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*THIS WEBSITE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS. NEW CONTENT IS BEING ADDED REGULARLY.*
MUSIC, PHOTOGRAPHIC ART, CREATIVE WRITING, HUMOR AND PHILOSOPHY.
I SWIM AND I SMILE AND YOU'VE NOTHING TO FEAR. I'LL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY EACH TIME YOU COME NEAR. YOU MIGHT EVEN WIND UP WITH A GRIN EAR TO EAR.
FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE SOME 'SPLAINING TO DO. THIS WEBSITE IS NOT AN EGO TRIP, A MAGICAL MYSTERY TRIP, A NOSTALGIA TRIP AND IS NOT MEANT TO BE TRAGICALLY HIP, SO GET A GRIP. I HAVE ONLY TWO GOALS TO ACCOMPLISH. MY PRIMARY GOAL IS TO ENTERTAIN YOU, AS A VISITOR TO THIS LITTLE PATCH OF CYBERSPACE AND MYSELF, AS I PUT IT ALL TOGETHER WITH MUSIC, IMAGES, A BIT OF CREATIVE WRITING, AND MAYBE A FEW SURPRISES TUCKED IN ODD PLACES. I PLAN TO HAVE FUN AND SO SHOULD YOU. POKE AROUND, LOOK FOR STUFF. ENJOY. THIS WEBSITE IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT I CALL "TINKERING". IT NEVER STOPS.
SECOND, I WANT TO TELL YOU A STORY, A STORY FULL OF LAUGHTER, TEARS, HOPES AND FEARS. THE TALE OF A YOUNG PERSON STEPPING ONTO A PATH, NOT KNOWING WHERE IT MAY LEAD. A PATH TO AN UNSEEN GOAL, AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE, AN UNKNOWN FATE. A PATH OF LEARNING, TRYING, FAILING, THEN TRYING AGAIN AND AGAIN, UNTIL THIS YOUNG PERSON REALIZES THE PATH LEADS TO KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING. LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING HOW TO BRING TO LIFE THOUGHTS AND IDEAS GROWING IN THIS YOUNG PERSON'S MIND.
I WAS THE YOUNG PERSON IN THIS PARTICULAR STORY, THE ONE STEPPING ONTO THAT PATH MANY YEARS AGO, BUT THIS SAME STORY COULD BE TOLD ABOUT MANY PEOPLE, AS MANY HAVE CHOSEN AND TRAVELED THE SAME PATH, TAKING THEM THROUGH THE JUNGLE OF TIME AND YEARS, THROUGH THE MAZE OF THEIR OWN LAUGHTER, TEARS, HOPES AND FEARS. IT IS A LONG, DIFFICULT, INTERESTING AND NEVER-ENDING JOURNEY, A QUEST TO AT LONG LAST FIND THE WAY HOME.
MUSICIAN, SINGER, COMPOSER, SONGWRITER, PHOTOGRAPHER, CREATIVE WRITER, HUMORIST, PHILOSOPHER SANS PORTFOLIO, CONSULTANT OF LAST RESORT, OCCASIONAL GOLFER, GOOD COOK IF MOTIVATED PROPERLY,TRUTHFUL FISHERMAN, PART-TIME MAGICIAN (HAVE HAT, NEED RABBIT), CONSTANT TINKERER AND INDEPENDENT THINKERER. WILL FISH FOR FOOD. I HAVE BEEN OWNED, TRAINED AND GENERALLY WELL TOLERATED BY SEVERAL UPPITY, SPOILED AND ABSOLUTELY COMICAL CATS.
THIS WEBSITE CONTAINS A HEFTY CHUNK OF THE WORKS AND CREATIONS OF A LIFETIME. THIS IS NOT ALL OF IT. PERHAPS YOU MAY FIND SOMETHING OF INTEREST IN SOME OF THE NOOKS AND THE CRANNIES THESE LINKS WILL LEAD TO. THERE COULD BE SOME LAUGHTER OR A FEW TEARS AROUND ANY CORNER, OR A SMALL SIDESHOW IN SOME UNLIKEY, OUT-OF-THE-WAY, AND EASY TO OVERLOOK PLACE.
THE CHANCE IS GOOD THAT SOME THINGS ARE HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. THINGS I'VE DONE WRONG AND THINGS I'VE DONE RIGHT. THERE'S THE TALE OF A LONG JOURNEY BACK FROM THE NIGHT, AND OF THE THOUGHTS THAT I HAD TO DRAG INTO THE LIGHT.
AFTER WRONG TURNS, FALSE HOPES AND MANY A LONG AND LONELY WEEKNIGHT I FOUND THAT THE PEACE THAT I SEEK IS NOT OUT OF SIGHT IF THE TRUTH IS MY GUIDE AND IF LOVE IS MY LIGHT.
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