{"id":753,"date":"2007-09-18T03:29:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-18T07:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/09\/18\/monday-night-grooves\/"},"modified":"2007-09-18T03:29:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-18T07:29:00","slug":"monday-night-grooves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2007\/09\/18\/monday-night-grooves\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday night – grooves"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hmmmmmm\u2026 <\/p>\n

 <\/o:p>I’m in a funny mood tonight. So many well meaning people have asked me ‘how are you’ today.. that I’m not sure how to respond . I wouldn’t have them stop asking .. but the grooves in my answers are so worn so deep  <\/span>that even I can’t bear to listen to them anymore. I want people to keep asking me how I’m doing.. I love them for asking..  <\/span>I just don’t want to keep answering.   <\/span>What to do ?  <\/span>make something up ?<\/p>\n

People have an uncanny sense of what we need and where we are.. My good buddy Kerry arraigned a meeting at lunch with Kat C.   <\/span>a very cool and able local metal artist. We brainstormed about what might be the perfect memorial to Sam’s. We had a great talk about what would capture Sam’s spirit of fun.. We talked about kinetic sculpture, fountains, light and sound..   <\/span>We ended up spending most of our time talking about a piece of art that might be the centerpiece for a local skateboard park. We all left loaded with ideas and optimism about what we might be able to make happen. I live for these moments that my sadness for Sam’s passing  <\/span>can be transformed into doing something.. making something.. creating something that can be enjoyed by other folks.  <\/span>It’s like the ultimate alchemists trick of converting sadness into good works. I am absolutely certain that my only path back to sanity is by helping other people channels Sam’s energy into learning and having fun <\/p>\n

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The rest of the day was sort of a blur.. I was in work meetings all day but not much got through to my brain.  <\/span>I got home in time for yoga.. then we started to help Gabe on his homework. I know that he’s having some of the same motivational issues that I’m having.. still.. he pushes through.. he’s a great role model for me.. <\/p>\n

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Midway through a book report, our friend Carol showed up with a bunch of beautiful roses. Somehow she knew we needed that bright color tonight. <\/p>\n

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Thank you all for taking care of us\u2026 we need you. <\/p>\n

Gnite all. Gnite Sam. <\/p>\n

-me<\/p>\n

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Hmmmmmm\u2026  I’m in a funny mood tonight. So many well meaning people have asked me ‘how are you’ today.. that I’m not sure how to respond . I wouldn’t have them stop asking .. but the grooves in my answers are so worn so deep  that even I can’t bear to listen to them anymore. … Continue reading Monday night – grooves<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}