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
- A charming true story that you
will enjoy. Promise.
July 10, 2012 04:14PM - 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
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Who are these
people?
Hey - What do
you call 10,000 lawyers on the
bottom of the o…”
April 24, 2013 01:54PM - “This is an awesome and
touching piece of writing (and
life).
Thank you.”
April 22, 2013 07:31PM - “Superb and poignant. I
enjoyed this tribute and
story.”
April 04, 2013 11:24PM - “Romney's total
disrespect and disregard for
the office of
President, and
for a p…”
October 17, 2012 10:34PM - “This is the most
powerful and emotional piece
I’ve ever
read about the
insa…”
October 09, 2012 12:17AM
Grif -'s Links
- MY LINKS
- 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)
- MY LINKS
- 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
Annie Keeghan
Margaret Feike
Little Kate
Michelle Coulter
Tony Wang
Pierre Angiel
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