Author Archives: Harry Brake

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About Harry Brake

Employee of Woodbridge High School, Library Media Specialist, Media crazy! :)

Suddenly Sudden…

“Harry!”  I am ready to go!”  Groggily waking up and realizing the plan to stay most of the day – another day of surfing, etc but I realized Randy, who I just met, had had enough and wanted to return … Continue reading

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Chacahua and Thanksgiving Paradise Revisited…

Day 2 of Chacahua over Thanksgiving Break – 4:45 (AM) happens for me at home frequently, and I bury that alarm when it comes to vacation.Sometimes. But fishing, not so much.  Yet, Thanksgiving morning, believe it or not, an exception. … Continue reading

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“You can TRY to put them into words, but the experience is forever.”

Jumping into the unknown to a place called Chacahua -(picking up from this post – https://harrybrake.com/2016/11/25/9800/) Getting directions that seemed a BIT elusive, written on a receipt, but possible.  So far so good. One Love – Banorte – 35 pesos, … Continue reading

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Bringing it to THEM – A Second of Day of Radium Girls Discoveries

“Are you going tonight?”  A pause.  “It IS the same cast though…” As I was asked on Friday if I would be also attending the second show and second night of Radium Girls, I thought, well I mean, this IS … Continue reading

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Out of the Dark- and Into the Brightness of Hope

Flashbacks are powerful, can be a bit blurry, yet some elements of time, past and present, often appear.  Yet, when they carry a sentiment of emotion – they are like a steamroller.  An the end of the 2015-2016 school year, … Continue reading

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Puerto Escondido, Chacahua, LIFE.

This is one for the books. Literally. Perhaps this tops any of the discovery-based posts that I could conceive of or have had in the past, and I have to say, that is pretty out there. One of the best … Continue reading

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“No Hard Feelings”

Morning Song – Avett Brothers.    I found a link to them from NPR and was hooked on No Hard Feelings, and with a little digging, found a gold line in some other songs. Sometimes you stumble across a song, … Continue reading

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“Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” – Never Truer.

You always wonder what you will get when you go into a play, concert, production, any event that you know minimal amount with the hope of coming out a winner.  With research, Deep Blue Sea seemed to be a introspective … Continue reading

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The Hidden Jewels in Reading Slam Take 2.

Disappointed.  How many times have the well-laid, perfect plans on an organizations’ event turned sour.  Personally, I still harbor the disasters from a throughly well-planned event when I go to plan any event – any activity, and it motivates me … Continue reading

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Econ Fair, Art Fair and the Election Affair.

As the final “bells of election” are ringing, I have a chance for final thoughts on so much leading up to events that will never be the same again. It is no secret that I have wanted in a President … Continue reading

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