West Morris Central High-school class of 1975 reunion

The class of West Morris Central high-school's class of 1975 had our reunion. The reunion took place on October 24th at the Minebrook Country club in Hackettstown N.J. It went from 6pm to 11pm beginning at 6 with a cocktail hour. There was music, some games, dancing , prizes and a cash bar.

We were able to get about 70 attendees. 

Prizes, balloons and lots of fun!

  

My brother Glenn and Dave with his wife

Some buddies I hung out with so many years ago. 

Just me, dressed up and having a great time!

BUILT IN 1919, MINEBROOK GOLF CLUB IS ONE OF NEW JERSEY'S OLDEST GOLF COURSES. ORIGINALLY NAMED MUSCENETCONG COUNTRY CLUB, THE COURSE WAS REDESIGNED THROUGHOUT THE 1960S AND AN ADDITIONAL NINE HOLES WERE ADDED TO FORM HIDDEN HILLS GOLF CLUB. TODAY, AFTER MANY IMPROVEMENTS, MINEBROOK GOLF CLUB REMAINS TRUE TO ITS ORIGINAL DESIGN AND REPUTATION FOR EXCEPTIONAL GOLF EXPERIENCES.

Parent's 60th Wedding Anniversary Party

While I was back in New Jersey and Pennsylvania my Brothers and Sisters, and Sister-in-law setup an amazing surprise party for my Mom and Dad.  We had it at a local VFW hall and had the place decked out with balloons, table center pieces, and this great cake!

We were lucky and were able to get all four brothers and two sister to attend. Two brothers drove up from NC, my sister from upstate  New York and I flew in from Arizona. It's always great to see the whole family together. We had about 70 people total come to the party. It was a nice mix of family and friends. Several of the guests my Mom and Dad had not seen in many years.

There was a crazy amount of food on hand. A lot of it home made and some bought. We even had a pay bar setup. Here's my sister Melissa and I, what a fun afternoon. 

Stewardship

The term Stewardship originally referred to someone with responsibilities to include everything the domestic, service and management needs of an entire household.   >>> I pledge to act as a Steward (a ward, guard, guardian, keeper) of all things in my life. I will act with responsibility for sustainable conservation and development of all things within our society. I am not the owner of this place or time, I am its Steward and will do everything within my means to pass this world on to our next generations as good or better than I received it.

I hope to start a series of posting on what we can do to ensure future generations can life healthy and happy lives.

Hawaiian volcano field steam vent.

Just a couple of Photos of Bina when we visited some volcanic steam vents in Hawaii.

Hawaiian cruise, wild flowers

Just a few of the amazing wild flowers growing in Hawaii.

The one below was growing in the middle of a lava field. 

A wild yellow ginger plant. 

At Kilauea caldera volcano

We stopped to see the volcano craider.

Hawaiian Orchid Growers

We went to an Orchids growers. There must have been hundreds of different types. 

Hawaiian cruise day 4, rainbow falls

The first stop on our excursion is Rainbow falls. 

Hawaiian Cruise day four Hilo Hawaii

Pulled into Hilo Hawaii this morning. We've got plans to see volcano stuff and a tropical waterfalls.

Hawaiian cruise day 2 dance show

Bina and I saw a Hawaiian dance show on the ship. We got our photo with two of the dancers.

Location:Pier 1,Kahului,United States

Hawaiian Cruise Day 2 Needle Parl

Within Needle park in Ioa Valley is a set of gardens. The "needle" is a column of volcanic stone.

I even played my shakuhachi in the japanese garden for a while.

Location:Pier 1,Kahului,United States

Hawaiian Cruise Day 2 starting our day

The ship traveled through the night we've arrived in Kahului Maui.

Just had breakfast and getting ready for a tour of the island.

Location:Pier 1,Kahului,United States

Hawaiian Cruise Day 1

After a long early 6hour flight, baggage claim and a 15 minute taxi ride to the ship, we've gotten on the ship.

Bina got Lai-d getting on the ship.


And I got a shell necklace.


Our first selfe so far!


Having lunch before the ship takes off.

Location:Pier 1,Kahului,United States

Bina's Taiji Video

This weekend Bina did several demonstrations of Taiji. I took some video of her and the YouTube link below is that performance. We got creative with the finishing touches on this one.

Hope you enjoy it!  

We will be doing more soon!

Shakuhachi camp off the Rockies 2015 group photos

Here's a photo of the master level teachers and then one of all of the students.

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Student concerts from shakuhachi camp of the Rockies 2015

Both the Masters and student concerts were performed in the Dome. The acoustic qualities of the dome is amazing.

The concert went for just over two hours. There were group and solo performances.

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Masters concert of the June 2015 shakuhachi camp of the Rockies

The masters concert started with a piece outside of the dome before moving to the stage.

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Morning Blowing Ro at the beginning of the day at camp.

Every morning before we started our lessons, we'd warm up playing Ro (the lowest note on the shakuhachi).

With nice weather and out in nature it was wonderful to start our day outside playing.

We all focused our flutes torwards a meditation pond behind the main building.

 

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