The challenge of winters in Sullivan County (and probably a lot of locales that depend upon summer tourism) is that a good portion of warm weather activities get put on hold when the visitors go home. I was here for a couple of weeks during summer and the difference is very noticeable. In summer, there …
After completing the first 20% of yoga teacher training, we’re scheduled to do our first practice teach tomorrow. It’s 15 minutes split between warmups and 2-3 poses (asanas). We’ll be filmed and offered feedback. Some might say, “Wow! That’s fast!” And it is. Lucky for me, I’ve been performing for over 40 years and doing …
Just before my 60th birthday, Beth and I made a decision and acted on it with great speed. We sold our home of 17 years in Yorktown Heights, NY and took off on an RV trip, the journey we called, “Beth and Scott’s Adventure.” Over the last fourteen months, I am proud and happy to …
When should I hold on to a belief and when should I let it go? Sometime ago, I wrote a song about relationships called “Holding On.” At the time, I was witnessing some love-starved marriages where the couples were isolated from one another. It seemed to me that they were holding on to something that …
Warning: if you are a human, you may find something objectionable in this post. Oh, well. The journey to authentic manhood is a long and difficult one. I started in earnest around age 40 and I’m beginning to think and feel that the end of the really painful part is coming soon. I’ll be 61 …
What a wonderful, absolutely unpredictable Adventure life can be. One moment, we’re drowning in a viscous whirlpool and hoping the end comes soon. In the next moment we’re enjoying a lazy backstroke in a beautiful mountain lake feeling grateful to be alive. Yikes! On Saturday, the coin flip said “heads” and I could not have …
It took awhile, but I finally figured it out. The reason I’ve been so anxious, confused and losing sleep is because my life is changing…for the better. This is referred to as “fear of success,” and it’s every bit as scary as fear of failure. Fear of failure is thinking I’ll hit a wrong chord …
In all of pop music no one impressed or moved me more than the late Burt Bacharach who died this past Wednesday at age 94. There have been others (Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Van Morrison, Paul Simon, for example) whose individual songs have rivaled Bacharach’s, but none moved me or surprised me more than …
Despite two consecutive poor night’s sleep, the songs we started writing with 4th graders this week are off to a great start. For example, we’re penning a song called “Kindness in Action” and another called “We Are the Dream” about MLK. Good stuff. Sitting in my hotel room this morning, I felt so tired that …
I am happy to report that Steph has landed safely in Sullivan County. She barreled across the country in three days. Ah, youth! We were able to spend less than 24 hours before we had to leave for gigs in Westchester and Long Island. Our reunion was brief but sweet. We will return on Tuesday …