An HD Dream of My Father

I had my first ever HD dream this week. I'm serious. My first
ever High Definition dream. It was Wednesday May 30, 2012 at around 1:15AM. And no it was not a surf dream, though I have had some wild surf dreams in my life. Like the time I dreamt about a never ending tube ride I got.

A continuous barrel, that kept spinning and grinding for what seemed like an eternity. Plus that wave was the colors of the rainbow. And no, I was not under the influence of anything.
Those who know me, know that I have been sober since 1988. What's that? 24 years to be exact.

No, my dream on May 30th, 2012 was of my late father.

I was lying in my bed when I heard my niece's voice say "Here's your father!" I turned to the sound of her voice and there was
my father. He walked along the side of the bed, then along the foot of the bed and then finally he walked up to the other side of the bed and then turned and faced out the window.

He never said a word. He looked so healthy.

The irony of it all is, my late father who was a Past Commander
in the VFW back in our old hometown, was always upset that they moved Memorial Day away from the original date of May 30th. I can still hear him complaining..."Memorial Day is on
May 30th, not the last Monday in May.!" he'd complain.

He just never accepted that change. No siree bobby.

But there he was, as clear as my wide screen High Def TV standing next to me. He's been gone 12 years. But seeing him
as clear and as vivid as he was that night, was such a treat. I don't know what to make of some dreams but I always love seeing the departed in my dreams. It's like some kind of reassurance that they are still out there.

That maybe dreams are a portal, or a doorway that they can
pass through to connect with you. It's possible. To see my dad that close, and that clear, was both beautiful and frustrating.

The latter due to the fact that I called out his name so loud, but my vocal chords were paralyzed. He could not hear me. Even though I was screaming his name while I slept.

When I woke, I thought I had woken the whole family. But no
one else heard me. Took me a few minutes to unwind from it.
It's not everyday that I get to see my father. Especially in
High Definition.

I do know that I was thankful for the visit. And I can't wait for
the next one . Whenever that might be. I'll be ready.

(Photo 2) Anyone recognize this young grom? That's Casey Lockwood some 10 years ago. In Southern Maine. At an ESA contest. This is from a clip from my first ever Grom flick. "Grommatically Correct!"

Hard to believe that Grom with braces is about to be come a father any day now. 10 years ago. I know that's not that long,
but after seeing Ryan Denning's video clip (I posted it) of Casey and company surfing last week, I had a wave of nostalgia hit me and well, I knew I had this classic old footage of Casey and Mackey and a bunch of other groms. I mean ex-groms. They
are all in their 20's today.

I also knew 10 years ago that some day this footage would be
fun to look at in the future, especially if they all still surfed. And well 90% of them do. And they can all rip. So I hope they are all cool with this look back in time.

(Photo 3) Lil Mackey V and Kody Grondin exiting their homebreak at the Wall.

Classic to have all this old footage of these guys.
I'm sure they are not nearly as stoked as I am. Someday they will. When they have kids of their own. That's when they'll get it and appreciate it. Until then...deal with it guys.

(Photo 4) Another ex grom-local Surfer who ironically lives in Hawaii. Dougie Fresh Wright. Oh yea Dougie...no one is safe from my video camera. Nobody. Dougie just graduated from college. Congrats Dougie. And I also know that he's on his way back home for the summer. Looking forward to seeing Fresh again.

And catching you with my HD cameras. Ha!

Speaking of summer. How about this current Spring/Summer Nor'easter? Hello. This was some storm. And it figures, I just finished up my garden this past week and all my veggies are in place. I also take my tropical plants and move them outside for the summer. Several of them were knocked over by that fierce wind that was howling out of the East.

The waves last night on the main beach were roaring in. Poor Jimmy Donahue did not get to see his Station unveiled last night due to the rain and wind. Jimmy Donahue has been an ICON at Hampton Beach for well over 50 years now. Just an amazing career on the beach. My son and a few other surfers will be joining Jimmy's crew this summer.

Hope Jimmy get's to Lifeguard for another 50 years!

Now for Some Of My Weekly Global Observances:

Hey look Kalid Sheik Mohammed (KSM) the Mastermind behind 9/11 still looks miserable in the photo I have posted here. As much as he more than likely has it made at GITMO, you have to think he'd rather be in some cave somewhere with Ole Osama Bin Laden drawing up plans to kill more innocent Americans. That must be a drag for Kaliddy and his other loser Terrorists buddies.

And I hope I am not offending anyone out there reading this. But if I am...?Tough Shit! Deal with it! OBL is dead. And this asshole is facing at the very least LIFE in Prison. He should get the Death Penalty, but I know some of you softies are against that. But I'm cool with his scumbag ass spending the rest of his hairy life in some tight prison room.

Until that day...I plan on keeping this classic photo of KSM up every week so we can all chuckle at his misfortune at getting caught by our special OPs and Pakistani police.

Speaking of Terrorists I am not upset over Obama's HIT LIST. Though I do think it's a double standard for those who bitched about Bush interrogating Terrorists in the past. Obama can just go out and kill them without any kind of trial and jury. But hey, I'm OK with it. I have no problem with either interrogating Terrorists or killing them. In fact, I think it would be nice if we could do both. But hey that's just me.

Celtics are down 2-1 against the Super Heat. Tonight will be a pivotal game. GO CELTICS! Let's head back to Heatland tied 2-2

So the DEVILS are down 2-0 against the KINGS in The Stanley Cup Finals. I read that Thomas is thinking of taking a year off...huh? Come
on Timmy we still love you and NEED you!

Finally I had to laugh at Justin Beiber knocking his goofy ass out by running into a glass plane door. WTF? That's teach you for beating up the poor paparazzi.