Thursday, May 17, 2007

Switching over...

Hey all (all two of you),

I switched this whole thing to my website... www.keitherickson.com

the blog address is now http://www.keitherickson.com/blog

So in the future check that.

Alright... adios blogger.

Keith

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Thoughts on California

I have this incredible knack for creating more loose ends then I tie up. As I was saying to my parents today, sometimes I feel like a train wreck with people and relationships. I suppose normally with projects this isn't the worst thing. If nothing else I've thought that it keeps life interesting and there's always something going on. Relationships with friends or otherwise is a bit different.

These writings have had what Paul Krietman would call mission creep. Originally, they started as a way to keep track of me when I was in Bangladesh, as well as a place for inside jokes and a venue to whine about topics such as lost love. I'm not sure what this is now. I've been going back through them to figure out the point where they started loosing that direction I long for.

So, realization of a problem is the first step to fixing it. What then does the immediate future hold? Well for starters a return to California. Otherwise what?...A construction worker migrating from island to island for decades like this guy?



Really, a nice enough guy and not the worst life ever... but it's not for me.

Having said that, I'm not quoting any dates on coming back from Hawaii anymore. IT WILL PROBABLY BE SOONER THEN I TOLD EVERYONE. I realized that I'm still comited to my goal of working with NGO's or non profit organizations that are trying to make sure peoples basic needs and secondly socioeconomic status is lifted. I've been hibrernating in Hawaii, I've realized. It's time (past due) to continue working toward those goals.

What have I been doing so far in California? So far I've been working in a room where my grandfather and I used to watch baseball games while I counted my baseball cards, saw two of my closest friends get married, put a few small things to rest, and said what I hope is a short goodbye to some of the most important people in my life. This trip to California has been a little more confusing then relaxing. But I'm trying to be positive about it. Life has a funny way of coming back around to work itself out and show you where your going wrong. It feels a bit overdue to be honest. Rach used to say that I might need to scrub the floors first in order to get where I want. I'm still looking at this as that point in life, but it's quickly growing old. The trip has put several things in perspective though. For instance, a note on the last few months: there's a thin line between going a direction you don't necessarily want to and masochism, one which I feel I've crossed several times.

One of the things I noticed as I looked back through these recent writings and last few months is a lack of wide-eyed awe at the world and people that was so prevalent before. It's slowly coming back.



I hope all of you out there are well. Best of luck to all of you in transition. I hope our paths cross again soon.

Friday, April 20, 2007

For the record:

I am alive.

I move around too much for my wallet, but too little for my well being.

The winds of change are blowing.

This is what I'm up to: Sixth Day Media

My phone numbere is back to the good old 805 thing..

That is all.

Keith

Thursday, February 15, 2007

A few snapshots

So if I haven't talked to you yet... I am living in Hawaii for a little while. Everything is going well over here on the Big island. I really liked it here the last time, so I had some expectations when I came over late January. I'm pleased to say that everything is going as well as I thought.

I haven't been doing the more sterotypical Hawaii things.. just working. As such, I've nothing tremendous to report. When I do you, faithful blog reader will be the first to know.

Here's some snap shots from my side of the island...







Thursday, January 25, 2007

Jon's Wedding

Jon's wedding...

Monday, December 25, 2006

Christmas with the fam

I'm really tired so this will be short...

Had Christmas with the fam today. Not really a departure from the norm, except for the wonderful exception of having Jack for his first Christmas in southern california. He spent the better part of the day jumping on the furniture and playing with his new dog friends. Also, Mom and Dad welcomed him in with a Chirstmas present (toys).

Hope everyone had a great one. I'll be in Slo for a few days this next week, then back down to the huntinton area for about a month or more or lesss who knows...

Here's a few pictues:







Someone said nip...

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Orion

You, Orion, work as a clock, touching the eastern sky as the last throws of purple are bewitched to blackness. Never mind these skelaton oaks reaching out to shield the earth from your beauty. They too will freeze along with this ground and pass with the contant ticking of time. Nevermind them, for your path was set in motion long ago.

Answer me this though: how is it that you never grow tired of your destiny? Each night you move across the dark winter sky like a ticker tape on a blue mass set in heavy rotation. Every morning you move into latency, welcoming the daybreak; welcoming the time when your feet touch the deep blueness of the sea on the western horizon. Just look at you. Placed by God as dynamic sculpture in the stars, given life by human imagination.

Orion, do you see me among these oaks? Do you watch me on the earth night after night as I stare back at you wide eyed, transfixed by the flickering planes cutting across your sky? Oh Orion, these are hard times for dreamers, but you inspire me in your path as a constant, never wavering. I envy your resignation. The night’s bitterness is lost on you.