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Pete

About Me

Life is a miracle, Music is medicine, and Love is a box of truffles.

Musician/author/student/volunteer...(click on highlighted links for info)...Bands: honored to be drummer/vocalist in Crazy Fingers, and with singer/songwriters Teri Catlin, and Brittany Reilly. Published books: "The Dawn of Indian Music in the West" and "The King of All, Sir Duke." Honors BA in Religious Studies from Florida International University, specializing in Chinese Buddhist history. Honored to be a volunteer narrator/reader at Insight for the Blind, a Library of Congress-affiliated recording studio of audio "talking" books for the blind. That's the quick skinny on me at the moment. Blogs are posted as new thoughts and insights inevitably come and go, so check for new blogs, listen to as much Beatles as possible, savor some strawberries and sunshine, and keep on bloggin' in the free world. Peace and love, P

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

most everyone here, I'm sure...

...and LIV ULLMANN...

"Passion" is right...sigh...

My Blog

War Without Tears

The current song on my profile is by Peter Gabriel called Games Without Frontiers. Peter Gabriel has always been more than just a singer and songwriter. He is one of music's most tireless human rights...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 16:41:00 GMT

Wonderous Stories

The song I have up on my profile now is another one of my favorites, not only for the music, but for the words and thoughts expressed. Wonderous Stories by Yes, written by their lead singer Jon Anders...
Posted by on Mon, 27 Apr 2009 22:10:00 GMT

Lyndon Johnson and Barack Obama

Last Wednesday, August 27, would have been President Lyndon B. Johnson's 100th birthday. I was saddened, but not very surprised, that there was no acknowledgment of LBJ at the Democratic convention in...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:55:00 GMT

Birthdays and Second Birthdays

June 9 is a day of poignancy and reflection for me. Five years ago, someone very close to me named Becky Prichard died in a car accident, drowned in a river in Peru where she was trapped inside a car ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:10:00 GMT

Happy August 1

Ahh, it's August 1, always a day to celebrate. Not only is it Jerry Garcia's birthday (he would have been 65 this year), but also my good friend Nita here in Florida. And today was also the date of th...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:03:00 GMT

Reflections on 07-07-07

Seven is a very sacred number for many reasons, as is the number three. Today we have the once in a lifetime opportunity to mark 07-07-07 on our Gregorian calendars. There is so much to be said today,...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 02:31:00 GMT