SUNRISE - July 29, 2011

"The dreams of the broken are mightier than the wishes of the dead."  ~Dodinsky

SUNRISE - July 28, 2011

The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.  ~Author unknown, in reference to Ecclesiastes 9:11, "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all."

SUNRISE - July 27, 2011

July 27, 2011 Sunrise 6:05 a.m.

 

 "Stubbornly persist, and you will find that the limits of your stubbornness go well beyond the stubbornness of your limits."

- Robert Brault

SUNRISE - July 26, 2011

July 27, 2011 Sunrise 6:00 a.m.

"Success consists of doing the common things of life uncommonly well."

- Unknown

SUNRISE - July 22, 2011

July 22, 2011 Sunrise 5:58 a.m.

"To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone. There is a limit to the work that can be got out of a human body or a human brain, and he is a wise man who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he is not fitted; and he is till wiser who, from among the things that he can do well, chooses and resolutely follows the best." - John Hall Gladstone

SUNRISE - July 21, 2011

July 21, 2011 Sunrise 5:58 a.m.

"He lives long that lives well; and time misspent is not lived but lost." - Thomas Fuller

SUNRISE - July 19, 2011

July 19, 2011 Sunrise 5:57 a.m.

"The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people."   — Randy Pausch

SUNRISE - July 17, 2011

July 17, 2011 Sunrise 5:55 a.m.

"Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think."  —  Randy Pausch 

Our grandson Kyan and the beautiful custom quilt  lovingly made by Lise.


As with all kids, he is most fascinated by the box.  

Somewhere in those last two sentences I think there just may be multiple lessons for all of us.


rlw

SUNRISE - July 16, 2011

July 16, 2011 Sunrise 5:55 a.m.

   “I have long ago lost my belief in immortality – also my interest in it.” – Mark Twain

   Today's harvest from the garden.  A pumpkin.  A cucumber.  Two onions.  Nine miniature strawberries.  Need recipe.

rlw

SUNRISE - July 15, 2011

July 15, 2011 Sunrise 5:54 a.m.

...just in case I tend to be filled with self-importance and think that the 'things' I have filled my life with will have much importance once I am gone vs. any personal legacy left for those that live beyond ... I am reminded:










I met a traveler from an antique land


Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command




Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:


"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" 
Nothing beside remains. 
Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,



The lone and level sands stretch far away...

SUNRISE - July 14, 2011

July 14, 2011 Sunrise 5: 54 a.m.

"There is no way to happiness.  Happiness is the way."

SUNRISE - July 12, 2011

July 12, 2011  Sunrise 5:52 am

“Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good; do good. Be kind; be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.” - Swami Sivananda

SUNRISE - July 11, 2011

July 11, 2011 Sunrise 5:52

 “Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” -  Einstein

SUNRISE - July 9, 2011

July 9, 2011 Sunrise 5:50 a.m.

"It's never to late to become who you could have been."  - George Herbert


A new song performed live each month.  White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane  last month and Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum


rlw

SUNRISE - July 5, 2011

July 5, 2011  Sunrise 5:48 a.m.

"If a man does his best, what else is there?” - George S. Patton

Power went out for awhile tonight.

1.  I know where our candles are

2.  I know we are short on D batteries

3.  I know I am glad we have a gas stove and a BBQ

4.  I know the TV is not a necessary part of my daughter's evening

5.  I know it was very easy to turn down the volume while practicing my electric bass

rlw

SUNRISE - July 3, 2011

July 3, 2011 Sunrise 5:46 am

“Most people never run far enough on their first wind, to find out if they've got a second. Give your dreams all you've got, and you'll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” - William James

SUNRISE - June 30, 2011

Wow - where did the first half of the year go...officially over in 1 minute PST.

June 30, 2011  Sunrise 5:45 am
gained 1 more second of darkness

"It is the Law that any difficulties that can come to you at any time, no matter what they are, must be exactly what you need most at the moment, to enable you to take the next step forward by overcoming them. The only real misfortune, the only real tragedy, comes when we suffer without learning the lesson." -- Emmet Fox

SUNRISE - June 24, 2011

June 24, 2011 Sunrise 5:43 am

"Interviewer: 'So Frank, you have long hair. Does that make you a woman?' 
Frank Zappa: 'You have a wooden leg. Does that make you a table?"  — Frank Zappa

They say that ignorance is bliss - or perhaps just a sign of an early onslaught of  Alzheimer's.

So having discovered the hedonistic pleasure of someone else brushing out your ponytail and fixing it for you every morning (a rare experience for men) ...I thought nothing of an after dinner "ponytail re-do'  - a gift from my daughter...much like a scalp massage - except better....

...until I returned home later from a hour long guitar lesson with my music teacher and a subsequent half-hour shopping excursion at the local grocery store after (long line of people behind me in the store), only to discover I had been "Barbie-ized" with a bright green band "ballet bun" on the back of my head.

Lise said she noticed it standing behind me in line at the store but didn't want to embarrass me by saying anything.  This "bun" was built to last with several Bobbie pins and a net for added stability.

Somehow the two women in my life thought this was hysterical, laughing so hard their ribs ached.  I did not see the humor so much...maybe a bit more now...

rlw

SUNRISE - June 21, 2011

“Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be. Because you only have one life and one chance to do it all.”  - Unknown

June 21, 2011 Sunrise 5:42 am

SUNRISE - June 18, 2011

June 18, 2011 Sunrise 5:41 am
Inside the Venetian in Las Vegas

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.” - Epicurus

Am experiencing pre-show concerns.  Playing at open-mic night in a few hours...no more practice today will make me any better than I am...hoping it is good enough.

I think I am a tiny bit better than when I started my final practice...so, off we go.  Will post clip if passable.

I only need 1,000 more hours of practice to calm down some.  Have four songs down (mostly).  Will start working on the next new ones tomorrow if I get through tonight satisfactorily.  Love the new song.

rlw