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Author Archives: Bill Kasal
Standing in a River, Cursing at Fish
You want to give yourself some credit. You have some semblance of intelligence, right? I mean, you’re not an idiot. Even if you are (pardon me) you have to be smarter than something that possesses a brain the size of … Continue reading
Still hanging on…
Outside my window at Starbucks this moment are two Palo Verde trees in full Spring bloom. Each Spring here in the desert, their yellow blossoms are one of my favorite sights. For those in the East, Spring is a sign … Continue reading
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Aunt Alice
Recently, my friend Isabel, was blogging about helping others and the views different cultures have regarding helping one another. This week I attended the funeral of my Auntie Alice. The entire day I was nearly to the point of being … Continue reading
Living in the Moment or Destroying a Pee Chee Folder?
We don’t see things as they are; we see things as we are. ~ Anias Nin Thinking has always been my problem. I spend most of my time thinking and very little of my time being. And it is my … Continue reading
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Tagged a course in miracles, anais nin, Living in the moment, pee chee folder
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A Bowl of Rice
It has become a cliché to speak of gratitude. I think most wisdom has become a cliché in our modern, Western society. I can still hear my mother’s words to me when I was younger to be thankful for what … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Kasal, brown rice, ego, gratitude, money, rice, things
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The Sun Also Rises
I know I am aging. There are many obvious indicators of my advancing years, some with accompanying pain for me… as well as for those of you who must look at me. And I see, as one of those gauges … Continue reading
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Tagged Baseball, Bazooka Joe Bubblegum, Little League Baseball, Self esteem
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Farewell, My Brother…
Returned this morning from the funeral of Cathedral City, CA, police officer, Jermaine Gibson. Officer Gibson was killed in the line of duty last week while attempting to apprehend suspects in a stolen vehicle. The man was not quite 29-years-old … Continue reading
Floating
As I mentioned in an earlier post, a friend recently commented to me that I am just “floating through life…” as if it were a bad thing. I then questioned if floating through life is really a bad thing? It … Continue reading
An Evening with Friends
I had a great dinner this past Friday evening with some (I hesitate to say “old”) friends. But the topics of age, intermittent memory and aches & pains did come up quite often! We’d all worked at the same radio … Continue reading
Another Moment, Another Blessing
As time approaches for me to leave the dear friends who have seen fit to house me for twice-the-originally-offered two-month use of a bedroom, I find myself vacillating between trusting in God to guide my path, and the old fear(s) … Continue reading
A Better Man Than I
I wish I could explain why it happened, but I can’t. From the time I hit my teen years there was friction between my father and I. I know that friction between and father and teenage son is a cliché, … Continue reading
A Young Man’s Dream
For those of you who do not know my friend, Pat Michaels, I want to tell you a story about a young boy who had a dream… and pursued it. Back in the early 1980’s, I was the Program Director … Continue reading
What Dreams May Come
For those of you who know me, this won’t come as much of a surprise… I’m nuts. Wacky, crazy, loony, goofy, loco, bonkers, touched-in-the-head… Please, you go ahead and fill in any others. I understand that there are degrees of … Continue reading
Mia Famiglia
In my family, the holidays do not stop at New Year’s Day. We keep it going all the way through the Feast of Epiphany. The Feast of Epiphany is celebrated by both the Eastern and Western Churches, but a major … Continue reading
The only thing I had to give
The week before Christmas, my friend and I went to visit another who is in hospice care at the Veteran’s Hospital in Long Beach. Our friend was diagnosed with bladder cancer a few years back and, though he underwent surgeries … Continue reading
Seven Fishes
My mother’s parents came to America from Naples, Italy in the early 1900’s. On Christmas Eve we’d gather at my grandparent’s house, or the house of one of my mother’s siblings. Upon the passing of my grandparents, and as each … Continue reading
Magic on Ice
As I tried to concentrate on my job at hand, the view-finder in front of my eyes — finding various shots of skaters and children, composing the frame, getting wide, medium, and close shots — I saw the looks on the faces of the children. Continue reading