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This is going to read like a commercial and……..

I’m reminded of the fellow who went to see his Doctor. After an examination and the usual cautionary advice, the fellow says, “Doc, I didn’t come here to be told I’m burning the candle at both ends…I came for more wax!”

As I attempt to put some of my hopes and dreams onto paper, nearing the magic moment of 2009, checking off last year’s accomplishments, I’m aware that a lot of my ‘bucket list’ involves things for which I need to have some kind of physicality in place. Example, competing in the Senior’s Summer Games means that I can only choose what my body allows me to do. However, I would like to do the choosing, rather than eliminate choices because of some silly thing we call aging.

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Hanging on the wall next to my desk, is a framed certificate that says ‘Solo Certificate,’ dated 1980.

It came from my flight school and features a hand-drawn picture of an eagle, having just shoved a baby eagle out of the nest, with the little guy pulling out of a dive.

As with a lot of drawings, there are motion lines from the eaglet to the nest. They are supposed to represent the flight of the new flyer. For me, they represent a kind of rope or golden thread…..some way of providing a safety net, in case the little fellow was a bit of a lateral-thinker. He might also be envisioning the possibility of just climbing down from the nest. But, that’s just me.

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Wow! The software upgrade is pretty remarkable! Good job, WordPress!

As I sat at my desk last night, going over my list of seasonal greetings cards, I was reminiscing about a very lovely lady (not the picture frame lady) who passed through my circle of special people…..there are those fantasies again….what was it that had her not be a part of my real life? Well, it was….nothing.

Nothing? Yeah, I mean no words. Seems like I was caught in one of those, “Guess what I am thinking.” scenarios where the man was supposed to figure out what the lady was thinking, or what was appropriate or not with her, and respond accordingly. Seems that I didn’t, she wouldn’t, we therefore couldn’t, and now someone else might. Good grief, I just wrote a cowboy song!

Now, I cannot speak for every man, only myself, and I’m reminded of a piece of poetry……

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Today, I’ll be doing some updating of my site so this will be short….

I always wondered if I could paint. I believe it is something that we all have an inclination towards. Have we at some time or other, for what could be any of dozens of reasons, hidden away the urge to draw or paint? I know I did. Well, actually it is hard to hide the urge…it’s more like I overwhelmed it with reasons and justifications for not trying. It isn’t that I needed to decide if I was going to launch a new hobby or career. I just wanted to test that little urge to put paint on canvas…..just to see where that adventure would take me.

But I needed some artistic guidance and I immediately thought of asking an old friend for some advice.

To my delight, his site provides an incredible source of information including an excellent eBook on how to do an actual painting, step by step. 

Here is his site. http://www.briansimons.com/

Enjoy the adventure, for art matters!

Rich