I learned to be a good listener from her .

Hey Hippie "David" Lou
Just wanted to send you a message thanking you immensely for introducing me to your friend. I have been interning for her this summer helping her draw for an animation about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and it has been really awesome so far. She's very nice and understanding, and it's been so much fun working with her. Thank you again!
Mama also let me know that you've been having some troubles recently. Nothing to be ashamed of or anything, I just wanted to let you know that you have dr. zoink and mine's support if you ever need anything. And Mama obviously cares about you greatly, so don't be afraid to reach out to her for help or someone to talk to. I learned to be a good listener from her . Don't forget about your agency! Ask mama if you don't understand, it's from my depression books haha.
Hope to see you soon!

Thanks Hippie Lou, without you I wouldn't have the particle accelerator for opening the wormhole.

we´re all orbits in space...

:-)))) I believe it --- your life has needed some change --- that´s already a good thing ... so you´ll where this leads you to .... we´re all orbits in space... drifting along.... xoxo

How thy goeth, hermano?

How goes life, HippieLou? I thought of you today after my college son said he did not elevate his grades enough to respond to his academic warning. He must leave his school, go to a city college, improve his grades then apply to be reinstated. I think his school does not support his strengths. In fact I think he should t go to school yet but, rather, seek his passion. I have ideas of what that would look like but at 21 his job is to forge ahead without me. I think outside the box better than he. He pushes, even if his own round self into the proverbial square hole. He returns home today. 
How thy goeth, hermano?

TBP Team ‏@buskingproject 18 Aug 11
In New York filming #buskers. Already seen Hippie Lou and the Floor Damagers. Things aren't as bad as I thought #streetperformer #newyork
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It doesn’t make the people in the spaceship—you, me, or Kaisha—bad.

Hello Dear,

I hope this letter finds you well and enjoying the spring weather—I know that the blossoms must be out on the cherry tree on the front lawn. And I hope your girls on the lacrosse team are doing well, if you’re still doing that.

I want to let you know that I got my motorcycle out of storage at the end of March and I’ve been trying to get my skills back slowly but surely, so that I can ride longer and longer distances. But every time I get on it, I think of you, and the good times we had together and will hopefully have in the days soon to come.

I wanted to send you this letter for a couple of reasons. The first one is that, as you know, I recently submitted a filing in New York State Court regarding the dissolution of our marriage. And I never wanted to write down or share with anyone, much less the state of New York, the stories that are contained in that filing. I didn’t want to do that because, though I feel that the things listed in that document happened, they don’t really give a full picture of our relationship and our marriage and our love and the beautiful elements of the time that we had together, or the reasons that we had to separate and chart a new course for our lives—both independently and together.  It’s just one extremely narrow sliver.

Now that I have had the benefit of a substantial period of time since 2007 and 2008, my take on things is that the institution of marriage was a spaceship that served us very well for a long time, if I can be loose with my metaphors. But as life and the environment around us changed, and as I changed, that spaceship didn’t function as well. I don’t think it served either of us as well. At least, I can say that it ceased being a good method of travel through this life and through the universe for me. And I needed a new spaceship to travel on.

It doesn’t make the people in the spaceship—you, me, or Kaisha—bad. I’m convinced, and I know this because you taught me this through my relationship with my parents and my family, that I love you and that I will always love you. And I have a pretty strong suspicion that you love me. I know this because I experienced your love and I experience it now. I send my love out to you through the universe, and I have a feeling you experience it, as well. I’m very hopeful that we can find a new spaceship to be able to connect and share our love in a new way, an exciting way, and a way that works for both of us. And I have a good feeling that it will happen, because I know better than anyone—and I know you know that I know better than anyone—how devastating and painful and toxic a prolonged separation is from people who love you and are attached to you through love and having kids or parents. I don’t think we were meant to be apart, in a physical sense. And I’m going to continue to work and hope and dream that we can find a new way to continue to be a family and to love each other outside the institution of marriage. I’m going to continue to work in that direction and I’ve instructed my attorney and all those around me to continue to work in that direction. I will keep on doing that until the day I pass from this earth.

So I wanted you to know that. And, as I said, I can’t imagine what you’ve gone through in the last year-and-a-half. I can’t imagine what Kaisha has gone through, but it has been very difficult. But I wouldn’t be trying to build a new spaceship if I didn’t think it was better for me, and ultimately for all of us, and I will continue to work in that direction. The difficult part of that is to work on deconstructing the old spaceship. We’ve been intertwined in the institution of marriage, and also in love and our family affairs and our financial affairs—in all affairs for the last twenty years. And untangling those and re-sorting them and putting them back together again in a new way is a very difficult process. I understand that. I know it’s difficult for me, and I can understand that it’s probably difficult for you and Kaisha. And I’m committed to working towards it in a constructive way.

I actually do have a good imagination combined with healthy pragmatism, street smarts, and common sense.

Dear Hippielou,

I am so moved! ;-)

You sound like you would be very interesting to get to know, and I would love to hear from you.

You know the basics about me from my profile, so I won't go into them here, but my favorite things to do include (oh no, I am about to start with ... ) long walks, blah blah blah, oh I am going to make myself sound so unimaginative. Which is not at all what I am, I actually do have a good imagination combined with healthy pragmatism, street smarts, and common sense.

Anyway, like I said, I would love to hear from you if you think there might be some chance of new friendship or whatever between us. Thanks for visiting my profile, and all the best to you, no matter what!