Showing posts with label murder. Show all posts
Showing posts with label murder. Show all posts

5.15.2008

Checking In


Good things :
-Megan produced a child out of her womb : a boy! Samuel! Cute with perfect little lips. Welcome Samuel! Well done Megan.
--Went mountain biking at Harwood's Mill on the reservoir in Newport News on Sunday. Mad fun. Everything was super-wet and slippery and the trail full of roots. I only wiped out once, right after I tackled a sketchy section and was thinking to myself, "Hey I've still got chops, this is awesome, I'm better than I remember..." and wham! wiped out on a corner that I should have made. Launched into a big pile of mud. Praises to Giro helmets, keeping my brainpan intact.
--Charlotte NC...our loss is their gain. They'll get a police chief they need and hopefully our next one won't suck. Good luck Charlotte, kick crime's ass.

Bad Things:
--We're losing our police chief.
--Earthquake, tornadoes, cyclones, idiotic governments, lives lost horribly. How does one keep a balance between the light and the dark...it seems I'm either super-silly and seemingly care-free or darkly depressed and wondering where the end of the road is.
--There is an endless supply of stupid, cruel, thoughtless human beings.

Remember: be kind.
Cheers, leemur


4.19.2007

It's Hard

It's hard to find words right now. Having been closely and deeply forever changed by sudden, inexplicable and heinous violence just past a year ago, the shattering violence of Monday is heart breaking. It is unfortunate and true that these things unite us all as family as we grasp for comfort and meaning. Follow this link to an interview on Wednesday's 'All Things Considered' on NPR with a VT junior named Clay Violand. I had to stop what I was doing when I started listening to it--he really struck me as a wounded but very strong young man, extraordinary in his desire to help others heal. Please listen. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9658179
Say some prayers or send good thoughts or meditate or whatever you choose to do, everybody needs it now, more than ever.
Love, Leemur