Notes from the Neighborhood – A Dream to Come True

I have this idea about the rain.
And that’s us . . . sitting in the car in an empty parking lot and, of course, the moment is otherwise intense. So much goes on in our lives. So much happens at once and if we’re not careful, it’s easy to overlook the reasons why we’re here.
Come to think of it, why are we here? 

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Notes from the Neighborhood – Early, Sunday Morning

It is quiet now. Then again, the yellow haze of Sunday mornings have always come with a special hue to me, or color, as in the sunrise, the daybreak, or the horizon, which as it stands now, is perfect to me and beautiful. (Just like you)
The apartment is otherwise empty.

Once more, I explore deeper into the things that we’re not supposed to say. This has nothing to do with right or wrong or anything like that.
No, that’s not my point.

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Notes from the Neighborhood – Saturday Morning

The day is Saturday –
I started early. Then again, when don’t I start early?
But that’s neither here nor there.

And just so you know . . .
You can’t stop. Not now. Not after all we’ve seen and all we’ve been through.
Also, just so you know, there’s love out there for us.
I know there is.

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Notes from the Neighborhood – A Place for Peace

I want to find a place where I fit perfectly.
Better yet, I want to find a place where my imperfections and my jagged edges are complimented from all sides.

I want to be where the rain is fine and the autumns are like something from a Thomas Kinkade painting or Norman Rockwell, for that matter.
I want to find a place where everything makes sense – and as for the things that make no sense at all, no one minds these things.
No one talks about them as if they are so paramount and if anything, all the unwanted topics are abandoned and left aside or, simply put, they are unobjectionable and discarded like last year’s wind.

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Notes from the Neighborhood – This Might Not Be So Manly of Me, But . . .

I am not here to benefit anyone else, at least not at the moment. No, this is a selfish entry and one that I need to confess.
As I have mentioned to you before, I am in the middle of so many changes. Too many things happened at once and while I wish I could say that I’ve handled this in style, the truth is no. I’ve lost my head a few times.
Maybe even more than a few times. But then again, the reason why I developed this place in my head and the reason behind the journals is because I had to find some way to process the thoughts and the ideas that swirl around in my head.
Hence – this is why I say – so, this might not be manly.
But then again, maybe I don’t know what being manly is.

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Notes from the Neighborhood – A Dear Mom Letter

Dear Mom . . .
I am sorry that it’s been so long since my last letter. A lot has changed since then. In fact, it has been said the three biggest changes that take place in life is your work life, your home life and your love life. All three of these things have changed for me at the same time. My wok life has changed. My love life has changed and my home life has changed and been reduced to a small, one-bedroom apartment in the upstairs of a private house.

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Notes from the Neighborhood – A Next Day’s Assessment

The idea behind this trip is so that I can somehow make my way through this next chapter. I want to heal as best as I can.
But this change is a hard one.
The upcoming moments are unclear and I am trying to process a brand new life. Again, all of this is unplanned and the uncharted territory is enough to make any man crazy.
And am I crazy?
Sure . . . 
You bet I am.

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Notes from the Neighborhood – Taking a Drive

I took a long drive yesterday . . .
I had to do something to be stronger than the voices in my head yet, the drive itself does not replace much of my thought with action. However, I do see this as either healing or cathartic.
The drive, I mean. 
The radio plays at a moderate level. Not too loud, but just loud enough.
Do you know what I mean?

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