by Marshal McKitrick | Sep 27, 2009 | Boys to Men, community, mentoring
Today was our monthly outing with the boys. Each month, myself and a few other men from the Sacramento area get together with a group of boys for connection, sharing, and learning. Our work is to model conscious manhood by being living examples to them. We work with...
by Marshal McKitrick | Sep 21, 2009 | flashback
No, I’m not talking about the popular video game. Yesterday, I saw a film called It Might Get Loud which features Jack White (of the White Stripes), The Edge (of U2), and Jimmy Page (of The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin). They share one main thing in common: they...
by Marshal McKitrick | Sep 18, 2009 | musical memory, songwriting, Yusuf Islam
I heard music by Yusuf Islam this week from his latest album, Roadsinger. For those of you who aren’t aware, Yusuf used to call himself Cat Stevens in a former lifetime. You know, Peace Train, Moonshadow, etc. Not to worry, I haven’t changed spiritual...
by Marshal McKitrick | Sep 12, 2009 | Beatles, flashback, Muse
I was in Starbuck’s this week meeting with a friend (yeah, I know it’s main stream corporate American culture) and, as I placed my soy steamer order (no coffee for me, thank you), there were CD’s of The Beatles (Abbey Road, Help, Rubber Soul) on the...
by Marshal McKitrick | Sep 7, 2009 | creative, music, Spirit
O.K., folks. After my wife set me up to begin blogging last February, I’m finally posting my first blog. (She’s also the webmaster for my website and my personal creative feedback person, fellow creative, and best friend…. Thank you, my beloved.)This...