I spent a night this week that was just plain pure crazy joy where I had no responsibility
for hours and a bunch of friends acted like kids for a few hours -kind how kids date these
days boys and girls.....and going to a soccer game and rooting with the home team, having
a beer or two ....and getting back to rooting for the home team.......and our piss poor soccer team
of years ago is now on top and they won tonight 2-1 in what I might describe as one of the best
sporting events I have ever seen.. and I spent time just watching the athletes that soccer players can beand focused in on Andrew Gregor the star player of the Portland team....I now see the magic if Beckham as watching Gregor was just crazy good sport....


I am getting ready for a trip to Washington DC with the kids....Nothing quite as relaxing as takingtwo kids to see family. I remember the good old days when we drove on Thanksgiving day to confront family stuff...And then eventually reconnect.....

And then its weird here....It never ever rains after July forth in Weird Portland.....except this year. It is kind of nice..

In my back yard, back when i was married, I planted a lonely apple tree marina and I found in the back of the nursery - We felt sorry for it......It has grown like crazy but never produced an apple....Today walking in the yard I literally ran into its first off spring its a beautiful apple. I never expected that....We had the same thing happen with the grape vines and the Kiwi tree...They are growing real fruit.

The first test tube baby , don't remember her name, just gave brth.

I can't run....That usually depresses the hell out of me...I found Bikram Yoga on the detour....

I am sensing a pattern.

A new Over the Rhine CD is due in August.

Thats covers all of Maslows level of needs...