Failing Up

I just love Canada, and the Canadian people We could not ask for a better neighbor to our north!!  I have had the opportunity to spend a great deal of time there.  Toronto, Kingston, Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa all beautiful.  One of my  best friends in the world lives in Toronto.  The Canadians have stood with from D-Day on Juno Beach, where they lost 5000 brave souls in the month long battle of Normandy to, well almost the present day.  With all that is going on, I believe they would still stand with us in need.  They are just some of the most beautiful people. The gave us SCTV, Loren Michaels and SNL, and the greatest comfort food of all time, poutine!!  

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When America stares into the water of the reflecting pool, hoping to see her reflection of the history that has been her life for the past 250 years.  A history made up of  the bravery required to fight for freedom and maintain it.  The courage of her people to bring awareness to injustices instilling change, and the greatest generation who sacrificed all to save freedom. She would see a vision to soar into space, speech, and media that ended wars and made us aware of corruption.  She would see the struggle for equality, and her open her arms welcoming your poor and downtrodden who  have been the make-up this nation for 250 years.  She would see attempts to correct the injustice towards our Native American brothers and sisters who's land this was.  Sadly, she does not see any of that.  As her tears cause ripples in the water, all she can see is dark green algae, chipped paint and tire tracks.  Someday she will once again see here beautiful self, with imperfections but hope!  

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In this episode Paul and I catch-up on college, broadcasting way back, and performing. He also shares his future creative plans.  It was a great back to the future. 

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In his 1861 inaugural address, with a country divided Abraham Lincoln provided a famous closing quote that is as applicable now as it was then: ""We are not enemies, but friends...The mystic chords of memory...will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." 

There will come a time when labels will not matter, but the betterment and care for our neighbors will.  The framework of our democracy will.  Oh, we will still disagree, but we will argue under one united overarching framework.  War is not sustainable, corruption is not sustainable, lies are not sustainable, hate is not sustainable, only the courage to love is.  Crisis brings people together, we have all witnessed unselfish acts of courage and caring in crisis.  I have no doubts, that the better angels of our nature will once again touch is all.   

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In this episode my good friend Jamie and I sit down over a cup of coffee and share our thoughts and observations about the world we are navigating.  Of course we have many recommendations, as we look back and ahead in one breath.   

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In this episode I discuss the John Lennon song Imagine.  A true masterpiece, and just as, even more so applicable to our world today as it was in 1971. 

"Imagine all the people livin for today, Imagine all the people livin life in peace. Imagine all the people sharing all the world."

...."the world will live as one."

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In this episode I have conversation with my dear friend, David, Hongo Robertson.  Hongo is a musician, visual artist, wood crafts, and writer.  He is a true renaissance man.  Hongo and I talked about the artistic, process and not being labeled or defined by one activity, but instead continue to push boundaries and become who you are.  We talked about the talented artists who I consider part of a modern renaissance movement, and his journal project where he is interviewing all kinds of creative individuals as he explores the artistic creative process.  To learn more about Hongos' journal you can visit, hongoart.substack.com

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Ever since I was in elementary school and up to this day, Sunday afternoon caused a kind of melancholy fog over me as I thought about the week ahead.  The month of August has the same affect on me.  As far back as I can remember, The Back to School advertisements came out in early August.  Football practice started  in mid to late August, and college was in session by late August.  Boom! just like that.  I was in the grocery store today and saw Halloween candy!  Soon someone will say, "the leaves are turning early this year."  Autumn is summer's Sunday afternoon, better make sure your homework is done, and your socks are clean. 

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We humans just don't interact anymore.  We walk down the street and stare at phone, we push the buttons on the ATM, the gas pump, self-checkout, people are having relationships with AI Chatbots, even going to them for mental health counseling, we have lost touch!  The consequences are severe.   When interpersonal communications erodes, so does are sense of value for others.  People are labeled, leaders utilized communication to divide, because people become objects. Road rage occurs because the other driver is an object.  War is portrayed as clean with videos of items blowing up.  We do not see or hear the pain or suffering just labels.   Leaders divide, calling red or blue, but not you! It's hard to love an object. 

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In this part of the Unites States some seasons can be identified by weather, activities based on the weather and the food of the seasons.  Autumn is apples, cider, changing leaves, and you know it is the middle of summer when you are lathering up an ear of sweet corn.  This is when you know that summer has matured, grabbed every warm day and ear of corn, because when it is gone we will all be eating apples and drinking cider!

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