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Austin City Limits was taping for the opening for the 36th television season last night. I knew about Jimmy Cliff and was thrilled to see him in such a small venue, but his special guest Michael Franti ended up playing a short acoustic set for us.

Frantie has been working on a new album and you may have heard him on the radio recently with The sound of Sunshine title track that is out ahead of the albums release. I had the lyric running through my mind earlier in the day: it is in the song rotation of my local radio station. It has one of those haunting melodies that stick with you long after the song has ended. I was so excited to see him perform solo. I was looking forward to the new release, but last night seeing him perform live, I am going to get on the presale list.

Jimmy Cliff was so full of energy: His powerful voice and a band that was so powerful and tight. The new songs from Existence, his latest album deal with today’s world struggles including the environment. He had the whole studio up on their feet dancing a number of times. I always like the sing along that comes with Reggie music and the crowd interaction. There are a few very powerful spiritual numbers that in the set list and the band did one drum and vocals only that had the vibration of the drums reaching a deep spot within me.

After the show, I was still marveling at the magic and drove home with the music off in the car. I was so great to have two performers I like in one small venue and you will be able to catch the performance in a few weeks when he new season hits the television. I hope you can catch the show, it sure was magical being in the audience.

I did a bunch of rearranging, reorganizing and clearing of clutter on Saturday. It was a long day, but the results are very nice. I moved a few things around, got the office rearranged, the bedroom reorganized and the office in a better shape. Every once in a while I find it helpful to re-look at my space and try to figure out how to best use it. Saturday was one of those days.

Sunday I did a bit more cleaning and watched the Nascar race on the internet. There was a thunderstorm that rolled in during the afternoon. I sat out on the porch and watched the storm roll in and the lightning streak across the sky. I could feel the thunder and watched as the raindrops fell and the trees shook in the wind.

Since the storm broke the heat, Saba and I headed down the hill to the park: I wanted to get him out for a walk and we stopped and watched as the woodwinds from the symphony preformed for an hour.

I hinted yesterday that there is a bit going on in my world that has hit the filter. I am feeling quite restless. I am trying to work by the 4 principles: be true to your word, don’t take things personally, don’t make assumptions and always do your best. I am having a bit of difficulty with not taking things personal right now.

I headed home from work, quite wound up and wanted to take a quick nap before heading out to my yoga class. That didn’t quite work the way I wanted: I shut the alarm off and just fell right back to sleep. I did manage to get up and have dinner later in the evening, talked to Mom and Brother and then caught a show on television. I guess it was my body telling me to take a break. I will try to get to the advanced class after work today, I could use some relief that exercise always brings.

I don’t have anything on the schedule for the weekend; I guess its time to work on the to do list. Perhaps getting lost in some projects will take care of the restlessness for a bit.

As some of you know, when I stop posting on a regular basis, there are other things going on in my life. Sometimes it is work related and those are filtered; not for the web. Occasionally it has to do with my personal life: sometimes I am not willing to share everything. Yes, I am holding out, but after being on line for about 8 years, I learned a few lessons about filtering.

I took a drive on Tuesday, hopeful I might get a different perspective, another look, and a different take on IT. I heard about a doctor that was supposed to be interested in helping me with IT from a friend. I made an appointment a few weeks ago, got a whole lot of information gathered, sent it ahead and headed down the highway. I can tell you it was a long drive home. I was greatly disappointed: I was looking for answers and got a whole lot of non answers. The information I had gathered wasn’t passed along. There was a whole lot of challenge and not a lot of discussion. I will keep on searching, looking for answers and perhaps an “ah hah” moment will occur one of these days. I will bounce back from the disappointment, sometimes it just takes a day or two.

I had a great time at the local track the other night. It was hot, but the racing was a lot of fun. I will try to catch up on that another day, but I did get a recipe for some treats that I will have to make. I kept going back to have another one, they were great and I was told they are easy to make.

I am heading down to the track early this afternoon to help out the broadcast team from http://kmacsports.com/. It should be a fun filled evening of racing. It has been a short summer break from the fun at Thunder Hill Raceway.

I stopped the other night for some happy hour music. It has been “one of those weeks” at the office. It sure felt good to have a distraction and get lost in the music. Saba need some attention, we only made it to the park once this week. He is full of energy and needs to burn it off. I need some time away from the keyboard before I delve into a small project.