
'Stead of asking Him how much of you're time is left
Ask him how much of you're mind, baby
'Cause in this life things are much harder than in the afterworld
In this life...you're on your own!
And if the elevator tries to bring you down,
go crazy...punch a higher floor!

Happy St. Pats/Wearin Of The Green

Well, these Lillies are MOSTLY green...more pix from the Philly Flower Show HERE.I have mixed feelings about St. Pats. I'm more proud of my Irish ancestry than ever but being sober now I feel it's a bit of a shame that the thing my countrymen are best known for is getting pissed. Have a look HERE for a bit more about Irish culture besides a Pint O' Guiness. No tha thar's aught wrang wi thae! Even when I was a proper drunk I didn't much care for Guiness tho. I couldn't readily drink 30 of them at a sitting so...
As for The Saint himself well...I've heard it said that the legend of him driving snakes from Ireland's shores is a metaphor for his persecution of Pagans. Not sure if that's true but I will go so far as to say that the Catholic Church has much to answer for in Ireland and abroad, but then again so does all of organized religion.
A dear friend at the doctor for her 2nd mammogram in a week. Apparently they wanted another look. Since she already survived breast cancer once we are none too happy about them wanting another look. Doubly so as they won't say WHY but apparently they never do. Anyway I'm worried and I'm praying hard for knowledge of God's will and the strength to carry that out fearlessly no matter what. It is not easy.
EDIT: THE BOOBIES ARE OK!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU GOD!

Fighting a cold again

Well, I have that "You have a cold coming on Jack." feeling. I am Jack's failing immune system. I'm letting Jack down. Actually, last time I felt like this I managed to fight it off with some Airborne and a good night's sleep so we'll see. My schedule always gets fucked over the weekend. The jam was good on Tuesday night, Thursday's solo show in Milford, CT went well. I'll be at Sloppy Josés every other Thursday now and Saturday night's surf show made me a few bucks too! I got a modeling gig for myself next Friday, next Saturday is the big photo shoot in Brooklyn. Four models, a makeup artist, a pro studio and ME! Woot! Between music and photography I'm starting to come close to paying my rent with my art. In NY that's no mean feat no matter WHO you are! Sunday I hope to convene The New Gearjammers band complete with keyboardist!

Drama Free HNT

If there's one thing I've been working on in my life it's cutting down on drama. I used to swing at every pitch but lately I'd rather walk. I'm powerless over others and there's really no point in getting upset about the things they think, do or say. I try to be kind, honest and forthright with everyone in my life. That is best I can do. I am not perfect but I try to be good. If that isn't enough for some people that's really too bad. This is a drama free zone. Seemingly everyone I talk to wants to fight today. I wonder why that is. Anyway HHNT

Glowing Birds Of Paradise

Some of you may remember sometime back when I had this yogic vision of a glowing bird of paradise flower.

Imagine my surprise when going through the photos of my recent trip to shoot the Philadelphia Flower Show I saw THIS:
OK, it's a coincidence. Except there ARE NO coincidences. God is giving me a message. And the message is "Listen to me: Follow your heart." OK. I get it. At least I think I get it. Why is it always harder to DO what's right than KNOW what's right? Especially when KNOWING what's right can be so God Damned Hard to begin with sometimes? Anyway I only put up a dozen or so pics from the trip so far. I'm trying not to innundate my Flickr account with fortyleventeen and scaighty-eight flower pictures. There's some good street stuff from Philly too. Visit My Flickr Account

NOTE: THE BIBLE, THE WORLD’S BEST-SELLING BOOK, IS ALSO THE WORLD’S MOST SHOPLIFTED BOOK.

Talking Fish @ The Philly Flower Show

I went to shoot a flower show and yet I met this talking fish. "Fish," said I "what do you here? Did you not know it's a flower show?" But the fish came up and breathed the air and "I don't care at all!" said he. "What you all do up there my friend is rather naught to me!" "Isn't that a rather odd thought?" thought I, "That all that I should do or see is rather naught to a fish that lives and breathes and swims beneath the deep blue sea?" And so if you should ought to see a fish that lives beneath the sea please tell him that I said hello for though all that I should do or see is rather naught to he all in all I have to say he was rather nice to me. After all, how often can you say you had a nice seaside chat with a fish that swims and lives and breathes beneath the devil's deep blue sea?