As I write this, I’m sitting in our truck with Bradley (our dog) in an overflow parking lot next to Westchester Airport. Beth is in the terminal waiting to see if her 5:30pm flight will take off at 6:15pm or at all. Such is air travel these days There’s rain on the windshield and that …
Track 3 on Create Without Caution is “Shopping Spree,” the only song I know of that takes direct aim at people like the narrator who use shopping like alcoholics use the drink. Most people find the song lighthearted. After all, “retail therapy,” as it’s commonly called, seems on the outside to be one of the …
The second song on my CD is the title track, “Create Without Caution.” This song is an anthem for me, an affirmation that addresses my inner critic, the voice that says, “Be safe, Scott. You’re less likely to fall if you stay by the trunk of the tree and avoid crawling out onto those flimsy, …
The first track on my first solo CD is “Live, Laugh and Love.” I wrote this song in 2005 about our daughter, Helen, but it has a richer backstory that deserves telling. Beth and I started looking for homes the previous year. The idea of owning a home was one we were pursuing somewhat half-heartedly …
When was the last time that I spent an hour in a pool? How about you? When we lived in Yonkers, I suppose. At that time, we were fortunate to be in a co-op overlooking the Hudson River and the Palisades. We had a different, beautiful sunset every night and the co-op’s pool was someplace …
Yesterday, we parked the rig in Garrison, NY, a place where the sweltering heat may be of epic proportion, but so is the wonderful beauty of an inground swimming pool! When the Adventure commenced, I was still in a headspace where accepting kindness and love from others was difficult. Our friends Eric, Bill, Kevin, Suzy, …
“Every ending is a beginning” I wrote in a simple song, long ago. Yesterday, I heard someone say, “Every ending was once a beginning.” I like that, too. The fluidity of life is real to me, though I sometimes feel stuck. That brings to mind another quote: “Everything works out in the end, so if …
When Beth and I sold our home and left New York, we figured on a three-month tour of Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee. We started in February 2022 and here it is nearly August. Obviously, we extended the original plan! When we are finished with sunmmer in New England, our plan will be to put …
It’s been some time since I last wrote in this space. For those of you who may have been disappointed or worried that I wasn’t writing, please forgive me. Now, let’s see if I can catch you up! When last we met, Beth and I were staying in the Finger Lakes region of New York. …
As Americans, many of us are trained to be doing something from the moment we wake up to the moment our heads hit the pillow. That’s one of the reasons that “Let Go, Let God” or practicing meditation is so very difficult for us. We know to press on the accelerator to get a jolt …