Those who are forgiven much love much

    The above clip is my friend Danny Cosby. Danny is very much in the category of those who have been fogiven much. I would like to stop for a moment and say that he has not been forgiven one sin more than I have, although our sins may have been very very different. Danny was in prison, facing 10 years of hard time, when in the midst of his affliction, the Lord heard his cry for help and lifted him out of the miry clay. I consider Danny a brother, with a heart as sweet as honey. He also sings like the Devil is chasing him, and I am in awe of his talent.
I hope you enjoy this short clip of my brother Danny.

ABC gum anyone?

   












      According to Wikipedia: "the Market Theater Gum Wall is a brick alleyway wall now covered in used chewing gum. Parts of the wall are covered several inches thick, 15 feet high for 50 feet"
I can vouch for this! 
     On a recent trip to Seattle, Abi and I found the "Gum Wall". It's not far off the beaten path around the Pike Place Market In downtown Seattle. From just a few feet away, it is beautiful, with colorful, mosaic areas of pictures made with blobs of used gum. In some places it resembles the eyechart test for color-blindness, with thinly disguised names and sayings squished into place by hands that fear no germ, neither foreign or domestic.
Up close, it is quite another experience. Although still very colorful, it is gross, yet it almost draws one in, much like the tractor beam of vintage Star Trek episodes. You can scarcely look away, Only the quiet, persistent "vibe-out" of other would-be gum admirers is enough to move you along, till you are just outside the power of this altar to a chicled entity. Good times, good times indeed. 


   

Wanna See a Cannon Fire? Battle of Collierville

 My daughter Abi, is a blossoming photographer. I have been taking pictures since I was a kid, and over the last couple of years have branched off into serious video and documentary filming.In an effort to help Abi hone her already accomplished skills, we try to get out and shoot various events around the city. We actually just got back from Seattle, where we spent a few days shooting some very cool stuff all over the downtown area. We saw a re-enactment of the Battle of Collierville today. It was out at Schilling farms. It was cool to see those guys dress up in the field clothes of those Civil war times and watch them fire the muskets and cannons.
Spoiler alert: The confederate lost the battle.








   

Sometimes 49 is NOT the new 39!

     

     Contrary to popular belief, 40, nor any derivative of it, is not the new 30.
And in my case specifically, 49 is NOT the new 39!
I discovered this wonderful truth about 2 weeks ago, while helping my daughter Abi, work on her Lacrosse skills. We were out at her usual field of play,  trying to get "really real" with the conditioning, in preparation for the coming season. In the 14 years of Abi's existence, I've always prided myself on being completely supportive and involved in her activities, and Lacrosse was no exception. Unfortunately, I'm 14 years older than I was when she entered this world, and not quite the spring chicken I was then. In the midst of returning a ball to her, I attempted to run and throw at the same time, tripped on the Astro-Turf (Do they still call it Astro-Turf?) and fell, jamming my elbow up into the top right side of my ribcage, tearing the cartilage in that area.
Oh well, Just torn cartilage, I thought I'd broken 2 ribs AND my arm, so a little torn cartilage should be nothing. Wrong. I was out of work for a week, and was so jacked up on pain meds I can barely remember the week. Nice, nice. 
As soon as I recover from this, I'm on a comeback tour.
Oh, it's gonna happen,
Or I'll die tryin'.
Over and out.