So.... I was up on the skyline, watching the layers of low clouds fast moving overhead... and the higher level clouds in the other direction mving slow.... some part of me "kicked into gear" , finally and I decided to burn one of my recent CDs for Bert. Let's just say that may or may not be his name... in any case. I've known him for years, but mostly only have had passing conversations with him, while rushing here and there...... recently, I ran into him at Starbuck's and he then e-mailed me asking for some of my recent music. right on time, Bert! I've been testing my most recent cd called "For the Stripe Dog", dedicated to my son requesting recent music. My son's video production company's name is "Stripe dog" productions... so, I decided to name that compilation that... it's 5 am and I really am not sure I can tell this whole story today/this morning... but , anyway... I have never visted Bert's house. He sent me his address , so that I could mail him the cds... but I decided to deliver them in-person. While I was buring the first one, I decided to test other albums I have produced, over the past few years.... I came up with 3 albums to bring for Bert. .... Meanwhile, how do I explain this?.... I was "imaging" delivering them to Bert while I was figuring out the lables and testing the burns... this is an extension of the technigues I mentioned in an earlier blog entry. In any case. As I figured out which house was Bert's, and as I got out of my Truck in the dark... he walked out of his house, this evening. I said "Bert!"... and he said, "toe knee, I was just thinking about you 10 minutes ago!.... and earlier today, I had said, "I bet Toe knee stops by today".... true story. In all the time I have knonw Bert, I have never stopped in to visit him at his home... And I have known him ever since he worked in the local music store, close to 10 years.... yet never spent any length of time with him, really. It was only this recent request for music to be sent to his address, I guess about 3 weeks ago...that was our connection... so, there you have it folks. Out of the blue, he gets my signal, and I his... and then, unannounced, he walks out of hi shouse right as I roll up, and knows it's me... get the picture? ... you oughta try this. definitely the most important part of the equation is non-force... and the second part of it is no expectations... and the remaining part is that it doesn't always work out, but at least when it does it has all the elements of a great story in it... Just like the time, about a year ago, when I sat at the internet connection here and studied the concept of "who could I reach right now, that I've never even considered reaching?" and that time, the name John fitzsimmons came to mind. figure it out , folks, I hdan't communicated with John Fitzsimmons, ever... I'd only known him at the Art Academy where we spent time in school togehter, almost 23 years ago... in any case. I did a google search for John, but did not e-mail him... he never knew I found him. the very next day, out of the blue, he EMAILED me!.... I think he still doesn't believe me when I say that I searched for him the night before!.... anyway... not all the sotries are that amazing. I find it interesting that I lost my channel changer yesterday... and I was really amused by the fact that I couldn't find it... then later in the day, with no thought of it in my mind, I walked into the next room, reached out and there it was!.... so it goes. sometimes you just have to let the time go by...... I have all these business ideas right now, but no way to finance even one of them. If only I could manifest dollars, like I can connections. IN the case of Bert and I hooking up, it took both of us... we each get credit... same goes for John... but there are those times when you can get to know someone better, by reaching them this way,a nd letting them walk in and out of your life. no spells, no force, no magic... just by honoring the part of you that resonates with the part you see in them... Just make sure you have plenty to offer. Otherwise, you are just wasting their time, and yours as well..Have a great Sunday.... here's hoping I figure out how to pay rent, after all these moves lately and the incredible gasoline expense out here, I am crunched big time...yeah!