Tagged With: Inspiration
Children of the Rink – The Hockey Child
Where our love for the game stems, and the buildings and people who fostered our life-long passion for this game. This post can now be found on HNIH.ca (Hockey Night in Hamilton) A week old Saturday paper sat on my living room chair. It had been a busy week at work and I simply hadn’t … Continue reading
Showing Our Colors – Our Love For Our Teams
Tonight, one team will lay there heads on their pillows, having been one win away from realizing a childhood dream – playing for the Stanley Cup. The other, will have that dream realized. I believe humankind as a whole, loves to show their colors. Whether it’s a jersey of a favorite sports team, a tatoo, waving … Continue reading
I’ll Love You Always – A Message From The Womb
The other night, as the kids jumped into their Tinkerbell beds, my eldest asked me to read a story about their mommy. “We don’t have a story about momy, but I’ll see what we can find”, I replied as I turned on the light in their closet and fingered through the 100 or so children’s … Continue reading
It’s Election Time – What Defines a Great Leader?
Who am I, to Inform You? I have struggled with writing this article. Not because I don’t believe wholeheartedly in my subject, because I do. What I have been grappling with, is my lack of political knowledge. As I put words to paper, I challenged myself: “Who am I to write about politics? Who … Continue reading
The History of Shaking The Tree
Now that summer has wound down and the ‘Great Stadium Debate’ is hopefully coming to a close, I want to start shifting my focus back to my first love, this ‘Shaking The Tree’ blog. I have never gotten around to providing the history behind the name or the image used on the front page of the … Continue reading
Devil’s Workshop does The Scene
THE SCENE Every Thursday is ‘The Scene’ at The Skydragon Center, where artists of many genres gather for an open mic night. From music, spoken word, and everything inbetween. This Thursday, our band (the Devi’s Workshop) will open up ‘The Scene’ at 8′oclock for a set, before we open up the stage to anyone with … Continue reading
The Road to Perfection
This story is broken down into two parts. Part I ‘The Road to Perfection’, takes place literally on the road to Boston. Part II Giving up on Perfection’, can be summed up by this quote from my story: “Regret is not the result of failure. It is a consequence of giving up. You will look back forever on what if, but you will one day find comfort in the defeat of giving it your all.”
Finding My Religion (The ‘G’ Word)
“All of us are creative. We can all become more creative through engaging our inner-self in our process. Creativity is the natural order of life, nothing we need to invent. Put simply, creativity is our gift. Our use of it is our gift to ourselves. We are intended to be creative.” ~ Julia Cameron. Well, … Continue reading
Teach Me To Dance
I am sure we have all had an uninspiring job at some point or another during our lifetime. When I look back, being a flagman for a paving company probably tops my list. Standing there 12 hours a day with a stop sign in my hand in the blazing August sun, or the arctic chill … Continue reading