Suspend your beliefs...and disbeliefs...and come as a little child... At the end, there's a WATCHList of all the tuneful frequencies AND links to a NASA Livestream (in case it's cloudy) and some more info about this light show... START HEAR [sic] Mountains of the Moon (cosmic cover that uncovers the depths of the Dead) Mountains of the Moon - Grateful Dead (from the uploader) "Recorded from a copy of the album 'Aoxomoxoa' that was taken to the moon and brought back so forgive the moon dust crackle." If yer already a follower, you already knew that Jerry and the band are cosmonauts...so this image is for those new to the tribe... Standing on the Moon - Grateful Dead I see all of Southeast Asia I can see El Salvador I hear the cries of children And the other songs of war It's like a mighty melody That rings down from the sky Standing here upon the moon I watch it all roll by, all roll by All roll by, all roll by (all of the haunting lyrics) Sorry, Neil, but WE WERE HEAR [sic] FIRST... On a personal note - on the night in 1969 when he did his MJ and walked on the moon, I was with some surfing friends in California at Sir George's Smorgasbord Restaurant where we descended for our weekly all-you-could-eat feast. After eating and watching this historic event, my and my buddies took out the waitresses for some hot fun in the summertime... Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd Moonshadow - Cat Stevens (beautifully imaginative video) Moonshadow - Cat Stevens (Fantastic Animation Festival short & song - 1977) Meet the Moonlight - Jack Johnson Just uploaded 2 days ago!!! Amazing underwater photography!!! For all my surfer friends and anyone that finds their soul in and near the ocean... Picasso Moon - Grateful Dead ENCORE BONUSES The following thumbnail image called for including this set list... For your little astronauts Goodnight Moon - A children's storybook --This was one of our son John's favorites. We used to play a game where we asked him to see if he could find the mouse on each page. --A few days ago, we donated this and other books from this wonderful time in our family. Here's a link to the organization we used. They have convenient drop-off bins in Garden City, Franklin Square, and Valley Stream that are near our home as well as locations around the USA. Home Page Find a Drop-off location Dancing on the Moon (song from "Lazy Town" an Icelandic musical TV children's show) Pontiac Moon Movie trailer Starring Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen...fun family movie Eileen and I are going to watch tonight. She picked it especially for tonight. P.S. Wonderfully charming and surprisingly deep road trip...parent-child & parent-to-parent relationship story For all LUNAtics 5 Best TikTok Moonwalks (including MJ) Michael Jackson Moonwalk Compilation Stay CAL♏︎ Full MOON Eclipse in Scorpio - Hang, Shaman Drum & Udu May 16th Meditation - Calm Whale (streaming) --I frequently use this Calm Whale site while doing Kundalini yoga. About this light show LIVESTREAM from NASA 5/15/22 11:59 PM...From tonight's TomStream...West Hempstead, NY, USA, Planet Earth... From my sister Cathy's Florida "moonbase" (near Cape Kennedy) Lunar New Year LUNA SEE (Feb. 2, 2022 post) Total Eclipse of the Moon WATCHList (11 tunes) #music #moon #eclipse #GratefulDead #CatStevens #PinkFloyd #JackJohnson #GoodnightMoon #CalmWhale #LazyTown #moonwalking #MichaelJackson

This morning after meditation, I looked to connect to my Mom through one of her poems and enjoyed the playfulness of this one. Its words and images reminded me of the variety of ways she expressed her relationship with the Divine: deeply intimate and playful, alternating moving and resting and filled with her love of the Creator's works. Based on her images, I added songs I grew up with... --from page 102 of her poem anthology "The God of the Universe Dances in Trees". Amazon with reviews Musical Accompaniment Up, Up and Away - The Fifth Dimension In 2016 during our father & son pilgrimage, John and I rode together in a hot air balloon in Albuquerque. Lions & Tigers & Bears On a Carousel - The Hollies The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell Life is a Carousel - Debbie Lynn Bryson Father & Son 2016 Pilgrimage Hot Air Balloon Ride Videos (New Mexico: 3 - total 90 seconds) Tonight's Sunset...thanks, Mom, for your artistry and your LOVE! #music #Mom #MomsPoem #balloons

Out driving around earlier today and "Happy East....er" ran across my internal teleprompter... "Hair's" what hatched from my egg...head... Practicing minimalism...I'll stop "hare." Alright, one more...hole to explore... Your Penguin isn't a Catholic, She's a Buddhist Hey, wait an eternal minute! There’s another hole inside the one I just entered… Hairy Krishna Apples & Carrots These next Krishna’s seem to support the Judeo-Christian fall-of-man story… …and it goes further…because of our free choices at that tree…and the up-front and monthly costs of tech, we all had to go out and get Jobs…thanks a lot, Steve! Ahh, but there’s a silver lining to this tragic “tail”…several thousand years later, a great song would materialize out of a hat and onto vinyl…and from a group that ironically, just hung out on street corners singing about but never actually holding a job… https://youtu.be/Tdd1Gc6PRxo On a more Sirius note... In this next scene, can you guess which canine has an enlightened master? Dean Spanley movie trailer --Peter O'Toole, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Jeremy Northam in a "tail" about reincarnation, dogs, and a relationship between a son and his aging father...funny, heart-breaking and heart-warming... 12 Steps from Social Media This next Bud’s for me…esp. the "fifth" "thou shalt not..." as I prepare to do an about face...BOOK… "Slick" ending to this "tail"... (click "hare" to follow the rabbit) tOM #music #humor #Easter #bunny #Buddhism Sent from my iPhone

A few songs that express how I feel about you: You Make Me Smile I'm so happy (Oh yeah) That you love me (Oh yeah) Life is lovely (It is, oh) When you're near me Tell me, you will stay? Make me smile Better Today You made me better today Better than I was before And I wanna hear your voice in the morning when I rise I think I know I'm just a normal man, only made of sand except when you're by my side Will you love me, teach me, don't leave me I pray So Happy Together Imagine me and you, I do I think about you day and night It's only right To think about the girl you love And hold her tight So happy together 4/2/22 Addition I awoke in the middle of the night with this classic playing in my mind. While there are many versions including by the Grateful Dead… I chose this female rendition. I thought I was done until I saw that my friend Jack Abramson did… this “grate” dancing mash up. My intention for today and all the days of our lives is that we... ...keep on dancin'... tOM #music #humor

Wedding March: The Kooky Ukes Wedding Ukulele Trio Life is always a mixture… No matter how you roll ‘em… …you won’t crap out… May you both lose your self and find your SELF…in one another… “The song is better when we’re together…” Better Together - Jack Johnson (Easy Ukulele Tutorial!) Two hearts beating as one...believing in just one mind... May you be of one heart and mind More beach wedding reception tunes MARRIAGE MATHEMATICS IF YOU GET CONFUSED...LISTEN TO THE MUSIC PLAY...AND DANCE TWO-GETHER... Barefoot Two Step - Paul Izak "Come with nothing...leave with nothing..." Franklin's Tower - Dave McMurray saxophone covering the Grateful Dead I Choose to Live in Love (Lakshmi) - Sam Garrett "I grow like the trees, I choose to live in love, I am joy I am ease" Follow the Sun - Xavier Rudd "When you feel life coming down on you like a heavy weight When you feel this crazy society adding to the strain Take a stroll to the nearest water's edge, remember your place Many moons have risen and fallen long, long before you came So which way is the wind blowing What does your heart say" ENGINEERING SUCCESS LIFE COACHING SUCCESS Spooling Around…Raveling Un-Ravel-ing…through dance... https://youtu.be/7qHClLZVc6k Crisis call from client WISDOM CODES Of knowing...Kenny Rogers And unknowing...Trevor Hall Serenity Prayer with the Yoga Salutation In the Big Inning, the home team put up 15...oops, 10 runs... Naw...too many to remember...all you need is... #music #humor #love #wedding

Hello, Sat Nam, Namaste, Buenos Dias, Bonjour… Eat, drink and be merry…for tomorrow we di…….et “Dessert” has 2 S’s while “desert” only has 1… Pinned this message just now to my Facebook page: Letting you know I’m taking some time off for things that weren’t important yesterday…As such, this will be my last Facebook post for the next 40 DAYS… (Whew! As I typed “40,” my laptop’s AI auto-prompted in grey “years.”) I’m simply yielding to the accumulated wisdom in spiritual traditions…wisdom that encourages us to periodically take “timeouts” from our usual activities: In the Christian tradition that formed me, the season of Lent which begins tomorrow is such a time. In the Kundalini yoga tradition I follow, these times of refreshment, reordering and renewal are referred to as “sadhana’s.” See my Blog Page for a "Fasting" blog post for a few musical offerings for the next 40 days...and nights... RITuals help bring balance to RUTuals… That said, if you’d like to have an old-fashioned conversation; or, better still, share a cup of coffee at my favorite hangout (Witches Brew in West Hempstead) or yours…GRATE!!! You can find my contact info on my Facebook Home Page. FYI - This Tom the Baptist ain’t going into the wilderness of lions and tigers and bears… Oh! My! – Without my daily bean!!! MUSICAL FEASTING MEDICINE Read-Me-First: Mardi Gras Indians In the early days of the Indians, Mardi Gras was a day of both reveling and bloodshed. "Masking" and parading was a time to settle grudges.[4] This part of Mardi Gras Indian history is immortalized in James Sugar Boy Crawford's song, "Jock O Mo" (better known and often covered as "Iko Iko"), based on their taunting chants. However, in the late 1960s, Allison Montana, "Chief of Chiefs", fought to end violence between the Mardi Gras Indian Tribes.[13] He said, "I was going to make them stop fighting with the gun and the knife and start fighting with the needle and thread."[14] Today, the Mardi Gras Indians are not plagued by violence; instead, they base their fights over the "prettiness" of their suits.[4] Source: Mardi Gras Indians - Wikipedia PLAYLIST Mardi Gras…Iko Iko RESPONSIBLY #1 🐻💀 Dressed for this celebratory day (Yes, there are dancing bears on my mask), I’m in CT at one of my alternative providers, where I just administered a healthy dose of alternative musical medicine to the two folks who greet me at the welcoming desk… Additional medications will follow here in the dispensary before our day concludes. Covered by all health Assurance plans… Here’s the Rx - take “PRN” (ask a nurse for the meaning) Iko, Iko – Ringo Starr First All-Star Band w/Dr. John (0:05:51) --Ringo’s got 3 drummers plus THE doctor is in the house… Before I left for the doctor's office, I posted #1 above to the Wharf Rats Facebook group…plus 3 additional versions of this Mardi Gras classic. FYI - Wharf Rats: "This is a group of Music, Magic, Recovery, Service and Love." (from their FB page) Mardi Gras - Iko, Iko RESPONSIBLY #2 This “grate” version features Billy & Mickey Hart…there’s a strategy to the order of my posting of this much covered Mardi Gras anthem. Not to diminish Ringo or Dr. John but the previous one I just posted was “mild” - no members of the Grateful Dead. This next one is “moderate” as it includes two esteemed members of our Mardi Gras Indians tribe. And if you have a tough day doing the Steps, just listen to anything by Playing For Change…pure musical medicine… Iko, Iko – Playing for Change Band with Billy & Mickey & Dr. John (0:02:11) Mardi Gras - Iko, Iko RESPONSIBLY #3 …now for the harder stuff…full strength medicine and from the Mile High City – Denver Iko, Iko – The Grateful Dead (Denver 6/28/91) (0:08:05) Mardi Gras - Iko, Iko RESPONSIBLY #4 Had planned to “dew” only 3… but my Dead Muse led me to this next one…FYI - SHE follows ME everywhere…😜 We were just Iko Iko-ing responsibly in the mountains…so, now we’re going underground… Grateful Dead-Iko Iko 3-18-90. NYC Subway Dance Party (0:08:07) HOW SWEET IT IS... Mardi Gras Iko Iko Responsibly (from my earlier Facebook post) Still in CT…down the road apiece from doctor is Tusk & Cup…having my pre-Lenten dessert: chocolate chip gelato and dark roast bean… …balancing energies of hot/cold…sweet/earthy...dark/light... Hey, I’m into fitness…fittin these chips right into my mouth… #music #humor #MardiGras #GratefulDead #TusknCup

Hello, Sat Nam, Namaste, Buenos Dias, Bonjour… This post is the natural/balancing segue to my earlier "Feasting: Mardi Gras - Happy Fat Tuesday." As such, the info in the first few paragraphs is repeated from there. Letting you know I’m taking some time off for things that weren’t important yesterday…As such, I just did my last Facebook post for the next 40 DAYS… (Whew! As I typed “40,” my laptop’s AI auto-prompted in grey “years.”) I’m simply yielding to the accumulated wisdom in spiritual traditions…wisdom that encourages us to periodically take “timeouts” from our usual activities. In the Christian tradition that formed me, the season of Lent which begins tomorrow is such a time. In the Kundalini yoga tradition I follow, these times of refreshment, reordering and renewal are practiced daily as “sadhana’s” – some with specific purposes. RITuals help bring balance to RUTuals… That said, if you’d like to have an old-fashioned conversation; or, better still, share a cup of coffee at my favorite hangout (Witches Brew in West Hempstead) or yours…GRATE!!! You can find my contact info on my Home Page. FYI - This Tom the Baptist ain’t going into the wilderness of lions and tigers and bears…Oh! My! – Without my daily bean!!! HYMNS & HERS & BOTHS on SOUL-ITUDE… For those like me that have been wounded by toxic forms of masculinity – especially those that present G-d as solely male, I also offer soully female versions of our Source's invitations to come to the quiet…to slow down...and meet in our heart’s center… HERS… Let It Be (The Beatles) - Gabriella Quevedo (0:04:41) -acoustic, sans paroles [without words]) Let It Be - The Beatles Cover Song by Margeaux Jordan (0:03:26) HIMS... Slow Down – Chuck Girard (meditation video) (0:04:13) Come to the Quiet – John Michael Talbot (0:05:18) --John even includes lyrics of a welcoming male presence along with a female one… Anything by him can be calming, heart-opening, healing… You Can’t Rush Your Healing – Trevor Hall (0:10:41) "Quiet down the mind The more the song will play" Trevor shares some personal background and introduces this song with a story about his “transitioning” grandmother and her words to him “Isn’t time such a wonderful gift.” I’ve enjoyed Trevor at Mulcahy’s in Wantagh. BOTHS... Heart of the Universe - Snatam Kaur & Peter Kater (0:08:50) FYI – I’ve enjoyed both these artists when they performed separately…even did a Kundalini yoga workshop with Snatam. We are Awakening – Deva Premal & Miten (0:05:21) --Also enjoyed them at NYC’s Town Hall Mirabai Ceiba – Ma (0:05:48) --This wonderful pairing of musicians includes: Angelika Baumbach & Markus Sieber. “Ma” is the 4th syllable of the Sa Ta Na Ma chant in the kundalini yoga tradition that I practice. See “Yogapedia link below for more information. MEDITATION FOR YOUR DAILY SADHANA (practice) Sadhana “Sadhana is the yogic term for daily spiritual practice. It is one of the main tools for working on the self and achieving a higher state of consciousness. Though “sadhana” is the yogic term used here, sadhana can really be any practice you do to promote personal well-being—whether that’s yoga, meditation, prayer, exercise, or any other health-promoting habit. The key with sadhana is consistency and discipline.” (my added emphasis) Yogapedia explains Sa Ta Na Ma “The individual syllables of sa ta na ma are letters in the Sanskrit alphabet and are also the linguistic root in the common Sanskrit phrase “sat nam,” which means “my true essence” or “my true identity”. This implies that your identity is the ultimate being; as that is everyone’s true essence. The individual syllables are attributed as: Sa — birth, beginning and the totality of the cosmos Ta — life, existence and creativity manifest Na — death and transformation Ma — rebirth, regeneration and consciously experiencing the joy of the Infinite” Here’s a way to practice it. "This meditation brings mental balance. Through this practice, the mind awakens to the infinite capacity of the soul for sacrifice, service, and creation. It is said that a person who meditates on this sound current for 2.5 hours a day for a year, will know the unknowable and see the unseeable. Research has shown that 12 minutes of Kirtan Kriya a day can improve cognition and memory function and helps to prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease." BE GRATEFUL FOR FASTING 15 of the Most Inspiring Grateful Dead Quotes to Help You…at any time #music #kundaliniyoga #WitchesBrew #GratefulDead

To celebrate the 2022 Lunar/Chinese New Year that began on Feb. 1, I put together a playlist and some brief information about this annual festival…you’ll need to supply your own fireworks…It’s the year of el tigre…the tiger… At the end of this post, you'll find a playlist of all songs. Lunar New Year: The Year of the Tiger 2022 explained Across China and the Asian diaspora, the holiday marks more than just the beginning of a new calendar year...the Lunar New Year is seen as a time of reunion and rebirth, marking the end of winter and the start of spring. According to one legend, a monster would emerge from under the Earth at the start of every year and eat villagers. Since the monster, called Nian (Chinese for "year") was afraid of bright lights, loud noises and the color red, they were used to exile the beast -- and have all become associated with the holiday. THE TIGER "Tyger, Tyger" excerpt from Dr. Kildare TV show Tyger! Tyger! burning bright ~ William Blake poem reading with text Eye of the Tiger – Survivor MOON-ATICS Elvis Presley "When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again" on The Ed Sullivan Show Lost Bayou Ramblers. Blue Moon Special Rod Stewart - Blue Moon (from One Night Only! Rod Stewart Live at Royal Albert Hall) "The lunatic is in the hall…I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon…" Brain Damage/Eclipse – Pink Floyd (from “Dark Side of the Moon”) "Cold-hearted orb that rules the night Removes the colors from our sight Red is gray and yellow white But we decide which is right And which is an illusion" Day begins – Moody Blues Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival Howling at the Moon - D Fine Us ...just found this after posting... Mountains of the Moon – Grateful Dead Standing on the Moon – Grateful Dead (better thumbnail) Weir, Hornsby, and Marsalis Perform "Standing on the Moon" at Gathering of the Vibes 2012 Moonlight Drive – The Doors Moonshadow – Cat Stevens ...and this one just materialized after original post... Moondance – Van Morrison (live at Montreux 1980) Moondance – Van Morrison (instrumental…great images) Harvest Moon – Neil Young Dancing in the Moonlight – Toploader PLAYLIST OF ALL SONGS #music #moon #tiger #gratefuldead #lunarnewyear

Mourning [sic] Dew…without my Brew…from the Witches - not of Eastwick, but of West Hempstead So, here's my story, it's sad NO BREW It's about a drink that I once knew It has my love but shop is closed But do not fear and stay composed (Thanks, Dion, but please don't "Sue" me over borrowing your lyrics) There's a FRESH FULL POT Playlist at the end... Reason for sadness...blues...no brews... Our Story Begins...in the West...West Hempstead... It’s just another Manic Monday…2 B followed by another Brew-less Tuesday…So, as a Wednesday’s Child…I’m Waiting for Wednesday…specifically, Wednesday Morning @ 12 PM…when the Witches Brew-masters will put another pot on the burner…And, I’ll B ready to face the week…Ain’t retirement grand – facing the week on a Wednesday!!! Simply taking life…one day…one hour…one cup at a time…and, as my version of the old TV commercial used to say, “At Witches Brew House…life is good to the last drop…” From the moment you go through their front "doors," you’ll be readied to break on Brew to the other side… That said, if this barista meets you at the gate...be prepared for some strange brew... So, tOM & readers...until the Witches are Brewing, follow the Doctor's Rx...Witch Doctor you ask?...why Doctor Who... Just keep calm...Bee a... ...and until the bean is burning... Don't be sad... ...Put Another Log on the Fire – Candace Bergen & the Muppets ...and as a do bee...listen to the... Monday Music to get and keep us movin' Just Another Manic Monday – The Bangles I dedicate this next cover by the Nurse Practitioners of Maryland to all that help us with their healthcare skills…including Kayla at Witches Brew and my mate, Eileen, who was a Clinical Nurse Specialist and also an Advanced Practice Nurse & instructor. BTW – her specialty was psych…Hmm??? Wonder what role I played in her choice??? FYI – We’ve been working on the same shift now for almost 44 years… Just Another Manic Monday – cover by the Nurse Practitioners of Maryland Morning Dew – Bonnie Dobson “listen… Thought I heard a young boy cry I thought I heard a young man cry today…” Morning Dew - Bonnie Dobson - a post-apocalyptic vision... FYI - If you're interested, Nazareth and Jeff Beck are among other groups that covered Bonnie's original... When will we ever learn...that too many people have died???...Let's make LOVE...not war... Morning Dew – The Grateful Dead (1977) While there ain’t no time to HATE…there’s always time for HAIGHT…Make LOVE…not war… And let us pray that may morning wood be warmly greeted & embraced by morning dew... Tuesday Tunes...for 2-steppin' our way to Wednesday... Ruby Tuesday – The Rolling Stones Tuesday's Dead - Cat Stevens Ahh! Made it!!! Now that it's Wednesday, we won't have to worry about this next singer's warning...because Witches Brew is open until midnight... Wednesday Evening Blues - John Lee Hooker How, 'bout after midnight???...Well...that's fer y'all to figure out...But I'll give you some startin' tunes... After Midnight - JJ Cale & Eric Clapton FYI - JJ penned the original Clapton said in his 2014 interview with The San Diego Union-Tribune: The construction of "After Midnight" was great and it had everything[.] The thing that summed up J.J. for me is it had a little country, a little blues, it was rock and there was this guitar part that was baffling. That has always been the fascinating part; I still don’t think we got it right [on my version]. I’ve always been in awe of J.J.’s technique... He was a rhythm guitar player and a great lead guitar player, too. But when he played rhythm, it was very difficult to get it and know what he was doing. When we [recorded] it, me and Delaney both did [the guitar part] it at same time, and it was a really difficult claw-hammer [picking] thing. I thought: "This is too hard," so we made a meal out of it. What got me is that it appeared to be a very complex track and I was just intrigued, and thought: "I've got to try and get this [right]." Cale was coming from this very soulful white music. It was at Delaney's insistence that I did ['After Midnight'], and that was probably one of the first songs we decided to record. And that began my association with J.J., really.[10] Source: After Midnight (J. J. Cale song) - Wikipedia In the Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett (he wrote the original) In the Midnight Hour - Billy Preston Wilson Pickett and Bruce Springsteen Perform "In the Midnight Hour" at the 1999 Induction Ceremony In the Midnight Hour - The Grateful Dead (New Year's Eve @ San Francisco Civic Auditorium) Now, Baby, please don't go...B4 listening to this next one...Brewing up some blues medicine... John Lee Hooker & Van Morrison (wailin' & blowin' some blues down by the river) Wednesday Morning at 3 AM – Simon & Garfunkel Wednesday Morning Dew – Majic Ship Break on Through to the Other Side – The Doors “Made the scene, week to week Day to day, hour to hour (My add: cup to cup) Gate is straight, deep and wide” And, if you like a little cow in your cup…shift your ride’s Disraeli Gears into “D” and hightail it over to Witches Brew… Strange Brew – Cream And if you like your java in a Corinthian leather cup… ---near the end of this 1975 commercial, the woman says, “Give up Maxwell House coffee…well, maybe if I was on a desert island…so let’s FAST forward (perfect analogy for the travesty of “instant” coffee)…fast forward a few years where we find the star of that 1975 commercial starring in… Fantasy Island …wonder if he served Maxwell House to his beach house guests? Thursday's at Witches Brew A.A. Meeting every Thursday @ 11 AM (1 hour before they open to the public). 311 Hempstead Turnpike West Hempstead, NY --Enter through back door. Please use street parking and not the parking lot behind Witches Brew or the fire house one. Thanks! Closing Set...so, set a "spell'...take a load off... To close out this set and provide a balance to the Manic Monday… ...here’s an offering to help us make this a Mindful Monday… Mantra: “I’m at peace with the flow of life…” PLAYLIST OF ALL SONGS #music #humor #WitchesBrew #coffee #WestHempstead

"1/11...a day that will live in sobriety..." Born in '47, I'm now 74... 4+7 = 11 7+4 = 11 As we continue, we'll explore how wise words & mindful music ADD UP...providing selfcare through Positive Music and Preventive Maintenance - not only for our vehicles but also for their drivers' bodies, minds, hearts & souls... POST's SET LIST PM - PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE Working my whole career in the business of the mindful care of automobiles, "PM" is a term for "Preventive Maintenance"...Timely "LOF"...Lube, Oil & Filter...will keep 'em running... So, too, PM for our bodies: good food, exercise ("use it or lose it")...keeps 'em moving... And PM for our souls...according to some...designed to outlast our bodies... ...and if we don't care for our souls OR our vehicles, our SOLES will also get worn out... This next image is at the beginning of the book (see end for more book images) used by my friend and fellow surfer - Steve Bermont - that provided my introduction to the craft of vehicle diagnosis, maintenance and repair. I still have my original copy. Pay close attention to the Aesop-like wisdom in the opening quote: "Come to kindly terms with your Ass for it bears you." "Love BEARS all things..." --1 SFO 13 "Wharf Rats" - Sober Deadheads??? (Facebook group - private) Isn't that an oxymoron...Hmm...maybe it's an...Aoxomoxoa OVEREATING CAN BE HOBBIT--FORMING (note 3rd menu item) HEADING TO THE SHOP (RECOVERY ROOMS) In recovery circles, Step 11 is a PM/Selfcare step: Prayer & Meditation "Looking in the mirror...I love you sweet G-d..." --Lyrics from Ong Namo by Snatam Kaur (10:37) Snatam is a musician and teacher/practitioner of Kundalini yoga - the form I practice. Her music and workshops have helped keep my feet grounded in the steps...there's more below on yoga and the 12 Steps... Step 11 in song (02:45) Step 11 - Richard Rohr 2016 Daily Meditation (Center for Action and Contemplation) --part of a 2-week series (links to all are in this meditation) --It was his book "Breathing Underwater-Spirituality and the Twelve Steps" that was used to get me into the rooms... Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps (47:42) ...As were the writings of another contemplative teacher/practitioner: Thomas Keating "Divine Therapy & Addiction Centering Prayer and the Twelve Steps" 27a. What is the Divine Therapy? Part 1, with Thomas Keating (29:29) 27b. What is the Divine Therapy? Part 2, with Thomas Keating (28:34) PM: Positive Music...7 COME 11 - THE ELEVEN "The Eleven" Lyrics (partial) "No more time to tell how This is the season of what Now is the time of returning With our thought jewels polished and gleaming" The Annotated "The Eleven" - from a must-use Deadhead source: http://artsites.ucsc.edu/GDead/AGDL/gdhome.html --"And another note from a reader: From: Mitchell, Matthew [mailto:MMitchell@ECRI.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 8:21 AM Subject: The Eleven A rather obvious reference to the Eleven came to mind Sunday. If you read the Acts of the Apostles, you'll see "the Eleven" referred to frequently: they are of course the apostles who remained after Judas fled and Christ was crucified and rose from the dead. (Mathias was added to their number later) The Eleven were the founders of the Christian church, and the Holy Spirit came over them at Pentecost (Acts 2). They began speaking in many different tongues, but everyone present understood the message in his or her own tongue. This can be seen as an undoing of the curse of Babel (Genesis 11), where God confused the languages and divided the people. See http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=babel+pentecostThis all seems quite familiar to those of us who listen to the GD. They came from different musical traditions, listened to and played with an even greater diversity of musicians, and turned it all into a musical whole that speaks in different ways to different people. Everyone understands the Dead in their own tongue. Matt Mitchell" --above article also includes a reference to the whale as a Jonah image Greatest Stories Ever Told - "The Eleven" - by David Dodds (another must for Deadheads) "Grateful Dead" The Eleven Jam - Aoxomoxoa 1969 (14:53) Grateful Dead's "The Eleven" (01:37) --put on yer top hat, high hat or no hat and beat these skins...feel the percussion... How it was often performed as a live set: Grateful Dead - St. Stephen/The Eleven/Turn On Your Love Light - Live/Dead (432hz) (30:56) CAR TALK: PAY ATTENTION TO ITS SIGNS SPACE TALK OUR BODY'S TALK: PAY ATTENTION TO ITS SIGNS Don't wait until... Y12SR: Yoga for 12 Step Recovery "It's all in the mind, you know..." - The Beatles in Yellow Submarine Yeah, but our issues also live in our tissues... Y12SR - About, find a meeting...more Several years ago, I participated in a local Y12SR group led by Frank Bono. Besides helping us care for our collective bodies and minds, Frank also brought a musical presence with his guitar playing. His Point Lookout, NY meeting is listed on the Y12SR website (see link above). OUR MIND'S TALK: PAY ATTENTION TO ITS TALK Hey, Cylinder Head, don't be insulted the next time someone refers to you as "Ol Chrome Dome" Sometimes the software in our Engine Control Module (brain) is faulty and needs to be reprogrammed. Among the 12 Steps recovery programs are those for Buddhists and agnostics. BUDDHISM & THE 12 STEPS I met Buddhist teacher and musician Kevin Griffin at one of his concerts and loved both his message and his music. I've previously posted about his "Laughing Buddha" CD. --->>You can sample it here on Spotify. Here's his seminal book on recovery: "One Breath at a Time - Buddhism & the 12 Steps" Here's one recommendation from the above link: “‘One Breath at a Time’ is a brilliant merging of Buddhist insights with those of the Twelve step program, shining a fresh new light on both of these paths of liberation. Griffin weaves the essential teachings of the two psycho-spiritual traditions together with his own story to create a compelling mixture of humor, pathos and wisdom. This fine book will be of great benefit to all who are recovering from something, and who isn’t?” A short article by Kevin on the 11th Step meditation 2-minute intro video from Kevin AA for AGNOSTICS Step 11 (page contains links to all chapters in this book: "The Alternative 12 Steps - A Secular Guide to Recovery") ENCORES Eleventh Hour Angel (Official Music Video) - Eden Parker (06:07) This Little Light of Mine (Star Pose & Sing Along | Kids Yoga, Music and Mindfulness with Yo Re Mi (02:06) RAFFI - This Little Light of Mine - In Concert with the Rise and Shine Band (01:24) Bruce Springsteen with the Sessions Band - This Little Light of Mine (Live In Dublin) (03:08) Grateful Dead - Just A Little Light (Official Music Video) (04:25) MORE MUIR Cover (still have my original!!!) Inside Front Author! Author! Beginner's Nightmares... #music #humor #RichardRohr #GratefulDead #cars #JohnMuir #KevinGriffin #Buddhism #addiction #recovery #agnostics #12Steps #KevinGriffin #ThomasKeating #WharfRats

One man gathers... Songs for Spillin' & Gatherin' For our Children...and their Caregivers... Sesame Street: Keep Nature Clean (00:01:00) Sesame Street Sing Along Earth Songs Part 9 (00:03:18) --there are more from this series Sesame Street - Keep Our Water Pure and Clean (00:01:12) The Muppets Environmental Recycle PSA (00:00:35) Mother Earth with Lyrics | Earth & Environment Song (00:01:50) For All of Us... St. Stephen - The Grateful Dead (00:04:02) December 15th, 2021 | Peace Through Music: A Global Event for the Environment (2-minute trailer...link to full program is below) --features indigenous wisdom from around our shared world... Good Planets are Hard to Find - Steve Forbert (00:03:50) Steve Forbert - "Good Planets Are Hard to Find" (Underground Garage Mix) Lyric Video - YouTube (00:03:17) Enough - Kevin Griffin (00:02:51) How Low - Heartless Bastards (00:04:09) Added 1/29/22 after a friend sent it to me Marvin Gaye - Mercy, Mercy Me (00:03:11) "We Are the World" - OFFICIAL 35th ANNIVERSARY VIDEO (00:14:53) Peace Through Music: A Global Event for the Environment | 200+ Artists Unite to Save Our Planet - Playing for Change Dec. 2021 (00:59:00) --includes percussionist Mickey Hart Acid Rain...Bad...or Good??? (asoulinwonder.com) --new blog post contains songs and images #music #environment #GratefulDead #acidrain

SEVA: Restoring Sight around the World “He’s got two good eyes and helps others to see…” "...and he's on the sight track and inviting you..." Bob Weir (in first photo below with Ram Dass), Mickey Hart (next photo) and many other mindful musicians have been working for years supporting Seva’s mission of restoring sight to the blind and otherwise visually impaired. Eileen and I have been supporting their works of mercy. 2022 Sing Out for Seva Concert 2022 Sing Out for Seva – Feb. 11-14 --check out the announced line up...then get on board: Ram Dass...Bob Weir...Mickey Hart & Other Dispellers of Darkness Ram Dass was my first guru. Guru is a Sanskrit word that means “dispeller of darkness,” from gu, meaning "darkness," and ru, meaning "that which dispels." In 1972, at 24 years of age, I set aside a weekend retreat in my South Ozone Park apartment to read Ram Dass’ “Be Here Now,” and my life began a series of transformations that were initiated by his introducing me for the first time to a loving version of G-d. The next day (Monday), I was led to visit my Dad and begin our first verbal and physical expressions of love for one other. This guru was dispelling darkness…and his work with Seva is continuing this mission… ABOUT SEVA Seva: One-minute Overview Seva Origins: a Micro-Documentary (00:07:32) Restoring Sight in the Americas (Guatemala) (00:01:43) Seva Homepage OUR VISION: A WORLD FREE OF BLINDNESS. We train local eye care providers and develop self-sustaining eye programs around the world. Together we provide critical eye care to underserved communities, especially women, children, and indigenous peoples. Seva has provided surgeries, eyeglasses, medicine, and other eye care services to over 46 million people in more than 20 countries. Seva believes that restoring sight is one of the most effective ways to relieve suffering and reduce poverty. Over a billion people live with unaddressed vision impairments and hundreds of millions more need ongoing eye care. Thankfully, 90% of all vision impairment can be prevented or cured with your help. PREVIOUS CONCERTS 2021 (00:03:01) --included Mickey Hart & Friends, David Grisman, Hot Tuna and more #music #RamDass #Seva #BobWeir #MickeyHart