Wild Gray Goose

Celtic tradition identifies the Holy Spirit as a Wild Goose. He is the wings of a Wild God best followed by the wildest of men. I'm gray. I'm wild. Like He, I am not always predictable, rational, or safe. I believe my full life and my still maturing years of Walking With God offer both heart and substance for younger lads to consider. Now with 4th stage prostate cancer, following the Wild Goose has a different pace and perspective worth reflecting on...and sharing.

About Me

Name: Windmill Duke

Location: Full Time RV, mostly near Temecula, California, United States

I'm a young fella not far from 73 who's made it to the far and frayed edges of the adventures I‘ve been hankering for since boyhood. The age thing and my pursuits are relevant since I now have advanced 4th stage cancer, moved from unsuccessful chemo treatment to oral med...and they seem to be working. Now, after selling the ranch, my beautiful life-mate of 48 years and I live and travel in an fifth wheel RV we call our "covered wagon". The new and rich development of 2012 is our purchase of ranch in the marvelous plateau above GRAND JUNCTION at the head of the Colorado National Monument where my young family with six children run a whole-family therapy ranch, DEEP RIVERS FAMILY RANCH.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

CHALLENGER, WERE SENDING UP A SOLUTION

Stay glued to your screens Wild Gray Goose fans. New plan. Matt and I are opening an entirely separate blog, we call it a "diablog," to be the active platform for our book, Generational Fathering. GenDads will feature discussions, ideas, musings, and surveys. And, we hope, lots of dialog. We think we have something to share with you out of our lives about fathering--together. We need to hear stories and ideas and those revolutionary (ok, "outlandish") concepts of parenting from you. It'll keep our book real. And, we'll listen to the struggles you have that are common to fathers. We've been there and Matt makes his living rescuing families at the residential ranch for, well, "challenging" teens.

When? Houston is sending up a rescue ship. Should reach us in yet another week. GenDad diablog hopes to premier August 1. Yeah!!

And the Goose? Still wild and a little grayer and filled with the Wild Goose. Gary will blog here weekly or more. Idea is to engage others in their walk with God. Learn a little, prod a little. You might read a subtitle as Wild at Heart Redux.

Labels: children, Christian, counseling, dad, family, father, legacy, parenting, spiritual, therapy

Thursday, July 15, 2010

HOUSTON, WE HAVE A TEENY WEENY PROBLEM !

Yeah, like I blew the launch countdown. July 13 came and went. It's like moving all you are and have in to a new community...in another country...time-warped to a future generation, ie., BIG.

Yes, I'm up to it. Yes, I'm working it hard. Yes, I am actually eager to get the new blog rolling. Lots and lots to understanding, design, then configure. And the results? Not that much will be noticable. Like what, your ask?

Well, podna, my full life efforts will focus on the book. Here in Utah wth the family for the summer, I'll be spending interactive time with Matt, co-author. Sorta. I write, but he knows stuff; a therapist. There will be Twitter and Facebook and LinkedIn connectivity and activity. There will be a couple of widgets inserted to make the blog more interesting and more valualbe. And we'll toss in a few short U-Tube videos out of our fathering/family/spiritual/therapy world.

So, STAND BY. Again. For a few days. We can't wait. Can you? Tell us you can't. Make us smile.

Labels: blog, blogging, children, cowboy, dads, fathers, generation, God, Houston, launch, social media, spiritual, therapist, therapy, writing