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)
This post is another in a series of occasional installments describing my early recovery and treatment for alcoholism. The most recent prior post is Anesthetized to life: Thirty years of drinking and now this? Others may be found in the “My Links” section on the left sid… Read full post »
We arrived in Anchorage, Alaska after a two-week trek from Detroit. It was September, 1971. I had finished college that June with a B.A. in Sociology and returned home to Detroit to find a “real job.” The first thing I did was get my old summer job back as an outdoor… Read full post »
This post is another in a series of occasional installments describing my early recovery and treatment for alcoholism. The most recent prior post is How a nine-year old saved an alcoholic from getting drunk. Others may be found in the “My Links” section on the left side… Read full post »
This post is another in a series of occasional installments describing my early recovery and treatment for alcoholism. The most recent prior post is Sober? BFD!...Now move out of the house . Others may be found in the “My Links” section on the left side of my blog.&nbs… Read full post »
White House University
Washington, D.C.
ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
NAME: Barack Hussein Obama
CLASS: Freshman
DATE: January 20, 2010
SUBJECT &nbs… Read full post »
This post is another in a series of occasional installments describing my early recovery and treatment for alcoholism. The most recent prior post is Discharged from rehab to ER, Demerol, and recovery angels. Others may be found in the “My Links” section on the lef… Read full post »
Last night I posted a little rant about how so many right wing lunatics were starting to piss me off. The piece that put me over the edge was watching Rush Limbaugh blame President Obama for the shooting of the three Somalian pirates holding the American ship’s captain (Richard Phillips)/… Read full post »
Today’s morning alarm annoyed me right on schedule at 6:00am. As I came-to I realized that I was thinking of my recently deceased mother, and I felt a little teary. This was not normal for me. Was I dreaming about her and the alarm broke it off? I stayed in my/… Read full post »
I have written previous posts about my struggle with alcoholism. Please see the left-hand column under My Links if you are interested. I am writing a series of what it was like in rehab, and my early days in sobriety. By the way, my first year in sobriety was the… Read full post »
Kressskin has written a post describing the latest racist and degrading comments by Michelle Bachman (R- MN): Michelle Bachman to Michael Steele: Me Sol Solly This video clip from Keith Olberman is Bachman greeting Michael Steele with her “You da man”
… Read full post »There have been many posts, news stories and commentaries about the inane rebuttal speech last night by Bobby Jindal. The story about the “sheriff and the boats and the federal bureaucrat” was one that he recycled from a speech he gave to the NRA nine months ago. One might think/
… Read full post »
White Male Privilege and Sustaining Hope in Public Education
The inauguration of President Obama has concluded, and now the real work begins. I am sitting in my warm house on a snowy afternoon reflecting on the past two days, and the past 59 years. I have just ended a Skype… Read full post »
I have previously been posting some about my struggle with alcoholism. Please see the left margin under Links for previous posts if you are interested. I am now writing a series of what it was like in rehab, and my early days in sobriety. My purpose in writing is to get… Read full post »
I have previously been posting some about my struggle with alcoholism. Please see the left margin under Links for previous posts if you are interested. I am now writing a series of what it was like in rehab, and my early days in sobriety. My purpose in writing is to get… Read full post »
I've read a number of posts today from a Virginia lawyer named BobKeefer. Most are on DUI laws and how effective legal representation is a good thing. I have no quarrel with that.
I was a drunk driver - many times. Got caught twice, arrested, jailed, convicted. I had good representa… Read full post »
I was five years old. I had a three year-old brother, and one who was ten months old. My father was a young physician establishing an internal medicine practice on the east side of Detroit. I would have had a four year-old sister, but she died when she was six months old. … Read full post »
I really had not wanted to see the movie "W" but went to it tonight with some friends. I have had all I can take of W and the Bushes. I found myself quickly tuned-in to W's drinking-like-an-alcoholic, his spiritual born-again moment, and then his life after that as an "untreate… Read full post »
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