I was at Lime Cay yesterday and saw this guy, a white guy with some nasty-looking (i.e. thick and clumpy) short locks demonstrating some very acrobatic moves, flips and somersaults. He was demonstrating these for some small kids. My curiosity was piqued when I saw him with a long thin bag, about 5 feet long. He removed some items and proceeded to assemble what appeared to be a bow. My companions and I were a bit confused about the use of such a bow at the beach. On further observation, it turned out to be a musical instrument of some sort. :-S Later, the use of the instrument was put together with the athletic acrobatics, and we surmised that he was in fact doing Capoeira (a Brazilian martial arts style). Of course, you know I had to go research the instrument, so here goes: (more…)

After the years of silence,
A whisper begins.
Strains of the past tease my mind.
A face long lost to the dark
Reappears in a flash.
A hopeful wish, a question,
A sudden reply.
The voice of time sings out
As the memories flow.
Seems like yesterday
We stood at this door.
The warm embrace of words
Surrounds us in the night,
Bringing us home.

A cloudy haze in my mind,
Memories seem out of reach.
Days gone too quick to grasp,
Is it already the end of the week?

I struggle to access the past.
How could it be Friday so soon?
As I plan for the weekend to come,
My head starts to spin to a swoon

It seems as though something is wrong.
As I open today’s paper I see,
Suddenly the week starts to look long
It’s Wednesday! How could that be?!

• Making new friends
• A glimmer of hope
• A night sky packed with stars
• Brownie batter
• A time to reflect
• Clean, powdered babies
• Finding a long-lost something
• Flaky croissants
• Updating your wish list
• A wagging tail
• No line at the store
• A hot shower after a workout
• An extra hour of sleep

I had a conversation last night (well, technically this morning) with an old friend that I rediscovered. One of his observations was that I seemed more in tune. He was pleasantly surprised because he felt that most people don’t reach that point because they are too scared of the possibility of change… scared of really living, scared of dying and everything in between.

I realized that I need to be happy and to do that I had to start understanding myself and what makes me happy. I can’t say that I am happy yet but I am actively working on it. (more…)