If You Get Down And Quarrel Everyday You're Saying Prayers To The Devil, I Say Why Not Help One Another On The Way Make It Much Easier Just A Bit Easier Say You Just Cant Live That Negative Way If You Know What I Mean Make It A Positive Day Cause Its The News New Day News And Days New Time And If Its A New Feelin' Said Its A New Sign Oh, What A New Day
BoB Marley And The Wailers
1976 Positive Vibrations
Walking:
Lots of walking this month so far. That is, lots of dog walking this month. That would be, lots of mind clearing walking in the desert and down around Connected Lakes. Focusing on rolling my hips and paying close attention to my gait. i.e. Stride
Meet Jane. Jane is a 107 pound Kangal and is only 8 months old!! She live in a kennel on the backside neighbors yard. She comes in at night but needs more care and freedom. The Dude had a really good chat with the neighbors and told them that I would be interested in walking Jane. They questionably agreed and that is what I have been doing. She is a water dog and super friendly.
The above photo is of The Dude's dog Niyah after about our third day of hiking in the desert. She is quite the different dog now that she lacks ritual sleeping patterns all day. Been running the Sh*T out of her in the desert and now she has become a rather interesting bed hog. She starts down at my feet, wiggling her way up to the small of my back, and then slithers her tiny warm body up near my pillow by morning. Pretty Cute
Loki and Niyah often tend to remind me that I am doing it wrong. Loki wants to head down the trail when we are walking our No Excuse Loop around the neighborhood before work.
And then they loose their little marbles when we turn onto the desert road. Like Go Time
This would be Niyah reminding me that she really enjoys eating and her bowl is bone dry. Whats Up With That Human??
Playing a little 17th century game of Cribbage with The Dude the other night with his $1 Middle Eastern Deck Of Cards. They are beautiful and wish he had brought back ten dollars worth because they would make fantastic birthday gifts. Super light wight paper without wax, vivid color patterns, and dig the face cards for sure.
CYCLING:
Riding like the wind, riding into the wind, riding against the wind, and fighting with the Phuc-N wind. Its that wonderful time of year when the farmers are burning their fields and it's windy everyday.
Pushing through on the old GT and riding through new ares of the valley. Clearly should have edited this photo above so that you all could appreciate the old time farm equipment here. But again, the cross winds that day were atrocious. But hey, any day on the bike is better than driving to Subway Sandwich.
The Dude whipped up an outstanding breakfast on Sunday morning. Both white and wheat flour. Real flour, not enriched Sh*T!! Added blueberries, flax seeds, wheat germ, and almond butter. They were a wonderful treat all week with yogurt before work. Nutritious Fiber Packed Healthy Baby
ORTHO:
Crushed it these passed few weeks!! KAFM runs a Friday program at noon by the name of The Kitchen Sink. Its a call in show where they offer up the airwaves to the community to advertise garage sales, concerts, art center happenings, etc. So I rang them with my theory of how bodywork merries with the vaccine. The first Friday that I rang, loads of text, one new client. Second call into the Kitchen Sink landed me three new clients and they all have referred me to their friends. Total Score
Last weekend was a busy one for me in the office. I am basically manually flushing clients Lymphatic System and then releasing a few aches and pains here and there. Super light touch, way easy on my body as well, and only washing one sheet compared to two sheets during a massage. Stoked
RADIO SHOWS:
Thank you all for streaming and texting during the Blonde Roots show. I throughly enjoyed the hell out of myself. Pulled off a few rusty moments and hit the wrong play button a few times but still had a fantastic show. The main feature was airing clips from the legendary Mel Books 1974 Young Frankenstein. Let me know if you would be interested in a CD from the show and I will happily make it happen. www dot kafmradio for org
I have two more shows coming up and then not sure when I will be on next. The first show will be featuring funk, R&B, Hip De Hop'n, and Above Ground Trance Grooves. That is how I envision the Magic Carpet Ride happening tonight the 11th at 6:30pm MT Time Zone. Then, its early rise and shine as I will be back on air at 6am. This is normally a rock show hosted by a gent by the DJ name Brizz. I am planing on approaching this in the same vain from 6-9am Friday the 12th of March. Hot Damn
GOALS:
Avoid COVID
Hydrate Like A Mad Man
Lock Down Travel Dates
Speak With Clear Intentions
Celebrate Happiness
And I leave you with another one of my time lapse videos. Just over a minute long and again, I thank you for your continued support over the years.
I Asked The Zebra Are You BLK With White Stripes Or White With BLK Stripes And The Zebra Asked Me Are You Good With Bad Habits Or Are You Bad With Good Habits Are You Nosiy With Quiet Times Or Are You Happy With Some Sad Days Or Are You Sad With Some Happy Days Are You Neat With Some Sloppy Ways Or Are You Sloppy With Neat Ways And On And On And On And On We Went I'll Never Ask Zebra About Stripes. Again
Shel Silverstein
WINTER CLEANING:
After vacuuming the whole house from top to bottom, began throwing out unused items, recycling all kinds of treasures, I am shedding my skin of old engrams like a snake slithering through the woodpile.
One of the old VANS shoe boxes that I came across safely guarded an original 2GB KAFM Thumb Drive under those miscellaneous letters, postcards, ticket stubs, etc.
I hesitated for just a second before plugging it into the old Mac. Not that there was anything to worry about but you know that feeling when diving into the unknown forgotten past.
Much to my surprise, only the best photos ever were still lingering around on this drive. All Boy Dog Photos and I can remember snapping each one of these. 100 Pounds Of Pure Love
And so damn charismatic as well. He never had a bad day, even during those last few days. He didn't care so much when I pulled my duffle bag from under the bed because that was the bat signal for my departure. But The Boy Dog ALWAYS rewarded me with a constant reassuring reunion upon my return. So Phuc-N Miss That
VALENTINES DAY:
I had the best dang day because there were zero expectations and I didn't disappoint anyone with their selfish needs. Nobody around to point out my short comings or asking me why I keep them at arms length.
But truthfully, I was pretty lonely overall. That is just me. I personally desire compassion and holding hands with that someone that wants to be with me. When I am with a partner, everyday is worthy of leaving treats with a posit note, stashing a love letter in their sock drawer, or slipping a simple drawing under their windscreen blade. Those are the memories I choose to cherish.
One of these days, hopefully sooner that later, my time will be shared rubbing a lovers feet while giggling like school children late at night when we are supposed to be sound asleep. Closing my eyes with my lips softly pressed against the back of this wonderfully enchanted lovers edible neck. Drifting Away Soundly
ORTHO:
Treating Silver Sneakers again and specializing in C19 vaccines relief therapies. My theory is this, moving your own interstitial fluids before receiving the injection reduces soreness, redness, and / or other minor side effects. Apparently, the second round of puppy shots have been rather rough on folks. Three of my Silver Sneakers joyfully claimed no issues like their friends have spoke of. So they have been referring me like crazy. Right On Happy Lymph Nodes
Had a first time experience and super pleased with the outcome. My first ever blind client came into the office with their assistant and clearly a stiff neck was on the docket. They walk with their left hand on the right shoulder of their assistant. NOT GUIDE as she is NOT A GUIDE DOG. Before I addressed anything, she told me that she IS THE Assistant. OK Cool
The blind client asked if they could lay face up. " How about we begin with you in that supine position." I offered. "For us, that works better." I followed up with. You could literally witness them dropping into a parasympathetic state with my higher vibrational language statement and allowing them to keep their power was a game changer. Apparently they had a rough session in the past with a massage therapist that did not meet their model of the world. Bummer
This poor client was a mess from C7 up. Or in medical terms, congestion distal of C7. So I began working with ribs 3 , 2, and 1, Released all 8 shoulder points in both shoulders, and then for good measure, released both major and minor psoas muscles. I have touched on this before that I never begin a session with working the problem because clients are way to in their own head to release and allow. Its just how we are wired. Example; head to the doctors for a "hurt" ankle and you just know the Dr is going to position that ankle into a painful rotation and ask if this hurts and you become totally on guard. Right??
So as I began to move through the Cervical Spine of the neck, my soft focus was on the reaction of the assistant from the spoken descriptive words of the client. " My thoracic cavity is unhinging " and " My neck is rotating in relationship to my clavicle " and " My humors feels medially rotated from my body " The assistants eyes were wide open like a little school girls offered candy for the first time. She clearly never spoke an interminable running anatomy dialog with this client and later on there will be a story from that observation.
You see, this is another paradigm why I throughly love body work and living the practitioner lifestyle. I basically stimulate the proprioceptors in the body and their body heals from within. What was fascinating for me was how in tune this blind client is with their own self awareness. DUH !!! They allowed the work to happen and their mind never questioned or became a hindrance. Little kids also possess this ability. So after this session, they stood up, first words were," Are my shoulders level?" Their assistant replies with," Why yes there are. You are standing taller as well. How is that possible?" As to the title of this blog of mine, WHAT ELSE IS POSSIBLE
The next night my phone rings with a 3## area code and my fingers were crossed that it was triple j but no. It was the assistant. She goes on to explain that this client acted radically different with me and in her words " Never have I seen them so F***ing clam around anyone before." She tells me that if she had not known any better, we had worked together for years. What was also amazing for me was how this lady was such a stick in the mud and her projection was high and all mighty. Now, it is this soft spoken inquisitively respectful human. She booked two sessions for the first couple weekends in March. YES
HAPPY ONE YEAR:
Tim and Amanda were celebrating their one year anniversary February 22nd. HERE is that post from their wedding weekend and my Sunny San Diego Vacation. The first photo is from flying high above Las Vegas at night. Oh, I So Want To Travel Overseas
And it's been so refreshing talking with them as they have made such positive strides over this past year. Every time we chat, they have something new and inspiring on the horizons. They purchased a new mountain home, tackling home improvement projects, or simply walking together after dinner. Pretty Damn Cool
FULL MOON:
What a full moon it was and snowshoeing was a blast. Yes, little windy when exposed to the elements. The Dude brought his two dogs and they ran as if they had never been walked. Pure Solidarity
We are still in bad shape snow pack wise but a few fresh inches fell prior to our adventure. Which was rather nice as each step was not as icy packed steps that sort of "hurt" the balls of me feet. In the trees, no breeze and a peacefully quietly experience. Up and down and off trail we tromped around like kids with happy dogs bounding around us throughout our saunter. How about that hobbit looking house with fresh snow covering the chimney??
RADIO SHOW:
And what do you know, back on air for this first time in well over six months. I am choosing to pass on airing dirty laundry at this time but let's just say that I purposely asked for a Saturday time slot. So I am hosting Blonde Roots this Saturday at 3pm Mountain Time Zone. You folks in the UK, 10pm. That would be 6am Sunday morning in Perth Australia. A perfect 5pm on the east coast.
Yes, that is my right hand after pulling old bearings from an elliptical machine. My poor baby soft massage hands tear fairly easy these days. Anyway, I am way excited about hosting Blonde Roots and I have about half of my playlist sorted out so far. Obviously, Loads Of Cover Tunes!! Little gems like Pink Floyd piano instrumentals, a few from Pomplamoose Music Group, and the delightfully seductive tunes by Morgan James. Blonde Roots will be a real hoot for three full hours this Saturday the 6th of March at 3pm. Click here to listen live and hopefully the live web cam. Not sure if the web cam is still in operation these days.
CYCLING NUMBERS:
There were a few icy days and that is my sassy way of saying that I was pretty lazy. Should have accomplished more but it really is what it is. And let us be honest here, haven't dug deep in many many moons. Simply riding to enjoy the views, observing the flow of the scary low Colorado River, and clearing my busy mind.
This photo above represents the last week of February. Will navigate Strava at some point to "find" the milage between running and cycling and snowshoeing and hiking. Until then, here are my loose ended numbers. Thanx For Checking In
Run - Not Sure There Strava
Ride - Unable To Access That Page Anymore
Hours - 38
PR's - Goose Egg
Days Off The Bike - 6
Activities - 33
Total Feb Miles - 593 / 964km
WHY ONLY ONE POST:
What a rough few weeks. What a disastrous ending to the month of Feb. Had a big scare that didn't make me all that happy. One of my roommates turned up COVID Positive. Completely bummed me out and from there on out its been awful. Wont bore you all with the details but life was been challenging to say the least. Thinking back, I most likely didn't handle it all that well or adult like. What my significant problematic issue was that I had just spoke of how relaxed some vaccinated folks are responding to current situations. Example; three of us had a mask on, one did not. That mask less person says," Well you two have the vaccines so I'm good." That still bothers me as many of you can relate. But when I mentioned this encounter, I was not heard and borderline disrespected. Now, they are positive and full of BullSh*T justifications. Impossible to talk to and even now, look at.
So I am now camped out at The Dudes for the unforeseen future. Not sure what my future holds or what direction to roll towards. Just thankful that I am healthy and have a roof over my head. Once again, find myself at the crossroads. Its so Phuc-N true, nice guys finish last. Being labeled as hypersensitive and I find myself once again shaking my head. I scheduled another test for this Saturday morning, after the food pick ups, before the radio show. Phuc Me
GOALS:
Smiling
Calling Friends To Check In Again
Finish Taxes
New Rear Tire For The GT
Hydrate Like A Mad Man
Not Allow The Oldies To Frustrate The Living Sh*T Out Of Me
Lift With Lighter Weights For More Reps
Speak With Clarity And Decisiveness
Cold Calls Hustling Lawn Care Jobs
Researching Bike Routes From GJ to Moab,UT
I leave you with a one minute Time Lapse that was shot with an old GoPro3 Silver
What I like about you You hold me tight Tell me I'm the only one Wanna come over to tonight Keep on whispering in my ear Tell me all the things that I wanna hear Cause its true What I like about you What I like about you You really know how to dance When you go up, down, jump around Think about true romance Keep on whispering in my ear
ROMANTICS
December 1979
RANDOMNESS:
I recently became aware of STRAVA's changes that apply to us that do not pay monthly. Such as, I was able to click on TRAINING to see my weekly uploads. I could clearly see my snowshoe adventures, my cycling miles or hours, or uploaded trail runs.
Now I get it, a subscription is pennies on the dollar. However, it used to be free!! If I was training for an event, I would be so bummed about this. Today, its just another technology update to deal with. Oh Well
Other random thoughts, I literally can't stand emoji responses. I have a client that asked me for non body work advice. After a little research to make sure I was on my game, sent back a thoughtfully worded text. They responded with the happy face wearing sunglasses emoji. There is a time and place for mediocre emoji inputs but I personally find them rather repulsive. I know, cry me a river. You all have every right to comment below with the letter K or an emoji. Set Myself Up On That One
And then there are these two rambunctious little ones to free my mind of penurious emoji sending behaviors.
So Full Of Life
All the toys in the world and wood splinters from the fireplace are the game of choice
So Cute
After a bowl of tuna juice , the ritual cleaning of the paws begins
Just how nice would it be to be a kitten in a house full of love?? To be a kitty kitty in a house full of empty cardboard boxes?? Or to be a kitty cat with an indoor jungle gym like this one?? Like Sign Me Up
DISC GOLF:
Been throwing well as of lately. Somedays, most days, my putts are fairly piss poor. But damn I enjoy tossing plastic in the afternoon. Its Free, Very Rarely Keep Score, And The Camaraderie Is Uncanny
Heading down to Watson Island to throw a round, whats this. I could see the off color smoke as I approached and was thinking that someone was burn some weird Sh*T in their fireplace. As I approached the alley, the pops / crackles were pretty loud, thinking someone was burning green waste in their backyard. So I rode down the alley I came across this plastic green city trash can melting. Always Something
CYCLING:
Solid week back on the bike and collecting miles on the River Trail. Haven't been hammering out miles but enjoying the simple rides just the same. Just casual solo rides without anyone telling me what I did wrong or asking why I say the things I say. At the same time, would enjoy sharing these moments in time with paramount lover.
In this above photo, beautiful day for a ride, right?!? When I last checked on-line, a balmy 31F / -0.5C at the start of my mini tour around the Grand Valley. Unfortunately, we have almost hit 60F / 15.5 a few time early on during this month of February.
Why is that bad you ask?? We have cooked the past 4 winter seasons during February and that only jump starts new growth. Those poor buds start popping out blossoms on the early varieties of peaches, apricots, and cherry trees. A March freeze always blows through the valley and completely wipes out our agriculture friends. Last year, wine grapes were also a complete loss because of the warmer temptress waking them from the sleepy dormant slumber.
So Think Snow. Please, Think Snow!! Been effortlessly riding the River Trail and the wildlife viewing is such a cheap form of entertainment. A head down Bambi in the early morning, a Fox or two scurrying along the under brush, and countless birds in flight are just a few highlights on any given day. Our sunsets have been pretty damn spectacular as well. 11 days into February by the numbers; 18 hours, 212mi / 341km, and 16 Activities.
SNOWSHOING:
Please, keep thinking snow. Yes, Colorado saw a few flakes recently but so dry. Like Arid Dry
And its so much better walking in fresh snow. The crunchy sounds under your snowshoes, the wet heavy snow bending the evergreen limbs towards the ground, and the clean fresh air are all byproducts of Mother Natures new blanket. More Of This Please
SUPERBOWL:
One of the lamest games for sure and I can't even blame the pandemic.
I rode in the AM under beautifully cold Colorado bluebird skies. Haven't mentioned my calisthenics program lately but still on track with that. Started cleaning up after my shower while waiting for the game. Cleaning, another chore that carries merit. I moved a bunch of indoor plants out back for a dusting off and saturated them under the green hose of goodness. Pulled out the vacuum and sucked out all the upper cob webs from this past winter. All the bathroom rugs went into the wash and closely followed by my bed sheets. Love A Clean Pillow Cover
Used a putty knife and shop vac on the BBQ. Moved the garden hose around to the trees. A nice slow drip at the base of every tree for the rest of the evening. Moving the hose from tree to tree was a pleasant distraction from the game because it was over by mid through the 2nd quarter. And for me, BBQ'n with a fresh cocktail in hand was better than subjecting myself to that pathetic game.
GOALS:
Pick Up The Pace On The Miles Front
Upload Creative Time Lapses
Repeat Hill Climbs On The CO Monument
Research Summer Events Possibilities
Practice Putts And Mid Range Drives
Consume MORE H2o
Be Nice
Play Nice
Last on the random list, HERE is my one minute piano filled time lapse.
