Retired. Having fun with photography. Journal daily. Meditate daily. Learning haiku/poetry. Have a love for fountain pens.

6 Comments

  • Earl

    June 9, 2018 at 9:19 am

    I was shocked and deeply disturbed by the suicide of Anthony Bourdain this week. He seemed one so full of life but it’s true we can’t know the “demons” someone else is dealing with…”at the end of the road.” I doubt he realized how many everyday people he’d touched through his life and his shows. It’s amazing the outpouring and testimony to him. RIP Antony Bourdain!

    • Monte Stevens

      June 9, 2018 at 9:34 am

      That is true of all of us, Brooks. We don’treally know how many lives we affect, positively and negatively, in our short span on this planet. Stirs a desire within me to be all that can be.

  • Tom Dills

    June 11, 2018 at 8:48 am

    That’s a great sky, Monte. And that road looks familiar although I doubt it is the one I’m thinking of.

    As a non-TV watcher I’ve not had much exposure to Bourdain, in fact I think the only exposure I’ve had to him is a series of video interviews with Francis Ford Coppola which was interesting. I can’t relate to the mindset of people that would bring someone to end their life but am thankful for that.

    • Monte Stevens

      June 12, 2018 at 7:57 am

      Yes, you’ve been on this road and this spot. I know very little of Bourdain and have never watched any of his shows. I only know about him. I happen to see this quote somewhere and liked it. It is a tragedy that someone we may know only through our media has what we think fulfills our life but is not. Our external lives are many times covering a wounded and troubled soul.