Falling for Autumn

“Falling for Autumn!” Call me weird, but today I just had to put on my boots, fingerless gloves and a flannel shirt! Now, the first 2 are the norm for me all year round, but the flannel shirt? Well, let me explain. I lived in Pennsylvania in the mountains until my teens when I moved here to Florida. And, every year during this week, I fall for Autumn. Inside me. I feel it! I feel the leaves changing color and the air turning crisp at night. I know… Weird. But it’s true. I know it’s time for football, beautiful leaves, and all the things I fall for when fall arrives. In my heart and in the weather. A change in the weather, whether it’s inside or outside, always leafs me amazed at God’s handiwork! I stand amazed at all the colors around us and the colors He puts in us. Some of us are very colorful. PIMPLOL. I still keep in touch with my best friend, Pam, in Pennsylvania every Friday night on the phone for hours. She keeps me informed of the weather and there’s a change a ‘comin’… She has sent me leaves many times and snow in a jar. So, did my grandparents. Okay, that’s it. I’ll leaf you with this… It seems both my body and soul remember the early years and the changes. We get trained. Memories and habits, alike. In the good or the bad. Maybe that’s why the bible says to train a child in the way he should go and he might leaf, but, he will def come back. Just like the weather and the colors in us and around us...   Trace

WRITING IS AN ART, BUT HANDWRITING IS A LOST ART, RIGHT?

"WRITING IS AN ART, BUT HANDWRITING IS A LOST ART, RIGHT?" what? Well, here I am thinking before I write my next story... Gotta get it write and right! Right? Write. Actually, I usually go into a typing frenzy when a story come to my mind and heart. My hands can keep up with my crazy mind and it all happens so fast in about an hour. When typing, that is. When I am away from my computer and get an idea, like when I'm sleeping or at the store or church or anywhere, I have to write so fast that I have developed my own type of short hand. I still have to find an interpreter. PIMP LOL. Doesn't look like the shorthand I learned in school. I have these little stories in my crazy writing language all over the place, but mostly I type them. They come quick and my fingers can type faster than I can write. I still like to write notes to people or cards. While writing is an art and we use the typewriter quite often, hand writing is a lost art in this day and age. Take time to write something today. You'll feel write about it... I mean, right. Was just thinking how glad I am that people took time to write so many years ago so we have our bible! And, so many other historical books...handwritten. I must take time to write more. I mean, hand-write. Its a lost art, for me, too. And, you know what? That kinda goes for the email and texting thing, too. I don't text, for real! But, email and messaging and FB, I do. How 'bout calling someone? A phone call? Yep! Another lost art!   Trace

"The Beast Of Deprivation Spawns The Beauty Of Improvisation! Shhh…”

“The Beast Of Deprivation Spawns The Beauty Of Improvisation! Shhh…” What? Well, I was thinking about Beauty and The Beast and came up with that saying while I was also thinking about “doing without”. Does the beast of deprivation and doing without realize he enables us to get too mad or get to work? Hmmm... My choice? Get to work. How ‘bout you? Doing without? Then, I bet you’re doing more within! Again! What? Just trying to push your buttons! Let me explain today’s thoughts. It’s been a tough couple years for us and for a lot of you. But! I believe that doing without pushes you to do more within! If you don’t let the “doing without” push the wrong buttons! Yep! We can either get too mad or get to work. Appreciate or depreciate… Be thankful and push the “WITHIN” button WITHOUT hesitation! But, really, we do rely on God more and our inner strength more when we can’t just buy something or someone. Or get a quick fix. Making do instead of making dough, sometimes, makes more sense. If you’re patient. Sometimes, doing without does do a lot within and without us. Around us, I mean by that. But, not without us. PIMP LOL Have a pushy day. Push yourself and someone you love to do within. But, don’t push the wrong buttons. It’ll affect everyone without. Makes sense to me. Just gotta push the right buttons. That goes without saying…or is that within? Gotta have humor. Especially when the wrong buttons get pushed! Yep! Doing without helps me do more within. We can either get too mad or get to work. The beast of deprivation spawns the beauty of improvisation! Shhh… Okay, I’ll button it up now! I don’t want to seem pushy! Oh! And, the photo collage? Well, you get the collage of thoughts in today’s’ story, right? The shhh shot, the inside of me at work shot, the thinking shots, all the buttons on the gloves shots, etc. I don’t have a fancy pants photographer or editor or producer, etc., so I make do. Within…God is my strength. Trace

Points 'n Plugs AND Tune-ups 'n Up Tunes!

This song says "movin' across the water". Well, so are we. What? Well, I had this group page cuz it had diff functions than our Musician page. Not anymore. It's about the same since FB changes. So, we're going to close this page in a week. Give everyone time to go to our other page. Just need one. I love that all of you here have supported us. Hope you guys take a sec to stop by our actual band page & "LIKE"! Then, stop by often! So, appreciate all of you loving us & being here. Now, go move across the water & click like to join us: http://www.facebook.com/faceofthebasicband Oh! & I thought this song fitting for our last 1 here. It's from the garage. Stripped down. Unplugged. Get the points? PIMP LOL. Point is...we get tuned up and plugged in when we're unplugged! Come by our page/garage & get plugged in! Our songs from the garage & the garage of our hearts are where tune-ups & up tunes happen! The point of this story? To give the b.a.s.i.c. band a plug!    b.a.s.i.c.ally, Trace

RESISTANCE IS NOT ALWAYS FUTILE!

“RESISTANCE IS NOT ALWAYS FUTILE!” What? Well, we all are familiar with that line, right? Yep! Saw a minute of an old Star Trek Borg show and that's all it took to get me thinking. 'bout what? Well, about resistance and how some things in life are so so hard to resist. We all have them. Then, I got to thinking of resistance training/exercise. Which I like to do. And, I know some who try to do resistance training exercises. It’s just they get lost somewhere on the path of least resistance. PIMP LOL. Really, though, I do like resistance training. It’s easy to incorporate into your daily life without setting a separate whole time around it. Or, having to pay money, or needing special clothes or anything. What is it? Well, I am no expert, believe me! But, technically, its strength training that uses a resistance to the force of muscular contraction. Some use elastic or weights and even our own body weight! Yep! We have built-in exercise machines. Pretty cool, huh? God did make us complex and curious creatures. That’s where the resistance comes in, right? PIMP LOL. Anyways, about some of the exercises, for instance I can do pushoffs and work out my arms any time I am around the kitchen counter or bathroom counter, which is often. I let my body weight be the force that I push off. There are all kinds of exercises you can do without equipment and around the house. I do like hand weights sometimes. But, your own weight is enough. You can help your back with the Leg Abduction or Plank which is all toes and elbows! I like the arm exercise I name “Counter-Resistance”. Because I use the counter and resistance! This is one case where resistance is not futile! Or is it? PIMP LOL. Okay, resistance trainers, here's another easy and fun exercise I came across today.  When taking wet towels from the washer to the dryer, just grab a wet towel and twist it and grab the other end.  Snap away.  Preferably at someone's butt.  Your arms will def feel the workout and so will their butts. PIMP LOL.  Have a fun day. Resistance training can be a snap! So, whether in life, or exercise, resistance def is not futile. Better not to take the path of least resistance. Because life is a workout. Gotta work it out! Who better to go to than the One who made us! Me? I can't resist that!!!     Trace

Be Upfront When You Get Behind Somebody!

"Be Upfront When You Get Behind Somebody!" What? Well, talkin’ should be honest and up front. Face it! I may get behind you to push you and encourage, but not to kiss your behind or talk behind your back and discourage. I may get beside you to walk with you, so’s you don’t get besides yourself in loneliness. I may even get in front of you to lead the way with boldness, but I won’t get in your face. And, I may carry you with gentleness, so you don’t get carried away with grief. Yep! I just may love you. That’s what God does for us and we should so do for others. Be up front when you get behind somebody! Right? Right! PIMP LOL

Trace

“DOzE DAzE, CONTENTzzz & zzz’s!

“DOzE DAzE, CONTENTzzz & zzz’s!" What? Ever had one of doze days? Where you feel like dozing off cuz you’re in a daze about things? A doze daze. So, what would it be called if you have a couple of these in a row? It would be called doze daze! PIMP LOL. Anyways, if you are, go ahead and rest. Catch some zzz’s. Maybe even pray. And, then count the other zzz’s. You know? The blessingzzz in your life. Helps the doze daze! Have a fun week. Hope doze daze aren’t all dozed. I mean dazed. I mean, hope your days aren’t all dazed and dozed. Catch both zzz’s! One gives rest to the body, one to the soul. Be content with the contentzzz of your life... And, you can bet I know...itz eazier said than done! But, so worth doing.  Trace

You Can Reach The Stars! Astronaut or Naut!

“You Can Reach The Stars! Astronaut or Naut!" & “The Department of DOD, IDK, OMG, LOL and DUH!” What? I couldn't decide between the 2 titles for today's story. So, I used both!! The boss said I could. So, anyways, I used to work for the Department Of Defense at KSC. No, I wasn’t an astronaut like in this photo, but I knew some and I worked with an excellent team of knowledgeable, kind and very hard-working engineers and techs and military. So, that fact and a phone call I had to make this weekend got me thinking about departments and acronyms. See, I had to make a phone call about a computer problem and felt like I was talking in spy-talk and having to decipher a code. He kept using some secret code. Or, as I found out soon, it was the code for the Department of IDK. You know? I don't know? Well, I know, but they didn't! Apparently my phone inquiry got directed to the Department of DUH? Did I get any answers? Umm…what do you think? Well, let’s just say, its right down the hall from the Department of IDK, OMG and LOL. What is DUH? Don’t Understand Half what you’re reading outta your book OR “Decipher-it U-self Hon”. Least, I had him laughing by the time I decided it was no use. No reason not to be kind. But, it was def time for PIMP LOL, after all that. I go to that department a lot. It’s down the hall from TNT LOL and LIFE. Cuz, OMG, one has got to laugh! And, then get to work and figure it out myself. Duh! That’s what we have brains for. Have a fun day and go use it! Your brain and your laugh! You don't have to study astrophysics to reach for the stars! Oh! And, am I enjoying our storm Isaac? Duh! Thanks, guys! For lovin' me. Astronaut or naut! Oh! And, if you're sitting through the storm and want something to do? Stop by my photo album from my KSC days. Just a few. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1061943763332.11239.1668094552&type=3 and our music here: http://www.youtube.com/user/basicband?ob=1 Trace