I have been having a hard 24 hours. Since we determined that our trailer’s jack was broken, I’ve been feeling frustrated, angry, disappointed, and sad. In my last post, I wrote about welcoming difficult situations as an opportunity to become a better warrior. That still makes a lot of sense to me and it’s been …
Five years ago, I started praying to God for problems. I asked my Higher Power to test me, to bring on challenges so I could become stronger and wiser. I wanted these tests to be hard and uncomfortable because I knew that the steel of my sword needed forging in fire and combat. All of …
We are T-12 days to leaving our home of 17 years and 1 day away from the estate sale that we hope will whisk away most of our belongings. It has been a long and bittersweet process for me, delightedly rifling through old letters and photographs, unloading items I have kept for way too long …
“We grow forward when the delights of growth and anxieties of safety are greater than the growth of anxiety and the delights of safety.” Abraham Maslow In my early years, I was taught how to pursue comfort, not courage. Success, I learned, was “to enjoy life, retire and then do more enjoying!” In effect, I …
Our beautiful home has been transformed into a thrift bazaar. There are tables upstairs and downstairs and in the garage covered with all manner of stuff from every corner of our lives. Each item has a post-it note with its price. Beth keeps saying, “This is weird.” True. The two of us have tried our …
Today, we visited an elementary school and wrote three songs with first graders. It’s one of my favorite things to do – writing and recording a simple song in 45 minutes, collaborating with the teacher and the kids to make a pleasant song. It’s a kind of magic trick to do it so fast and I …
Meadow, a Senagal parrot, lived here for a short while. She was too wild or we were too inept at bird ownership. Luckily, we found her a new home. Did you know parrots can live as long as humans? I like to think Meadow is still alive somewhere, hopefully happier. Jessi was our first family …
For the last 30 years, Beth and I have been pursuing a career as children’s musicians. Here in the New York area, we’re well-known as Teaching Artists, folks who come to schools, libraries and summer camps to sing fun songs and, more importantly, share music on themes relevant to the academic and social-emotional curriculums. (That …
For those of you who are just now joining us on the adventure, here’s a quick recap of where we are and where we’re going! Our home in Yorktown Heights is “in contract” and we plan on going south on February 1st. We envision spending the next three months in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina …