Another Reminder

Another year slides by, as i sit in a restaurant that ive sat in for 55 years, looking out at the view,, of the golf course at the galt view,,and run through my mind of what has been,a coffee with Peter Graham, this morning, and a reminder from Bill Kimmel, that lunch with the Preston Boys is on thursday,, the preston boys are 30 or 40 boys that have been hanging out for 60 or more years,, some of what life is,,as well the intimate things we know of each other and have shared. Through are lives,break away from that and magnify this into another couple dozen situations,,key west,, new york,, the family the kids grandkids ,brothers and sister,,the loves, the heart breaks, and the growing that come from each,, when ithink of each and everyone of these and more of what life gives me,, i sit today as usual in awe and wonder,, and thank God,, for all ive been given,to be able at 70 to be in a position to think that i need to make some decisions to what and where life is going to take me,, torn,, can,t  or don,t want to be separated from any aspects of any of it,, then italy,, really need to make a trip back ,, but,, lfe,, it really is very short,, and we really do have so much,, and take such a tiny bit of time to smell the roses,, and speaking of roses,, mother Rose And father Joseph ,,that it another Reminder

Its About Time

It Is about time, about time i wrote something and about the time in my life, months again that i expressed my thought and where i,ve been, how fast did the time go from April and what was it i,ve done in that time,, life times in months,, again, time with my Children and Grand kids, another trip to NYNY, and what a time that was, 31 new drawings, and the deepening of friends and the attaining of so many new friends, the age thing has got me re -evaluating how i see all that i did and do in my life time, from eating to talking about what it is we talk about, the way i draw why i draw what i do,, and how i see my family and friends so much clearer for the value they are in my Life," God is Perfect" words from my good friend Ariel, so True, Life without them would be no life at all,Family and Friends ,, theres never enough you do for them or express the love for them, the gifts were given,, each and everyday,, is a gift and all you receive in the day another lesson and gift, i just want to stop here and express from the bottom of my heart and with every essence of my being ,, a Thank You to everyone Ive ever been in contact with that have made my world and my life the wonderful journey its been,, Nomaste'

Time Keeps on Flowing

April 9th,, Easter in Canada, Missing the Keys and the friends who make my winters sunny, have been in the north all winter and though its been quite a remarkable winter as far as mild goes it was still way to cold for me,, not to mention, even though it was great to be near the kids and watch Laura play her 1st year of university hockey,, i can,t imagine spending another winter in Canada. some for the reason given but i,m really not allowed to live my life as i know it within me,, what do i mean by that,, well,, theres this person that i know when i,m not Dad, Poppa and that Joe that "everyone ",, KNOWs that i,m really not,, and theres this other guy,, who a whole lot of you DO Know that ,, I am,, and i love being,, as they say,, its complicated,, but not really,, cause i know that when i,m that guy,, i,m the happiest,, anyway,, i,m blessed that i,m alive and that i do have these two lives,, and that i was allowed to be a part of my Childrens Life,, for another winter of my Life

CrossRoads

Jan. 1st, 2012, sitting in Cambridge, had departed for the USA on thursday of last week but was turned around at the border,, 25 years of work and hardly any of it completed and maybe will never be,worked all over the place and needs to be collected and brought home, work paid for and not done, waiting,, in a constant state of waiting , printers that are totally not on my page, or seems my side, hitting a brick wall,, by being turned down at the border,, time to call it quits,, just too demanding for ,,, nothing,,sick to my stomach,, hurting inside,, time to make a decision,, 69 years old maybe its time to get a nice little space to live a nice TV and retire,, yep,, made that decision,, thats what i,m going to do,, then a phone call comes in,, you can get an artist visa ,, work in the states,, no problem,, then all those retirment thought go out the window,,, BUT,,, maybe not,, wweeellll see,, is it what i want to do,, yes,, if it doesn,t continue to make me crazy and whatever else it has been doing to me to have to do what i need to do,, wwweeeellll see

In a Nutshell

October 14th,, where did 4 months go, 30 some drawings finished, and so many new friends, and so much help from old friends, Leni at Smudge,, doing his magic again, kept the work flowing, the Barbaras from Perry street making sure i was okay, Ariel My main man, and Michael and Harry from the gym,, giving me all thats needed to stay clean,, the people at the rec centre,, making sure i,m ok as well, Roberto, Alex, Alessio, Mark, Lauras, Tania, and all the kitchen staff at Aria on Perry street Keeping my dinners and wine together,, Then there has been the hudson diner , Sondra, Ray and the boss man who get my mornings started with those great breakfeasts,,Can,t not thank the folks at Splended Cleaner, the Nail Spot, Sushi West and WXOU Radio,, who let me set up in front of their space and use their washrooms., Bob from the Whitehorse, as well as the staff, and again I really don,t have enough space to keep going with all the Folks That make it all work for Me, suffice to say,, 4 months in New York,," The Home of Allowing Me to Do And Be the most of what i am and do more than anywhere in my life", I,m Sure that as many summers and Years ive had that have been so great,, This has been the Best Summer Of My Life

New York 2011

Came into the Village thinking I would watercolour 50 or 60 pieces, got into my space on Thompson Street, and couldn't find the groove to get busy with anything. Next thing i know they are digging up the street and taking my space that i stay in the past 15 years, what to do,, head out of town , can't get into anything anyway, but thought i would check out the West Village, Perry Street no sooner got there and the energy level went up , found a nice little spot,, and soon had the pens out doing a drawing,, drew a crowd as well.I,m Energized, I,m on Fire,, the drawings are dropping out of the pens like magic,, watercolour paper comes along at Debbie and Daves party through Lynda, the new space is a groove, Ariel is fab, aria is Fab,, business is rockin,, BUT,, Head space is not right, woman trouble in my mind, shakin it, but got me out of sorts,, i,m doing ok but , and thats the trouble to many buts in my head, must be the age,, maybe its the hot can,t take the heat, New York Key West, Canada,, Friends all over the place , even doing this writing just can, t get the groove man,, just can,t get the groove,, have to sign out cause i need to fix the groove

Feeling Great at Sixty Eight

Yep,, turned 68 this Year,, and feeling pretty good,, not that theres not a whole lot of situations that need looking into and after,, but its all pretty good,, painting , drawing and most of all the health is ok,, having to behave myself a little more about what i,m eating and drinking,, but thats ok as well ,, having had the company of a woman in my life has made it all excellent,, and the kids and grandkids all seem to be enjoying their lives and doing good also which makes me very happy. Working on putting 7 new books together of a bit of my work,, 4 Key West books, 2 New York books,, a book of musicians,, as well need to have a couple books of my paintings done,,really need to get over to Europe as well,, so all that and all i want to do is hang out with that woman,, cause thats really what life is about,, that and the kids,, so left Canada in Jan. 2011, and had a couple good visits on my way to key west,, with Dave and Debbie,, Larry and Maryann and Ron and Suzi,, got down to key West and Quickly Found out that things down there had changed greatly again,, but adjusted to those changes and thought that maybe i should retire for the year,, and i did,, not to think that i wouldn,t do anything just that i didn,t have to do anything if i don,t want to,, hanging out in Key West,, was the best its ever been,, maybe it was the company of that beautiful woman but maybe it was the fact that the weather was the best ever,, anyway its been pertty darn good, life at 68.