I recently had a chance to interview Abigail Hound Dog at a park in Seattle.
When asked if she would mind me scratching her back,
she was on the fence about it….

One last national go ’round for all the marbles.
While this tour is aimed at college venues,
I’m also lookin’ forward to visiting old friends who were there in the beginning;
do some gallery, theater, high school and independently organized shows.

Am nonstop on tour with The Revival at the moment
so won’t be able to respond to “Come to the South!”-type shout outs,
but am no doubt happy to tour the whole U.S. January through May.
Already have a route mapped out so, organizers, write
and let’s see if it works for you. Holler with a venue in mind
and we’ll go from there regarding budget and details.

Safe to say I’m pretty excited about doin’ this one more time.

Ready,

Buddy
buddy at buddywakefield dot com
PS Chris A’lurede (cover artist of Live For A Living)
is also responsible for the artwork surrounding this release.
He’s gonna slug me square in the boys for posting some of the
in-process designs he submitted for Gentleman Practice,
but I sure like’em.

Trying to figure why my buddy Seth
won’t take me to hot yoga with him.
I’m super ready…

Dear Prop 8, Mormons, and Orange County,

I officiated the wedding of a straight couple on Sunday and I was thinkin’… I’ve been known to be pretty gay. Shouldn’t this mean their marriage not be recognized? Isn’t the sanctity of a straight couple at risk if they’re married by a gay dude? Shouldn’t straight marriages performed by gay dudes be revoked as a safeguard against burning forever? Please help me help you help God help us, or before ya know it they’ll be letting murderers and animals officiate; maybe even priests. Something more must be done to stop the spread of joy, and butt sex.

Looking to You For Christlike Moral Guidance Because You and Your Divorce Rates Representing Sanctity Totally Make Sense, Reverend Budworth Wakeright

P.S. I feel like y’all should go after the Universal Life Church next, to put an end to the possibility of openly human/gay people presiding over straight weddings. Once that’s accomplished we can begin voiding the millions of marriages performed by such ambiguous clergy. It’s a purification process, and should serve to bring the human race closer together. It may seem like de-evolution or Hitleresque at first, but I for one understand that you have books to live by, like – say – the Bible, which clearly states all sins are measured equally. For instance, if I call you a retarded ape, that’s a sin, unless you truly are a retarded ape, which…
At any rate, please stop.
Abort hateful mission (and I don’t mean the kids you may be raising).

(note: it’s not me.)

Holy goodness gracious.
Thank ya, Snook.
Completely smilin’ about this.

And for this:

(The European Space Agency has released what it says is the first-ever image of the entire universe which will give scientists new insight into how the stars and galaxies form. The all-sky image, produced by space telescope Planck, can also tell how the universe itself came to life after the Big Bang some 13.7 billion years ago. The satellite was launched last year by the ESA under a € 600 million project to record the origins of the universe.)

In the last mile of the 30th Annual Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon
Sarah Healy-Middleton was goin’ bananas for me
shoutin’ out powerful reminders of who we are
and why we do the things we do
but she did not lose focus on the task at hand
and was well reminding me how to physically stay righted
and how to show up in the home stretch.

Where the course opened up near supporters and spectators
Sarah rode her bike alongside me on the grass for as long as she could.
She was coachin’ her heart out when I passed a man on my right
who looked over at me with all his breath and said,
“Where do you find friends like that?”

In the moment I responded, “Well, ya can’t buy’m.”
I sure hope my answer was good timing with regards to whatever was goin’ on for him
but if anybody ever asked me again where to find friends like that
I’d probably give the same answer I’d give for how to find a four-leaf clover.
You have to look.

June 22, 2010
The world’s largest yoga class
on The Great Lawn in Central Park.
13,000 yogis.
Apparently gravity was unavailable that day.
Thank you, Flavorpill.

It’s been a while, huh?

Well, after the Revival Tour
I kept a friend’s home warm
and Andy Cook taught me how to walk a slack line out at Santa Monica Pier.

Then I got to see my first memories of this world
visiting childhood best friend, Jimmy Jones, and his family.

Then I went on the tour of my career

(The Paramount Theater, Austin, TX)
(National Monument, CO)

Then I made entry into the second half of my life
(Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon, May 2, 2010).

I remember when I told Heidi Kunkle outside the venue in Des Moines, IA
that I’d never found a 4-leaf clover
she replied, “You have to look.”
I found one right then and there. Here it is

When I told my friend, Seth, I found a 4-leaf clover
he said he’d never found one.
I said, “You have to look.”
Today he showed me four

Now Seth spends time looking for 4-leaf clovers.
He’s stopped mowing so much.
Today as we discussed the amazing second half of his life and what it might look like
Seth began to call out one 4-leaf clover after another
then handed me a bouquet of’m.

Here are the first six

I became excited and joined in…

Here are seventeen of the twenty-one 4-leaf clovers we found in no time

Actually, there were twenty. We stopped when we found “the 21st”…

“The 21st” had 12 clovers on it, and still budding…

What more could a clover hunter ask for?
Seth’s curious as a cat.

That’s why we call him Whiskers.

That about brings us up to speed.
I have no obligations and don’t owe nothin’.
There’s a choose-your-own-adventure 360 degrees wide in front of me.
The sign over there says to teach a college course at Naropa, or The New School.
Song says to meditate full time.
Giant says to train for Cirque Du Soleil.
If I put a significant amount of energy into planning and grant writing
The Revival can pull together a full-time show
or I’ll write the screenplay now.
Feelin’ good about releasing the new book, Gentleman Practice, early fall.
Got a provisional patent finally, regarding a fun way to teach kids alternative energy.
My family wants me down in Austin and I like it.
I could invest in a home. Build another city of candles on the dresser.
Haven’t toured Europe in a while. Never toured Australia.
Go on a solo national tour, 2011? Take a new tour partner every week?
Train to facilitate ropes courses?
Work for an accelerated learning forum in Denmark?
I know a friendly house with my name on it in Kona, or Cape Town,
Venice Beach or NYC, Norway, Kansas City, England, Juneau, Ashville, Seattle…
Go back to school, for physics? Study the memory of water.
Finally run away and join the office? Make funny ads? The Onion? Boob job?
Create a local bulletin board to start a circuit of backyard BBQ’s lasting all summer?
Now New Industries? Make holiday sweaters? Cereal saloon?
I can build a hot air balloon basket outta popsicle sticks, paint it bright orangepink with yellow.
Been makin’ music for fun with no agenda.
Gonna keep fit and can hopefully help if anybody else wants to go there.
Love sharin’ it. Love sharin’.
Even the impermanence.
Share it.

Today Reverend Kathianne Lewis said two wolves live in my heart.
One of them is right with this world
and we know what kind of destruction the other is capable of.
She asked which one I’m feeding.

After most every show these days somebody wonders about
the forgiveness lines in Hurling Crowbirds at Mockingbars:

“Forgiveness is the release of all hope for a better past.”

“Forgiveness is for anyone who needs safe passage through my mind.”

I wanna reiterate that I wrote neither of those lines.
They are directly quoted from a sermon by Reverend Kathianne Lewis.
I feel pretty certain she was quoting someone else.

Practice,

(Kingfish; Seattle, WA)

At Vipassana I saw two woodpeckers playing.