Another Day in Winter!!! BRRRRRRR

These two images show Spring and Winter. There are good points to both seasons, so might as well appreciate Winter now that it is here.

Yesterday and the day before were traveling days, today will be spent at the homefront. I have LOTS to do from and for the homefront. During the traveling - I did some investigating about how to proceed to look for land and a place of my own. It could be quite some time before I can get my own place, judging from the advise that I got from the lady at the bank. . . but then again. . .I never seem to get anywhere coming through the front door, so why should this be any different? An opportunity will come up, and the best I can do is to just keep improving my financial situation and get ready for when that situation arises.

At the house, today I plan to get my printer functional, get the exercise bike functional, and get the kitchen cleaned up after my visit from Ken where I was doing a bunch of cooking. A little laundry along the way wouldn't hurt. . .and then I can get down to some of my jobs again. The Big Cedar sketches for a presentation on Monday, and get back to the big repair window.

So, hope you all out there have a productive day!

December 12th, about the Thirteenth.

I just watched the movie "Thirteen Days" about the Cuban Missile Crisis with the Kennedy's in the White House. Whew.

A statement was made concerning things to come. . . it's the classic argument about how to ward off FEAR. Fear as an explaination, is not being SURE that you can handle what you are facing. And what you are facing is always the unknown. . . It was said, you make the best decisions at the time - and then you slug out the consequences as they come at you. You make the best calls that you can, and everyone will second guess you. That you will have to take your beatings as you go along. Man, did the Kennedys EVER do THAT during this crisis for the country. But it certainly brings to mind what we all go though every day, some days more tense than others for a variety of reasons. So many men are poised to "kick butt" before truly considering all the consequenses that such an action - may or will provoke in the "kickee."

To just follow "protocal" or "rules of engagement" which are usually or wholly based on past judgement is simply not sufficient for the circumstances that come up for each of us, each day. If FEAR is a belief that a person won't be able to handle what comes at you, that it grows out of your unsureness to handle consequenses. . . what we really do as each day unfolds is we react to what happens to us, and/or we initiate actions to move our own evolution along as we are in this learning school.

In the movie, Kennedy says, "There is something Immoral about abandoning your own judgement."

There just is no real reason to FEAR what is coming - as all you can really do is "handle it when it gets here." LOLOLOLOL Sounds so EASY, eh? I used to wait tables in a busy restaurant, and before the horde would "hit us" I was always tense and fearful. . .but once the tables came in, once the people started ordering, things took place like clockwork and I just did my job. Sometimes it went well, sometimes it did not. I guess the best we can do is to just distract ourselves from "worrying" before things that we fear arrive. Those things that complicate or educate us as we live our lives.

I noticed that in the aftermath of the Cuban crisis - there was RELIEF - but there was also a kind of hollow feeling that was not celebratory but more of a quiet thankfulness and respect for all of the parties who were involved, and for how the situation was resolved. Peace was preserved, but it came so very close to not being the outcome, that there was just a powerful respect - that at least for the time being - Good Men Prevailed in the face of real Evil. A very good movie.

It indeed is a NEW DAY!!!!

I promised a picture of the New O'Neil Mobile. . .and here it is. Lots of stuff has happened since I last wrote. . .I made yet ANOTHER PRESENTATION to the folks at Big Cedar about building more windows for them. . . and that is still pending upon more drawings and a submitted invoice yet to come. . . but the job IS in progress.

Well well well, I looked up and who did I see? But an old intern of mine - who came by to buy a full load of glass supplies because he enjoy so much our time together as teacher and student when I had my store, that now he is ready to buy his own supplies and set up his own glass shop to do work for his relatives and whomever else comes along. It was GREAT to see Jim again! And the money doesn't hurt either.

Slowly the Universe is helping me put my life back together and get back to work in my chosen profession. And for once, it is treating me VERY KIND. Maybe because I've managed (not without pain) to get rid of all kinds of aspects of my life that were NOT working so I can actually concentrate now, on things that ARE working FOR me and my ART. I am very pleased.

Early Morning "Creep. . ."

It's very early in the a.m. & I find myself up & totally awake! The past 2 days have been adventure filled & last night I just couldn't stay awake! Not to belabor the point, but the past couple of days were spent looking for a new vehicle for O'NEIL STUDIOS to get around in. With some invaluable help from my friend we went driving around looking at what was available out there for sale. The old van needed a lot of expensive stuff to keep it going - like a new transmission, a new wheel bearing in the front, I had one more day on my car license which would have meant another inspection. That van would NOT have passed a safety inspection, in fact, my friend who went driving around with me said that if I hadn't been able to trade out for the newer van, then we might not have gotten HOME! LOLOLOL

So with the help of my friends, my mom, & the Universe. . .I was able to make the deal.

A Mormon family with 8 kids had been the previous one owner of the new light blue van (metalic paint color). It is gorgeous, only 45,000 miles (UNBELIEVEABLE!), a top of the line Chrysler - Town & Country, with a very nice wide back door opening which will allow me to load in and out easily. There are also two sliding doors, of course one on each side. . .that is such a huge help to loading and doing things in the vehicle! There are many little perks - like the key that locks & unlocks the doors and just lots of little things that are nice. In the summer, this will be the first vehicle that I have had in over 10/15 years that will have air conditioning. Living in the humid air of the Ozarks, this is just a necessity, & now I can join the ranks of people who just have this basic comfort. wow. Thank you so much ma, thank you Mormons, and the Universe for drawing me to this new ride!

I will post a picture as soon as the sun comes up!

Well the exercise bike is now at least in the house even tho it is still in the box! I have a meeting today with a big big client to hopefully get some more big work for my stained glass business. Getting the new van is a HUGE asset & a HUGE stress reliever for me. . .& all of that is just good for your health! I'm going to be doing some more house cleaning, dusting, sweeping, dishes, as I also focus on my presentation to be given around 4 pm down at Big Cedar Lodge later today. : )

I just LOVE it when I have energy & can get lots of stuff done! There are people in my life that think they know me, they will offer lots of advise, & cause me to want to defend myself & my actions a LOT. I have been defending myself a lot less these days. If those same people would follow me around, live in my 56 year old body with me and feel the aches & growing pains, while planning out the next day, the next month, the next 3 to 6 months. . . they would have a much different attitude about me, ha ha ha!!!!! I get lots & lots done every week, & I strive to keep a positive forward momentum attitude while I go forth. I listen to what other people say, to me & to themselves, (my good friends also play back to me some of the things that I say out loud) & it really is amazing all the negative talk that runs the lives and the world. When asked today if I had buyers remorse because of the van - I could answer unequivocally that NO I had no remorse, only JOY!

Well here's to being up early, with lots of energy, time for some good music & some house cleaning & to focus on my presentation! WHOOOHOOOO!!!!

My next move is to start the process of looking around in the country, finding myself a home!

I'm back. . .feelin' good!

The other night, I saw the movie Julia and Julia and really enjoyed it. I appreciated the young Julia's character involving herself in a blogging journal to help her get through the process of cooking through Julia Child's thick cookbook.

Then I remembered that I too had started a blog and it made me come back to this space. Since I have been "gone" from blogging, I haven't gained any new viewers - but that would probably be helped by increased efforts in marketing myself. So. . .why back to the blog this time?

I love to write and I really LOVE to communicate with people, and introduce different people to eachother. I also think that this writing will help me keep my head onstraight and help me in my efforts to strength train my body. AND I like to share my newest visual art that I create and this format is just so very cool to allow me to do that.

A good friend is coming over today to spend the afternoon with me. . .we have much conversation to share and we are also planning on going out to do a little car/van/truck "window shopping." This will be a FUN day. In fact, I was so excited about getting my life going again, about getting a kickstart on the next chapter of my life, that I found it hard to sleep last night. THAT hasn't happened in a long time. I am going to cook some meals for my friend and see if I can coerse him to help me unload an exercise bike from my current van. Yes, that's what I said, and exercise bike. I've gone and done it, and now I've gone and SAID it to you (whomever may read this). I'm putting it out there. This bike, I am going to call it - "my new best friend" and spend time with it each and every day. I have absolutely NO endurance these days, and I am going to start easy with this bike and my cardio training. I will have the bike to just get me started. . .then I have another stepper machine that has resistance bands that will help my arms, and then I have two 3 lb. weights to use also. Essentially, it will be the beginning of my own personal gym equipment. I plan that each day, as I wake up, I am planning on starting out the day on the bike and see where this leads me. Repetition is the key here, that plus adding minutes as I go along.

Unloading that heavy new machine from my van with my friend's help will allow me to clean out the interior of the van - and I mean REALLY clean that sucker out! Once it is cleaned out, I will be closer to trading the van in when I buy a new vehicle. So until my friend arrives this afternoon, I am doing dishes, laundry, and sweeping - which is always "a feel good after it is done kind of thang!"

So Much to Do!

It's been awhile since I blogged, but here I am again. I have some big plans and am excited to get those plans into action.

These pictures are of the new arrival at my place. . .my outdoor "buddy" showed up and was oh so hungry, so after awhile of regular feedings he is still very gentle and friendly and quite content now to sleep many hours on my air conditioner in a little bed I got him.

As to the things that I'm "goaling for" . . . I want to

1.) procure a new vehicle, then

2.) search for a piece of land that I can buy (preferably one with a good view, water, a farmhouse, and a barn).

3.)Another goal is to begin strength training by increasing my cardio workouts daily. . .and that should be starting in a day or so.

There are more goals, but these are huge undertakings for me and I need to complete them as I go along. . .while trying to get the new work from Bass Pro that has come available to me as I am drawing and bidding on those jobs.

Much more to come in future blogs. Stay tuned!

The new project is this big bass fish splashing in the dirty muddy creek!  The size is formidable - 40 x 40.  Enjoy, I'll put up an update when it is finished.  We are surviving the tornadic storms in Missouri as best we can, hope you all are too.

New designs - forgive the shape, it's what will fit into my scanner.  I've been busy drawing these new designs, now I can concentrate on PRODUCTION!!!!!

With the breaking of nicer weather, more work is coming my way also. This is very good news, but now I need to organize myself so I can start having some REAL fun.  I have been able to get most of my glass into slots so that I can see what I have to work with. . .and now I can get to it easily also.  This is going to make a huge difference in how much work I can get done. 

Wolf in Winter

Altho it is hard to take great pictures of stained glass pieces, this will give you some idea of one of my projects.

I haven't written in awhile, I've been pretty frustrated and down, just trying to navigate the winter myself.  I have taken care of lots of necessary business - by doing several bids for big jobs and just keeping the electric and phone turned on.  There HAS been a flow of some funds. . .and surprisingly, there has started to be a LOT of work coming to me!  So I have no complaints - just a need to find a good pace for production.

I have taught a few new students, and kept up teaching some of my regulars.  Finally Winter's back has been broken and today it is 72 degrees!!!!

One legal matter seems to FINALLY be finding it's resolve and should be COMPLETELY FINISHED by sometime next week.  This matter is of extreme importance and will allow me to be done with my past 4/5 years, and look on to my future with a big fat smile.  This issue has caused me more pain and anguish than it should - but no matter what, by next week it should be over.

So now it is just a production issue to move forward on, altho it seems sometimes like I have forgotten how to do that!!!!!  I will start moving myself in that direction, and just like making a cool new window - one little piece at a time will create a very large, very cool stained glass window.  It's never too late to start to put your life back together, to make a good run at creating a better life for yourself!

Bass Face Splash !

Take the Splash into 2009 with me!

I have had some intense emotionally charged events happen to me in the past year (which concerned the previous 4 years) that I am told are just about to come to an end. It had to do with me going against my better judgement and doing things according to the standards and desires of other people. I didn't consult enough advise, I did what I usually do, I jumped in with both feet thinking that my intensions were good and that "somehow" things would just work out. Altho I agree that it is paramount to be positive and to bring your best game and attitude to the table, it is also good to not allow yourself to foolishly be lead into situations that are more a need and desire of other people than they are yours.

The past four years, I was involved in a business designed to bring creativity to the masses. The intension was good, but my set up was terribly flawed. I listened to salesmen, or as it turns out salespersons and I was "easy" for them to manipulate because I though that what I was doing was good, righteous, creative, for the good of many not just myself. What I failed to realize was that I never really considered what was good for ME, and how this situation was going to actually work.  There is selflessness for a good reason, and then there is just being foolish.

Once I was in, I was over my head because I had given my power away to people who were running THEIR BUSINESS PLANS on top of mine. I was trapped and I had walked myself right into the cage. And it is true, that you have the key to unlock your own cage. My guilt, and anger at myself, and resentment of the salespersons who had lead me into the cage and my desire to "prove them wrong" - my stubborness, my IRISH. . .all kept me trapped. I stayed there for 4 YEARS under these conditions. Incredible really.

Once the notion that I could actually do things to get myself OUT of the situation. . .the Universe itself moved Heaven and Earth to help me. People came to my aide, my "enemies" kept enough distance so that I could maneuver myself physically to get not only my own possessions out of the space, but also that I could secure the work of a lot of other people's property and get it out also.

The past year has involved consulting lawyers and being involved with the courts and paperwork that I neither fully understand nor appreciate, but I knew that the consequences were dire if I did NOT comply.

I now find myself at a crossroads, a place of tremendous change because I was told yesterday morning that I had jumped through all of the correct hoops and that my episode of traveling into the DARK SIDE is now over.  So 4 years of hard work and labor, in a cage, that did have moments of enlightenment and a free exchange of ideas with a LOT of new people in my life that I do NOT regret, but 4 years of hell, and ONE year of cleanup with legal things, and I believe that I can immerse myself now into this new year, draw the line in the sand and step over it. . . SPLASH INTO SPRING with a new attitude. 

The reason that the past year upset me so much is because I felt like I could be "surprised" at any moment with crippling consequences from those salespersons who want to see me fail and fail hard.

I didn't have a place to put my back up against a wall.  I was very vulnerable and I did NOT like it. I tried to do a very good thing for a lot of people - and I was punished for my efforts by the business world which is ruthless and unfeeling and unemotional in it's consequences. The fulfillment of the recent hoop jumping that I completed was the end game of getting OUT of the business world and dealing with things on their terms. I do NOT belong in that business as usual environment, and it was as difficult to GET OUT, playing by their rules, as it was to try to RUN a business under their rules.

I am so much better off with two ideas. . . STEADY AS SHE GOES. . . and . . . KEEP YOUR OVERHEAD LOW!!!!!  I just no longer need to become a part of someone else's plans or cumulative ideas. . .I need to operate as myself and open myself up to other people on that basis, i.e. trade my creativity for other people's ability to pay me for my input, I need to DO my own creative projects and then offer them to people, I need to engage in teaching people who want to learn what I have learned, and I need to be content with the joy of living in Nature and doing glass and drawings and paintings of that Nature that I am surrounded by which will also draw to me - incredible people who want to include me in their lives.  I am so ready to change the heading of my life to now move in a more positive direction!

It is going to be a glorious and wonderful new year!!!!!!!

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MY President. . .

I saw this video this morning and was blown away at the intelligent approach that Barack is taking. I am just SO VERY RELIEVED to know that we finally have someone smart at the helm.  Listen and enjoy! Welcome BACK to AMERICA!

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Pennies from Heaven

This is the window that my student has been working on for weeks now. The first photo shows how it looks as we have been working on it. The pennies are under the glass helping us raise the glass up into the lead as we went along constructing the window.  Once the window is soldered the pennies will no longer be needed. It makes a sort of polka dot image at the moment but soon all the copper pennies will be removed from the image to reveal just the hummingbirds and the flowing lines of the lead. It has been a fun project and it will be great to see it completed. The second pic shows the window right side up.

The voyage of the Pinta?

Interesting how I am finishing up a glass piece for a man who needed some glass to show through this cast iron image of - one of the ships that found it's way to the Americas - for a nitelight. . . just as America is about to embark on a voyage of it's own to forge a new path.

We can leave the ship of fools behind and start forth with a leader who is not only "Joe-cool" but who has the INTELLIGENCE to lead us in a sane direction.  This is not just a good day for African American's, it's a great day for the entire world! We have ALL been holding our breath not wanting to "jinks" this transition of getting G.W. Bush OUT OF THAT SEAT in Washington. It's been REAL George, but no one is saying that it's been REAL NICE to have you sitting in the seat of power, and no I don't and never did - "want to have a beer with you."

Fear is what got us into this mess, and what has perpetuated the situation to fester and blister until finally, even the most fearful among us is finally realizing that "this isn't working."  This is not about "gloating" - this is about bringing the ship back rightside up and evening out the balast so we now can sail straight into what ever storm or clear skys are ahead.  There was just no arguing with, or explaining that could be done to get through to some people - so the fear mongers being lead by the nose by the types who only wanted to fill their pockets because of THEIR fear of never having enough wealth to make them happy or to feel secure - now that the ship has capsized and has thrown off many of the folks who just couldn't make their view work, nor hang on any longer. . .now many of them are in the drink. . .and a new crew has come on board.  Many many people are hurting right now, and to those who helped create this situation, I show no sympathy - I only feel like it is about time that you are blessed with the lessons that you so strongly demanded that you get.  

It is definately a NEW ERA. I just got word about some people who caused others some terrible life altering grief in the past 5 to 10 years, and as of recently, THEIR luck has finally turned and they are not doing well, in fact they are suffering. It occurs to me that when people do bad things to other people, when the tide turns, I can only feel a bit of satisfaction for justice prevailing. I am soooo ready for America to reach out to the rest of the world with a leader that can be believed. With a leader that can have a sane plan of action.

This is not to say that it is going to be easy. The last crew on the ship did some major damage, engaged us in some horrible wars, and ruined a lot of good will that America used to have. We have broken masts, sails that need repair, and holes in our bulkheads . . . but American's don't run from a challenge, we only need to be told what to do and how to do it. Now we have a leader that we can get behind, now we have a leader that we can feel good about.  Sorry George, you had your shot and you just didn't know what to do once you got there. Filling your and all of your friend's pockets is not a way to build a strong country. You may believe that you will be taken up in the Rapture so it doesn't matter what you do or did to the planet, or to the masses. . .but what if we change dimensions and those "chosen" to move forth along the evolutionary path are those who helped their fellow man, those who did positive things while being selfless, the meek - so to speak . . . when Mother Earth decides to make the shift that I think is coming in 2012 . . . I can imagine those who will make the change, and those who will be left behind as the ship sails into the sunset.

Our newly outfitted ship is going to sail BACK to Europe with a whole new perspective and a whole new outlook for the world.  I'm excited to see what will transpire in the months and years to come!

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1/11/09 @ 1:11. . .interesting

It's Jan. 11, 2009 and last night it was very cold. I so look forward to warmer weather, and more sun.  Today, we are blessed with more sun, and I am so grateful!

Netflix has done something that in some ways has helped me, but in other ways  has not. . .they figured out how to allow INSTANT MOVIE ACCESS on Macintosh Computers. During this cold and frustrating time, before the ousting of Bush and Cheney, before what I can only hope is the audacity of faith in the American people to no longer put up with disappearing money going into secret gov. projects, the lies, the raping of the middle class, before the birth of the new Rennaissance in the world where there is more personel respect for fellow human beings and respect for talent and honesty, and a return to the self respect we all can earn by being involved with our own hands in the process of creativity. . .before all of that comes to be. . .or I hope comes to be. . .I have been watching way too many movies.  

There was a time when I looked to the human experience in song lyrics, and now I'm doing that same thing in watching movies.  I've seen a whole lot of human experiences from Native American Indians dealing with catholic priests when this country was still covered in forests, to seeing old guys playing "Space Cowboys."  It has helped pass the time, and given me a LOT of insight.  So many years have gone by without me having an opportunity to watch movies that I've kinda gone a little crazy on this tangent.

Success is a subject that has been in my mind lately.  Thinking about business/the human experience/and what does time and the  human experience hold for us?  I.E. - "why are we here?" "what IS success?"  I just am getting out of the past four years of working very hard at trying to have a business - that didn't go well financially, but was it a failure?  was it a success?  Could i possibly have picked a worse time in American history to try to create a new business - involving art and creativity - than during a Republican Bush/Cheney administration? ha ha ha ha ha ha  Am I stupid? Did I really fail? and to whose criteria am I to be held?  Was my "mission" to create financial security for myself and other artists? or was it to "stir the pot?" To shake up the status quo?  Concerning the latter, I am a HUGE success!!!!  I made new friends, I supported many people, I showed many people creativity like they have never seen before, I stepped into the lion's den and taught people that it was okay to hope, to open their eyes to joy and beauty, for them to learn a different way of thinking and acting.  I gave some a new skill, I gave some a new perspective.  Financial "security" is an oxy-moron as we all know. . .I could have had more balanced books, I could have made a financial profit for myself, I could have . . .  

. . .what truly has more value here?  Investing in fellow human beings? or having a pile of greenbacks to falsely make us feel more "secure?"  Watching all the movies, some of which have NOT had a "happy ending" or even a satisfying ending. . .has given me pause to think about what BEING a human being really means. I think truly that we are here as an experiment of consciousness, to explore and push the limits as much as we "humanly" can. I have NOT played it SAFE in all of my 55 years!!!!!!  I did things MY WAY, even tho they lead to hard lessons for myself and some others who have been involved with me.  When contemplating the idea of "regrets" - I have to say that getting to the point of evolution that I have arrived at in this incarnation, the lessons that I've learned in this lifetime - INCLUDING THE SO CALLED MISTAKES - that I have succeeded in having one wild ride in the human sleigh, and I'm looking forward to this new year opening up and getting back into the boat to flow WITH the current this time, to flow downstream and not fight life so much, and see where this new attitude can take me as I continue to explore.  

(I started writing this entry on the 8th, but finished it on the 11th - if you see the contradiction of dates)

This ART is work that I even had printed up into my stationary back in the day, and I used it for a logo until everyone kept asking me where my "ranch" was, ha ha ha! The next drawing is one that I just did for fun a long time ago. Kinda fun, tho, my "dancing horse."

If you want to expand your mind, I have something for you. Turn your computer to the website http://www.divinecosmos.com/ If you go to that website and listen and read everything you can get your hands on done by young David Wilcock, your consciousness WILL expand! For innovative thinking, David does NOT disappoint.

David is all about looking at our Galaxy, our Universe, our Reality in a positive way, and has a LOT of scientific explanations for his theories.  Interesting stuff. Check him out, and ENJOY !  I think that 2009 is gonna be a good year!

(p.s. . . . I'm making good progress on getting rid of the clutter! Along with the disappearance of the clutter, I'm finding peace, self respect, and a real ability to get things done. I wish the same to anyone out there reading this. )

Motivated. . .pushing myself to be. . .

This big fella reflects how I'm feelin' at the moment. .  Cold, a feeling like it will take a lot of effort to move forward, stunned by 2008 but glad it is over, looking so WAY forward to the Spring of 2009, and willing to persevere until it warms up.

Keep remembering the word Rennaissance! For all the gloom and doomers out there, I believe that there is an "energy stream" out there, and it is our choice as to whether or not you tune into the positive or negative side of it.  Just like when you want to jump start your battery so that you once again can get your car to move down the highway. . .it is up to us to jump start our lives to the "positive end."  But also just like the anti-matter negative side of the jumper cables, the negative and the positive wires are connected and are intwined with each other. If you choose a side, doesn't mean that you won't encounter some of the negative, but for myself, I don't at least CHOOSE the negative side to start with.

Altho- it's going to take a push to get myself moving, I'm feeling up to beginning the task. As the first day of 2009, I watched several movies that all dealt with other people's lives and a lot of it showed hardships that other people have gone through to give us all such an easy life now. Ahhhh, progress. Or is it? Sometimes I think we have it so easy that we fail to have the proper respect for the lives and the possibilities that we have now. I've seen Japanese internment camps, Inuit winter life conditions, post civil war traumas and consequences, Cowboy matchmaking in Texas and Mexico, Chinese class struggles and poverty, Russian gangster life in the United States, two movies about India culture - name and family meanings, along with cultural differences from American perspectives, movies with a range of not only time, but emotions (revenge, hope, inspiration, hate, love, patience, tenaciousness, trepidation, as well, and I saw the mini series about John Adams which helped up form this wonderful country of ours.  I did not see ALL of these movies yesterday or today, but I have been getting a LOT of perspective into a lot of other cultures and ways of doing and thinking about what living means to people from around the globe.  

Today being New Year's Day, I decided to take a day OFF from worrying about things, and just do what I wanted to do.  Now that I'm rested up again, I'm willing to start pushing myself into a new year, with a fresh perspective, and mostly a "wipe the slate clean attitude."  There is something about starting a new year, that is like going to confession when it means drawing a line in the sand and stepping over it.

Getting myself back to work, will start for me when I can make some environmental improvements to reduce clutter AND to beautify my surroundings so that I am happy to wake up into my house when I finally collapse in exhaustion.  So first the sweeping, the clearing away of junk, the figuring out how to store that same junk (that eventually will have to be gone through and most thrown out- but later), and I think I'll turn on Art Bell from last night's new predictions  Coast to Coast radio show, turn it up loud and see what people around the world have had to say in the past 24 hours, and after that. . .play some LOUD GUITAR MUSIC to get me motivated.  

Once the environment changes, the lists begin, and the return to working on projects happens also. . .but first it starts with starting!!!!!