by chas on February 13, 2009
When health is absent,
wisdom cannot reveal itself,
art cannot become manifest,
strength cannot be exerted,
wealth becomes useless,
and reason is powerless.
herophilus 300 b.c.
thanks to daniela haskara for the herophilus quote, and may i close the loop by saying that if you ain’t got reason, wealth, strength, art,or wisdom, you ain’t got your health. which shows in my mind [...]
by chas on February 6, 2009
in which i look back at monday and ask: how the heck did i get here?
big wheels keep on spinning
so yeah. it’s been one of those weeks. like huh! everyone seems to be doing something but me. spin spin spin. and then the capper is when i am talking to a client and i mention [...]
by chas on January 30, 2009
happy birthday to ran!
randi, that would be, who, as my son rowan is telling everyone he runs into, is having a birthday today. and unlike rowan, i won’t tell you which one it is! we’ll just break out in a chorus of:
happy birthday to you!
happy birthday to you!
happy birthday dear randi!
happy birthday to you!
and now [...]
by chas on January 23, 2009
nana nana nana na na boom boom boom
okay. is this about me? or the world? 5975 songs in my itunes library and only one with birthday in the title? now that is…dunfordly! more celebrations please! get up and dance!
you say it’s your birthday
okay then. woke up early and dove into the morning pages and [...]
by chas on January 16, 2009
down the rabbit hole
oh foolish me. i thought this was the week to go through old stuff, material stuff, pieces of paper stuffed into paper sacks, bills and notices and stuff like that. you know, george carlin type stuff. yeah right. and why do i keep forgetting that everything material is a link to something…mysterious, [...]
by chas on January 10, 2009
all will be revealed
i can smile about it now but at the time it was terrible
—morrissey “shakespeare’s sister”
wow. what a week! starting out with the proclamation of 2009 as the year of self healing, which segued into this 1st week of the year as the week of holding a vision of myself in wholeness and [...]
by chas on January 2, 2009
isn’t my new year the most beautiful thing ever?
ah, well, uh, no actually. it’s a little bit smooshy and alien looking. and it seems to need an awful lot of support and guidance!
well yes, i suppose that is all true. still yet, it is my brand new baby, and i think it’s the most beautiful [...]
by chas on December 26, 2008
going…going…gone?
hey there! welcome to the last update! of 2008. yep. time flies when you are having fun, eh? and now that we are in the home stretch, it’s worth remembering one important thing…it ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings!
dude…are you ever going to learn to talk straight?
probably not. however, i do promise that i [...]
by chas on December 19, 2008
home sweet home
after a week of long days, sleeping in the spare room of my dear friends kami and akesha, i’m settling into a period of relative stability in roslindale, on fairview street, which does indeed have a fair view, and which also leads up a hill and then down a hill straight in the [...]
by chas on December 12, 2008
psst…
well i got a secret but can i keep it
i better cross my heart and hope to die
—stacey earle
not a happy secret, i’m sorry to say. and unlike the general theory of secrets (yours are mostly forgotten, never revealed; mine simply the latter), this one has a half life of a couple weeks at most. [...]