After Midnight

With the final hard drive shutting off there is no more humming sounds, just simply the still of the night. Even the passing cars on Eighth Avenue are fewer this Sunday night. Now I can only hear the echoes of Benjamin's small whimpers in his sleep, his active dream world. I wonder which world he is playing in tonight. What kind of past, future or never has been world does his wonderful brain and heart travel to.



The bonding, the teamwork, the outpouring of love the past couple of weeks is overflowing like Canadian maple syrup on a mile high stack of pancakes. Ridiculous. So where is the theme, the point of this installment of Chico's Observations? Just witnessing Ben's growth has been a blessing, exemplified this past week seeing him with children close in age. Aiden, Elizabeth and the older wiser Elise, were all closely observed by Benjamin himself who is a social butterfly already. I look forward to all these spurts of growth in developing his interactive skills. The bonding and communication is incredible and it is I who continues to learn how he communicates best. Yet, so far so good and Ben continues to be shits and giggles.

Ben is smiling and laughing a lot and has his own little babble speak which I like to join him in and see who babbles louder. Mr Bobblehead is also holding his head very well for long stretches at a time. He loves the hammock in the yard, listens to a lot of music and loves dancing in our arms. Lately he has really taken the title of Champ to heart as he is sleeping through the night already - because he loves his mom so much! Benjamin's song for this past weekend was LADY by Tom Jones, he digs the old school as much as the new school.

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peace,

The Times They Are A Changing

Sometimes I simply have the unstoppable urge to write and create. Today is one of those days where I'm taking myself out of the moment to unleash some verbiage through these fingers. It is somewhat of an overcast day and I'm praying to the rain gods to hold off so I can play basketball tonight. Sitting in my new corner office working on a quote for a set of web videos a client wants us to produce but my mind is wandering the more creative as I reminisce about the days in the music industry.

I just joined the Canadian Music Industry Alumni group on Facebook and reconnected with some lost friends. Just this morning I was thinking about the days here in Vancouver working with Calamalka and how much I enjoyed the days we'd sit around listening to his new tracks. Of course now life continues to be more of a balancing act as priorities shift and new creative wonders spark with little Benjamin growing fast and furious. There is no doubt he has inspired a rejuvenated creative spirit as I'm currently working on a new music mix and have been working on a new series of artwork that I'm really happy about.



I'm feeling that my writing is going through big changes. For the last few months I feel I have definitely written less as I have been simply just living the moments instead. I have these urges to grab my writing book and then I just end up soaking in the moment, leaving the pen all by itself. Time is definitely a factor as you work all day and when you come home there are only so many hours to give quality time to family, health and the creative realm. It's a challenge that I'm up for as those things are important to me. The idealist in me believes it is all possible one day at a time. There is no time to give up or get down, just enough time to keep moving ahead. It's an amazing time to be alive. Fiji here we come!

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