I wish you all a peaceful New Year full of hope and clarity!!
Holiday tree on Bald Head Island, NC
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grif -
- Location
- Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Birthday
- September 17
- Bio
- One of my favorite places to go is about 12 miles out in the Atlantic Ocean...in my little 20 ft. skiff. The clear water is a deep emerald color and the sunlight bounces around and shimmers randomly. I meet survivor sea turtles, bow-riding dolphin, silent sharks, giant rays rocketing out of the sea and backflipping, schools of porgies, sea robins, slashing blues and Spanish mackerel, the occasional whale, and stray birds. I love the quiet and solitude and vastness.
I am a way too veteran educator - special education teacher, high school principal, college professor and some other fun waystops. A political junkie, a cowboy in a previous life, a lover of synchronicity in daily life...meditation and prayer, and a believer that the best days are still ahead.
My plan is to finish strong. ************************************
I love following politics and current events, but they all take second place to watching a hockey game. I write occasional Op-Ed pieces - usually on educational issues.
My two kids are the true loves of my life.
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MY RECENT POSTS
- Sober and miserable: A moment
of clarity and prayer
May 15, 2012 10:51AM - Anesthetized to life: Thirty
years of drinking and now
this?
April 29, 2012 06:07PM - A job, a place to live, and
hope: Alaska 1971
January 25, 2012 11:23PM - Empowering women in
Nicaragua: A real difference
January 06, 2012 12:50PM - Meaning of Life Explained:
"Spot it, got it!"
October 14, 2011 05:55PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Nice. Thanks.”
May 21, 2012 11:16PM - “Although a very sad
story this really describes
the sometimes
death grip of
depre…”
May 18, 2012 04:32PM - “yup!”
May 17, 2012 11:57PM - “Seer – beautifully
said. Very beautifully
said.
rita – I
have some lo…”
May 15, 2012 11:38PM - “Lezlie – you are
so right about the lonely
comment.
Thanks.
ches
yre- intere…”
May 15, 2012 05:41PM
Grif -'s Links
- Grif's Favorite Posts
- One day it hit me that perhaps I was just another...
- Israel-Gaza relief boat conflict is 3,000 years old
- Being straight isn't easy: Prejudices wear me out!
- A black angel and a little girl help Dad confront his racism
- "That's it. I can feel life leaving. He's cooler already."
- Nica trip pics: American aggression, poverty, hope, and survival
- Insurance? Need clean water and food! Nicaragua visit pics
- Is that all there is? You're kidding, right? Right?
- Afghan Policy Doomed: Korea, Cuba, Vietnam Lessons Lost
- "I am white guy": Sen. Jeff Sessions and white male privilege
- It's racism pure and simple Mr. Obama: Time for change is now
- A Blue Neon Cross in the Yukon Territory
- I Married My Mother
- Sadism & Masochism: Partners in Relationships
- Power Struggles: How to Stop the Arguing!
- The Snow Road From Anchorage: Returning Home in the 70's
- Grif's Alcoholism and Recovery Story
- Recovery is so slow and the cold rain feels so good
- 11 years ago today I woke up in jail
- Born to be wild or sobriety during the holidays?
- How a nine year-old saved an alcoholic from getting drunk
- Sober? BFD! Now move out of the house
- Early sobriety and these feelings are going to kill me
- 50 years old, lonely, sober, and Christmas in a group home
- Discharged from rehab to ER, Demerol, and recovery angels
- Alcoholism rehab pt IV:Long train ride home
- Moments of Clarity in an Alcohol Treatment Center: Rehab II
- Active Alcoholics and Addicts are All Liars: Believe It!
- My Alcoholism and the Movie "W"
- My Alcoholism Story - Lying No More
- Thanksgiving Day: An Alcoholic's Dream and Vodka Shrapnel
- A Drunk Driver Reacts To Lawyer Bob Keefer
- Another Relapse, Another DUI: Alcoholism is Killing Me
- First, Court for the DUI (Again): Then Rehab (Again)
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Comments
Sleepless in Montréal.
Rated.