Dear Steve, I so don’t want to write this, brother. My heart breaks knowing you have gone on. I’m not sure if you will be able to see this in your current incarnation so the best I can do is speak to you through your friends, your children and your wife. I sat in your…
Category: Living life
7PM on Thursdays and Everyday at Noon
When my wife Rochana and I were buying our home in Cazadero, CA we read in the property disclosures that there was a siren that went off at 7pm on Thursdays and everyday at noon. We found that occasionally when those times came around we could encourage our wonderful pup Sammi to howl. My wife…
On Privilege – starting to unravel my issues with race
“Know better, do better” – Dave Chappelle A few days ago I was having a conversation with a coworker. He had mentioned that there is a newish movement in the tech community to rename certain terms like “master”, “slave”, “whitelist”, and “blacklist”. “Master” devices are usually devices that control “slave” devices. My coworker. White and…
Connections to my Guitar and my Aikido
As a requirement for my upcoming Aikido nidan (2nd degree black belt) test, I have been asked to write an essay. I have written about music and aikido previously but this exercise gave me a chance to look a bit deeper at how the two arts of music and Aikido have crossed paths and…
Throw Far, Son
I see you line yourself up inside the circle. You are focused, your face full of intent. You hold the discus and spin it back and forth between both hands. You square up, wind up, unwind, step, step and hurl. The discus flies. You do this again and again. I don’t know your sport. I…
New Years, 2013
All is quiet on New Year’s Day A world in white gets underway I want to be with you Be with you night and day Nothing changes on New Year’s Day On New Year’s Day – U2 2012 was a topsy turvy year for me. There was a lot of good, and there was some…
What Little We Can Do
I came home today and picked up my son to get a couple things from the store. When i walked in there was a mother with her son holding up a sign, asking for donations. I make it a habit not to give money to homeless or people asking for donations but I’ve also started…
How the Sea Changed my Aikido
It seems funny to write this. Not because I don’t feel a fundamental shift but for the fact that it was something so simple. So, let me give some context. I’ve never spent a lot of time in water that wasn’t a pool or not fresh water. I remember swimming in Hawaii and Florida when…
Hawaii – Epilogue
Hawaii was truly an amazing experience. I cannot recall having ever fallen in love with a location before, but I did connect soulfully and deeply with the town of Hawi. I adored the people there, loved the location and shops, the Kohala Koffee Mill, Kava Kafe, Sushi Rock, Hawi Gallery. All places I would visit…
Hawaii – Day 7 – my last day…Waimea, little adventures and Aloha
Jim had one more adventure in store for us. Well, 4 to be exact, although I didn’t expect the last two. We drove up Hawi Rd and took the right turn towards Waimea. Actually, there are two Waimeas in Hawaii, one in Maui and one on the isand of Hawaii. The postman’s name was Kamuela…
Mark's Meanderings 