Drawn within its midst Are signs that could be comprehended The same signs I thought I could interpret These signs seem to be nothing They could mean something Still in these unknown dreams
It’s snippet visions of flashback Clicking like the camera’s shutter Blindsided by the flash Surrounded by a support swarm of bees Hope and dream maybe it’s own fantasy
Could be the dreams that I thought of The dreams that I could have wished A dream that could be a tell-all tale This dream could be just a fantasy Maybe a fate of its own destiny If I could only get its true impact
This interpretation could be crossroads A crossroad that could answer it all It could free me or imprison me Could be the downfall or success Maybe an ending with sorrow or joy Might be answered in my next lifeline
In the early 1970s, I worked with Dr. Larry J. Bailey, my friend, and mentor, on the Career Development for Children Project (CDCP). Several of us worked on the project to produced a career development curriculum for elementary school children. In 1973 I went to work at McKnight Publishing Company to help produce project materials. Career development is not obtaining knowledge in preparation for living, but rather it is a process of experiencing living.
Before leaving CDCP, I prepared a paper titled, “A Theory of the Functional Self.” The paper reviewed self-theory that explores self a being a product of social interactions. From this theory, we have seen that self-information is a developmental process that takes place within the social system. A social system may be a peer group, a single classroom, school, community, occupational establishment, or any other organized group of individuals.
It is also assumed that a social system has two dimensions, the individual and the institution, and the patterns resulting from the interaction of these dimensions are social behavior. The individual’s inferences from his behavior define his self-concept, and a self-concept that has career relevance is the functional self.
The functional self, like the self-concept, is a self-process, a process of being and becoming. It is the functional self’s developmental process that should enable educators to develop a process career developmental curriculum, rather than a content occupational information curriculum. Career development is not obtaining knowledge in preparation for a living; rather, it is a process of experiencing living.
— kenne
“I think every man is his own Pygmalion and spends his life fashioning himself. And in fashioning himself, for good or ill, he fashions the human race and its future.”
Flashback — Joy Relaxing at Casino Del Sol Resort Grand Opening, November 2011 — Image by kenne
We will be at the resort tonight to see Lynyrd Skynyrd and stay overnightso Joy can gamble to her heart’s delight — a little break at the Sol of Tucson.
It’s August in southern Arizona, hot, dry desert temperatures are the norm, which is why we hike the cool trails in the mountains. It is this contrast that captures the beauty of the Sonoran desert and the Santa Catalina mountains.
Sunday afternoon and here I am listening to music back in time – in my mind. The time is the sixties, a time of early romance, which has always had a music connection – especially blues and jazz. Nurtured by late night radio, the music was often a balance with loneliness providing a connection with the feeling that stirred my very being. Some of my favorite jazz musicians were the likes of Oscar Peterson, Ramsey Lewis, Dave Brubeck, Erroll Garner and Ahmad Jamal. So, as I set here on our deck watching the dance of flying insects, a vision seen only because of the late afternoon sun spotlighting the being, otherwise unnoticed to the eye, and listening to an NPR interview with Ramsey Lewis – Ramsey Lewis: Opening Jazz to All – the genenis of my flashback.
Loving the late night radio music, it was only natural to share my late night feelings with a date by going to the London House, a supper-club that was the place for jazz in Chicago. Located at the corner of Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue. (Sadly, this great location on “magnificent mile” later became a Burger King restaurant.) Although above my means, I could think of no better place to spend a romantic evening. Looking back, I’m not sure if the romance was with the date or the music. However, knowing me, it was both.
Joy & Kenne at a Fund-raiser for the Harris County Sheriff (04/27/01) 
Morning Walk In The Woodlands, Texas (Joy, January 2006) — Image by kenne
Katelyn Turner, December 21, 2005 — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Flashback — Joy Relaxing at 
Joy and Kenne in the City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico, July 28, 2012
City of Rocks State Park, New Mexico — Panorama by kenne
Sabino Canyon, December 14, 2011 — Image by kenne
