Refection — Image by kenne Reflection On Effort Where am I? Where do I want to be? Is more effort needed? An assessment may create more questions, in an upside-down world where the normal order is reversed. Effort is good, but too much is bad. Can the key to life be knowing how much effort is [...]

Stevie Ray Vaughn Image Source: SRV Official Site In a few more months, it will have been 21 years since the death of Stevie Ray Vaughn. In my book, he remains the greatest guitarist ever. kenne Related articles Kenny Young’s Top 5 Guitar Gods (wzlx.radio.com) Sneak preview: Bud Light Hot Summer Nights in Vail (buzz.snow.com) [...]

Lyle, by Chuck Close — Source: Pace Prints     Related articles Chuck Close – The Reinventor of Portraiture (foxwellgallery.wordpress.com) A Matter of Perspective – Friday Poetically (liv2write2day.wordpress.com)

Sisters — Image by kenne To truly know thee, look beyond the image! kenne Related articles My sister, My best friend (ipshitasworldofwords.wordpress.com) I love my Sisters (cillaph.wordpress.com)

Are you doing things out of habit, or are you thinking? Most people have a daily routine that over time can be boring, yet paradoxically, comfortable. The comfort state may lead to not wanting to change our condition. Often, opposing opinions (ideas) are viewed as “divisive,” which can result in shackled learning. A major element [...]

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Leon Russell — Image Source: Wikipedia Leon Russell was in Tucson this last May and sadly, we missed him. You know a musician is good when he is able to play successfully in any genre: pop, rock, blues, country, bluegrass, standards, gospel, etc. — did I mention that he’s a great songwriter! Russell was inducted into [...]

Kenne, Kika & Joy, June 21, 2010 Looking back, I’m not sure which one of us may have experienced the most anxiety. One might think it would be the cat (Kika), but Joy would probably argue that point. We had arrived in Tucson 36 hours before the moving van, so after unpacking the cars, we headed [...]

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Jose Antonio Vargas — Image Source: The Village Voice – Blogs “One August morning nearly two decades ago, my mother woke me and put me in a cab. She handed me a jacket. “Baka malamig doon” were among the few words she said. (“It might be cold there.”) When I arrived at the Philippines’ Ninoy [...]