vacation fire #6 and super fight

     Today started a day that has been planned for months now.  My longest oldest friend, Mark Altieri came down to hang for the day and then stay for the "money" fight tonight.  Aside from my family Mark is the person I have know the longest in my life.  We have known each and hung out for almost 30 years.  

     We had to eat, so we decided at Mark's request to go to an old spot that most Brocktonians know all about.  The Italian Kitchen, a place that everyone in my family loves so much that we buy their stuff for all of our family parties.  Today was a special night because it's been a long time Mark, my bro and I have seen a great super fight in the boxing category.  Growing up we were lucky to have a grandfather who was into boxing.  Historically my brother and I saw many amazing fights.  Hagler vs. Leonard, Hagler vs. Hearns, Pazienza vs Camacho, Tyson vs. Holmes, and so many more.  

     This was a special kind of fight.  Connor McGregor, the two time UFC champion challenged the retired, but undefeated Floyd "Money" Mayweather.  After months of back and forth initiated by a challenge from Connor to Floyd, the fight was made.  It was a boxing super fight and the build up to the fight was epic to say the least.  Connor convinced a huge portion of the boxing fan base that he had more than just a chance to take away Floyd's unblemished record.  

     The fight was better than most imagined and Connor stood his ground, but Floyd has so much composure and stamina and experience in the ring that in the 10th round Connor could not recover and went nearly a minute getting banged around the ring without throwing a punch and the referee stopped the fight.  Winner by TKO the undefeated Floyd "Money" Mayweather!!  50-0!!  Not only was it a great fight but it was a great day.

vacation fire #6

     I got a fire going.  Then we ordered pizza for the fight.  My cousin David came over and our friend Claudio came by and Mat, Kristen and the boys (Nando & GG) were here.  It was a great night and no one regardless of who they wanted to win went home disappointed.  It was a great fight and an amazing night.  

vacation fire #5

fire #5

     Tonight's fire was started with my brother Mat here and my brother-in-law Rodrigo and our friend Claudio.  Rodrigo picked some of the corn from his property in Easton and was cooking it for dinner.  It's really good corn.  

     Tomorrow night is a big night in the combat sports industry.  Connor McGregor the UFC champion has challenged and is fighting Floyd "Money" Maywether, in a boxing match super fight.  The WBC has sanctioned the fight and it will be under boxing rules and there has been weeks and weeks of hype surrounding this fight.  Floyd retired 2 years ago undefeated at 49-0.  Connor has lost in MMA but not when standing and throwing punches.  Connor is super confident and swears he will leave Floyd unconscious in less than 4 rounds.  We shall see Floyd wasn't 49-0 because he fought weak fighters.  He has beat many legendary Hall of Fame boxers.  This is Connor's first professional boxing match.  It's gonna be an event.  Mark, DJ, Mat & the boys will be coming over.  I know I will have a fire too, but watching the fight will be exciting.  

     I will end tonight's thoughts with a picture of the moon as it set in the western sky tonight.

vacation fire #4

fire #4

     Tonight's fire was started with a visit from my long-time friend Julie Grant.  We went to high school together but a year apart in grade.  I knew her earlier than that though back when my brother and friends were all young teenage skateboarders.  

     When she left I added a few more logs and watched them get eaten by my fire.  I am going share a few picture from the garden this morning as the sun came over the tree line.

vacation fire #1-3

fire #3

     

     I find myself by another fire, successfully having my 3rd in three nights to celebrate being on vacation from my job.  Most, no all of my journal writing is done with a pen and a blank page.  Every once and a while I think I should write directly to my blog and I have attempted a few times with no luck.  This time I am going to incorporate pictures into my journal.  This too is something I have done with the blank page a pen some prints and clear tape.  This makes it easier which should mean more content.  In this day and age on the internet, content is everything.  

     

     

     My blog is packed full of content but it has been strictly poetry & random thoughts until now. Publishing my books has been my thing for almost 20 years now and that is not going to change.  I simply want to be me add another level to my writing.  Since summer vacations in the white mountains of New Hampshire, Woodard's Cabins to be exact, I have been keeping journals of daily events.    

     I am on vacation and I had fires last night and on Monday night so I want to share a few pictures from those nights too.  I am going to try keep up this journal style writing.  I will call it FRO-ZEN because I was given the nickname NiceFRO and although I have pretty much outgrown the nickname I still use it for my thoughts because that's where it came from originally.  

fire #1

fire #2