Learning to sail is still . . . → Read More: Autumn Courage]]> Autumn days remind me of cool breezes and dreams that have not yet been realized. Growing up I always dreamed of learning to sail, I was fascinated with the idea of living aboard a boat and sailing the world with the love of my life. Romantic, oh yeah, realistic, who’s to say.

Learning to sail is still on my “to do” list that keeps getting longer the older I become. It seems there is always new adventures awaiting and new grounds to break. One of my greatest hopes is that “I never lose this since of wonder” and that I always look to the next adventure with excitement and courage.

I wish this for my children as well.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. 

So throw off the bowlines

Sail away from the safe harbor 

Catch the trade winds in your sails 

Explore

Dream 

Discover

~ Mark Twain

One of my favorite songs about sailing has always been Southern Cross by Crosby, Stills and Nash. I hope you enjoy it on this first day of Autumn.

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The day turned out to be warm and pleasant and the music was simply beautiful. I had listened to a few of the songs before the concert but was very impressed with the talent that this group possesses. With only a . . . → Read More: Dawes ~ KPRI Frequent Listener Concert ~ San Diego Harbor]]> The KPRI concert aboard the Adventure Hornblower on Sunday Sept. 19th was even better than expected.

The day turned out to be warm and pleasant and the music was simply beautiful. I had listened to a few of the songs before the concert but was very impressed with the talent that this group possesses. With only a guitar and harmonious voices the three performed magically. 

On board the Hornblower I discovered that my camera is able to record as well as take still pictures so I will include a  few clips from the Sunday concert in a later posting. The bad recordings aside, it was one performance that I will remember forever and am so glad I was able to experience the beauty and serenity of the San Diego Harbor while listening to such remarkable music and talented performers.

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While sitting at the airport last week I realized, there are two kinds of people, those who love going to the airport and those who don’t.

 I myself am a meeter, a person who meets. I arrive at the airport full of anticipation and excitement and nervous energy. I talk to complete strangers in my walking on . . . → Read More: Airports and Love]]>

While sitting at the airport last week I realized, there are two kinds of people, those who love going to the airport and those who don’t.

 I myself am a meeter, a person who meets. I arrive at the airport full of anticipation and excitement and nervous energy. I talk to complete strangers in my walking on cloud excitement and we giggle and look around giddily waiting on the ones we love.

 I am also a people watcher, watching people at airports is a wonderful way and place to watch love stories unfold. We are all on display but feel that a curtain of secrecy is draped around us as we rush into the arms of our awaited loves.

It is sad that this generation has missed out on some of the airport dramatics of the up close and personal joy of hellos and tears of goodbye. They are unable to experience the joy of watching the plane land with only a sheet of glass between them and the plane and the excitement waiting for the terminal door to open and their love emerging, the first glances, the rush to meet each other and the whole experience of life before 9-11. They have missed out on the view of their loved ones plane cascading into the sky with the tears streaming down their faces as they wonder when they will see them again.

There is a scene in the movie When Harry Met Sally about meeting people at the airport. Rob Reiner, the movie’s director realizes that airport greetings can be romantic and  magical and then can just as easily become a chore, beginning relationships verses ending relationships. I hope to always be one of the fortunate ones who meets the one I love at the airport with an excited fluttery feeling that that comes from the anticipation and expectations of what will be.

For me it is one time and place that hellos and goodbyes can be full of the both the dimestore novel kind of emotion or even the romantic love story drama. It is one place we are able to step out of our every day routine and experience the wonder and desire of a new love over and over again.

Who is to say that the romantic, giddy, new love feeling has to die – we can meet the one we love at the airport, hug them like we will never let them go and watch as the dream becomes real and the one we love becomes the one we don’t want to live without.

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 Though Labor Day was originally conceived as a way to acknowledge the laborers or working class people in society and the contributions they have made,  I see it . . . → Read More: Labor Day]]> With the Labor Day Weekend coming to a close I am reminded of how fortunate I am  to be able to come together with my friends and family to celebrate the end of summer.

 Though Labor Day was originally conceived as a way to acknowledge the laborers or working class people in society and the contributions they have made,  I see it as also a time to look to the future, acknowledge today and learn from the past, I see it as a reflective time, aligning in my mind all of the wonderful memories of summer.

 I also enjoy thinking of all of the blessings I have received and all of the wonderful adventures I have been able to partake in. For me it is also a time to move forward, take the next step in ventures that have been conceived, ideas that have been acclimated and hopes that are sitting by the wayside.

 It is this time of year that I look upon as the drawing to a close of projects that were begun and need to be completed, it is a time to consider where my life is taking me at this juncture and if it is the path I want to be on. I find myself looking at my career choices and wonder if I am doing all that I need to do to reach the goals that I have set for myself. 

 In today’s world, the fact that people labor every day to provide for themselves and the ones they love is a tribute to their determinations and desire for a better life. The ones who are fortunate enough to also have a job they love is a very special treat indeed.

It seems to me that the people who live their life pursuing after their dreams are the ones who wake up each day with a smile and a love of the day and the unexpected. These are the ones that take on the daily day to day of life without allowing it to become a grind but instead manifesting it into a world they look forward to being a part of every day.

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