The Morning After

Listen to "The Morning After" on Spreaker. January 7, 2021 I have to keep reminding myself that I am a Daily Writer not a journalist. I take notes. And from those quickly jotted down expressions I learn. Free form thinking. Stream thinking. A discipline. An exercise. I used to call it talking with my eyes. Being a radio on air talent you do that so that listeners can be pulled into the conversation. Look at how great play by play announcers speak with their eyes. It’s happening right now. Allowing the heart and imagination to participate in the presence of Now. Not a journalist. They’re brilliant at crafting their connections. The research. The before and after effects. The knowledge of knowing what sells a newspaper or gets you to watch the 5:00 news five more minutes. I take notes. A Daily Writer. You can’t write for me. I can’t write for you. But we can create incredible conversation. Don’t ask me to bring up politics or religion. Mom planted that seed in my heart as a kid. That infamous list of things we should never do. But she never said, “Don’t be a conversation starter.” Hi. How are you? It’s the morning after. Which is weird to write about because anyone after this morning after isn’t going to have a clue as to what we’re experiencing. For you it might be different. That’s what I love about this connection. We get to be us. We’ve all faced a lot of morning after’s. And when you move through the moment you’re reminded of each and every one of them. Relying on personal knowledge based on greater healing. How did we get through that morning after? Now compare it to another morning after. As much as the sun makes it feel like a brand new freshly released set of 24 hours, the burden of knowing what the morning after holds keeps uncertainty at the base of our balance. Took a lot to get me going this new sun. I didn’t want to deal with life outside the front door. The morning after. Uncertainty with a different identity. As a Daily Writer the only evidence I have or hold is a moment that time will never let go. The morning after.

Unplugged and Totally Uncut January 6th

Today January 6th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut... Greek Mythology taken to a higher new level of romance and drama and who better to bring it to life than Alexandra Bracken in her new book Lore. 11am post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42812214 Then we take one giant step forward with Bettany Hughes a true to life scientist who has dedicated her life to traveling the trails of Homer's Odyssey on Smithsonian. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42812379 It's not Greek but Love & Hip Hop on VH1 is jam packed with powerful energy and everything that goes right and wrong. Cyn Santana and Jonathan Fernandez post at 4pm https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42813596 Then we're Playing It Forward with Walter Finley. A modern day troubadour that refuses to let the pandemic keep his creative spirits hidden away. You’re gonna love his story. His journey through music and his connection to the Great Inland Ocean. 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42813914

The Ten Minute Goal

Listen to "The Ten Minute Goal" on Spreaker. January 6, 2021 So much is moving through us. I’m talking at speeds that feel unstoppable. Yet somehow we tend to catch the mindset of the moment. Some of them we can handle. Others elevate the true existence of something we wish we had better control of and over. It’s ok to say we’ve changed as a generation. Marc Maron recently talked about how we’re starting to wear this Covid world we’re trapped in. You can see it in the wrinkles of our face. Look at the way we’re wearing our hair and clothing. Now that we’ve talked about the change, what is it we’ve changed into? What should we change into? How can we make the best change? I mean we still have that go getter winning attitude right? I heard others talk about how we’re more forgiving and understanding while developing a better relationship with patience. This must be what it feels like to move through an evolution. Put two people in the same place at the same time. They both experience the exact event. Inside an hour they’re talking about it and their version of the moment is completely different. I’m hearing this with the Covid. My two sisters have gone through the effects of the pandemic. To hear them talk was like a competition, “I did this.” “Well I did this.” “No you didn’t because this would’ve taken place!” Human nature. Always comparing. So where’s your front door? Seriously! The mindsets and mental challenges need escapes. A way out. Where’s your front door? I talk a lot about living in the presence of Now. Does that give me permission to erase? No. I just don’t find reason to keep living Ground Hog Day over and over. Should we be locating places to erase? To make room for more. Where’s your front door? How are you digesting this mess? Or are you hoarding it? Putting it in separate compartments. To deal with later. Maybe never. But we chose to carry the weight. Instead of making space. Let’s erase. Find your front door. Mine happens to be a combination of daily disciplines which include meditation, journaling, listening to frequency music designed to calm the wicked shores of our outside shell and creating new food ideas in the kitchen. Where’s your front door? Let’s create it.

Unplugged and Totally Uncut January 5th

Today January 5th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut... Over the past couple of years we've enjoyed reimagined television shows and movies. What about music? Legendary singer songwriter Dave Mason has done it with Alone Together Again. 11am post. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42797530 The Police used to sing Every Breath You Take I'll Be Watching You. Little did the band know that in 2021 all of those cameras inside businesses and outside on streets catch people doing the funniest things. Comedian Ron Funches checks in from TRU TV's Top Secret Videos. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42797692 Actress Olivia d'Abo's new movie Angie: Lost Girls puts focus on a world so many have been trying to shove away. Action, drama, love and very close to reality headlines. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42798779 Then we are Playing It Forward with Gabrielle Navaeh Green and Lez Lumpkin from The NFL Wild Card on Nickelodeon with a special halftime adventure that features Sponge Bob!!!! 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42799483

The Lyrics From Billy's Forest Chapter 230

Listen to "The Lyrics From Billys Forest Chapter 230" on Spreaker. January 5, 2021 Where is your “There?” That place you go where positive flow and energy ignite the drive forward. A relationship. Not with a person but rather a place. I once thought my “There” was Timberline near Red Lodge, Montana. In 1992 I left something of great value up on that mountain near the frigid cold lake and stream. I did that to inspire myself to keep returning to my home state. I’ve not returned to Timberline since. Therefore it’s not my “There.” On October 31, 2020 we as a world experienced something that hadn’t been lived in 76 years. Not just a full moon on Halloween but a Blue Moon. Meaning two full moons inside one month. I made it a point to be in my forest here in south Charlotte, NC. To experience it with the trees, long grasses, slow moving stream and lake. For twenty nine years we’ve had this incredible relationship. One of them being the full eclipse where everything in the middle of the day became dark and extremely silent. I’ve sat within these trees holding my fuzzy and feathered children after their passing. This is my “There.” The reason why I bring this up is because of a simple dot on the map. You. How many around you know of your “There?” Not just where it’s located but why it’s beyond a dot on a map and a physical place of connection. The saddest part about having a relationship with a collection of trees are the rings they hold which we’ll never get to see until their passing. The heart tends to go silent during these winter months because everything in the forest is cold and bare. Any passerby would question my love for such a natural display of seasons passing. What happens to your “There?” Do you step in for a visit only on sun filled days with music playing gently? Have you reached deeper into the preservation of your “There?” The lay of my land connects with so many different layers of history. A couple of miles up the road are huge as a house or larger boulders. Native American’s lived there during the 1400’s. I can only assume they used to play in my “There.” The lake, stream, tall grass with hawks, deer, had a beaver once and so much more. Why so much talk about you sharing your “There?” We are the generation that relies too much on assumption. Rewriting our history. As I walked into this forest on Halloween night 2020 with a full Blue moon I knew it was time to leave a message behind. Hi my name is. This is my “There.” I hope you enjoy what’s been shared with me. Where is your “There?”

Unplugged and Totally Uncut January 4th

Today January 4th on Unplugged and Totally Uncut... When the 2021 Almanac arrived at the studio I couldn't keep my face out of the print and pictures. I was completely locked in on the amazing amount of information without have to be on a computer connected to Google. I had to talk with these people! Sarah Janssen posts at 11am https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42782946 Are you into the paranormal? Discovery+ has it playing around the clock. Every paranormal show known to man. Jason Hawes is the face of life beyond what we think we know. 1pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42783133 Pod Crashing introduces you to amazing people who've jumped onto the digital platform. Episode 86 features Laura Nirider from Wrongful Conviction False Confession. 4pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42785095 Then we're Playing It Forward with actor comedian and game show host Rob Belushi. Get A Clue on GSN is back! 7pm post https://www.spreaker.com/episode/42784681

Stream Thinking The Power Of Now: Belief

Listen to "Steam Thinking Belief" on Spreaker. January 4, 2021 Stream Thinking: The Power of Now. The writing discipline is to gift yourself with ten minutes of wide open thought. One page. No editing. Then talk about what fell from the tip of your writing instrument. Today’s focus is belief. When what we believe creates separations in the heart. When how we believe widens the valley floor. When where we believe creates painstaking distance. When why we believe no longer matters. When who we believe makes the choice for us. Our minds are being run by enormous amounts of unfiltered content so incredibly addictive that every shape of belief has been tortured to the point of breaking. Be open, be honest and believe in your voice. The way we’re choosing to live shows no respect for each other’s points of direction. My father used to tell me, “Keep to yourself.” Meaning less of what I believe and more presence in listening. And in doing so what could or would be gained but an attention span that allows your thought process to expand. To create more room for what you personally believe. Having the ability to think for yourself and not endlessly be controlled by how you think. The masters of decision making lend more energy to you to further their ambitions to bear fruit while the rest of us are stuck eating cake. Then again. It’s what I believe. What do you believe? Here’s your opportunity to listen to yourself. But it must begin with my father’s stern words, “Keep to yourself.” Put listening first. I didn’t say put into play what you take. Hear it. Then respect the space. Which you’ve been living for nearly a year. We’ve all changed. The rules only seem the same. Knowing your inner strengths is the ability. Through the physical act of listening start locating what you believe. You’ll gain knowledge by way of what’s been experienced. When what we believe creates separations in the heart. When how we believe widens the valley floor. When where we believe creates painstaking distance. When why we believe no longer matters. When who we believe makes the choice for us. Be the one you believe in and make the right decisions. Winning is a choice. It’s what I believe. Now it’s your turn. What do you believe?