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Title: Heaven is Under Our Feet as Well as Over Our Heads
Author: [info]chaosmanor
Rating: Adult
Fandom/pairing: FOB Patrick/Andy
Disclaimer: This is a non-profit, non-commercial work of fiction using the names and likenesses of real individuals. This fictional story is not intended to imply that the events herein actually occurred, or that the attitudes or behaviors described are engaged in or condoned by the real persons whose names are used without permission.
Betaed by: [info]seanlily. Thanks also to [info]mrkinch for assistance.
Authors notes: Those of you who have been reading along at home for some time will identify this as belonging to the sub-class of [info]chaosmanor fic best described as Thoreau!fic.

The van door slid open, letting in the cooler air, along with the smell of the warm bitumen from the car park, and Patrick climbed up the step, rocking the van.

"Need some light?" Andy asked, lifting his head so the caving light on his headband shone across the mess in the back of the van.

"Thanks," Patrick said, reaching for his acoustic, balanced on top of the pile of packs and duffels they lived out of. "Got it, you can go back to reading."

Andy swung his light back onto his book, and Patrick strummed his guitar, humming under his breath. Through the open van windows, Andy could hear the noise from the bar they'd played, shouting and singing, and somewhere in the woods nearby, a killdeer was calling plaintively.

"Why are we doing this again?" Patrick asked.

"Doing what?" Andy asked, fumbling in the dark for the bottle of water he'd shoved under his pillow.

"This. Sitting in the dark, after a gig, while you read and I play Joni Mitchell covers."

Andy looked across at Patrick, the light swinging around, but Patrick's head was down, and yeah, he was playing the chords to Big Yellow Taxi.

"I know why I'm here," Andy said. "Bars bug me, once everyone gets drunk. I hate watching Joe get trashed, I'm not even going to think about Pete, and I sure don't want to talk to strangers. Why are you sitting in the van in the dark?"

"Same, I guess," Patrick said. "I could get drunk, but then I'll think I'm dying tomorrow, and it'll be bad enough in the van all day anyway."

Andy went back to his book, and Patrick played.

"Do you know where we are?" Andy asked, some time later

"Somewhere in Massachusetts," Patrick said, not interrupting his chords. "Want me to check on the map?"

"It was kind of rhetorical. We're in Middlesex County, near Concord."

"And?" Patrick asked.

Andy resisted the urge to explain, and closed his book. "Want to go for a walk? The others won't be back for hours."

Patrick stopped playing. "Um, okay."

The town was closed for the night, or the year, and Patrick scuffed along beside Andy, past the stores and houses. The moon had risen, just past full, edging everything with silver, making shadows inky. Andy went to speak, but when he glanced at Patrick, Patrick's head was down, and he was sub-vocalizing, humming to himself.

Andy didn't disturb him.

This was lake country, and Andy walked downhill, following the curves of the road past houses and barking dogs, nodding to himself when the water flashed with reflection through the trees ahead. Play equipment, beside a car park, with picnic benches on well kept grass--Massachusetts knew how to do middle class prosperity.

"Wow," Patrick said, and Andy nodded. The almost-full moon was high enough to be reflected in the lake water, pewter and black in ripples, and the lights from the houses around the lake shimmered across the water.

"Yeah. I don't know which lake or pond this is, but I'll look it up later."

"Does this all mean something?' Patrick asked. "Concord and the lake?"

"There was a guy who lived beside a lake close to here, about a hundred and fifty years ago," Andy said. "He built himself a hut, and lived on what he could grow or hunt, and he wrote down everything he thought. He found truths, in the ice of the lake, in the trees, and in his bean field while he hoed. I admire him, and his truths."

"Is that what you want to do? Find truths in a bean field?"

Andy glanced at Patrick, who was looking up at him earnestly. "Find truths somewhere, yeah," Andy said. "Maybe not a bean field, but somewhere out there."

"I doubt there're many truths in the van," Patrick said.

"There might be in the music," Andy said. "But there are conflicts here I've not resolved, about how doing something because I really love it might not be enough, and how the compromises I make to be with the band might be taking me further from truths. What about you? I can understand you not wanting to be out drinking when we're on the road tomorrow, but how come you're not out exercising your hormones?"

"Can we not talk about that?" Patrick said. "Ever."

Andy sat down, where the gritty sand turned into lawn. "Okay. Didn't mean to pry."

Patrick sat beside him and tossed something small into the lake, so ripples spread across the black and silver, playing counterpoint with the lines of light already there.

"Not your fault," Patrick said. "It's just a sore point."

"I feel, well, not responsible, but a little protective of you," Andy said. "Seeing as the other two band members are fucking crazy."

"Andy, you live on lentils and tofu. You fucking pray over your food before you eat it, and you've got a plan for when the revolution comes. You're crazy too."

Andy laughed, because, yeah, Patrick was right. "It's not praying, but I can understand why you think you’re the only sane one here."

"Looks like it to me."

They sat, and Andy said, "Did something bad happen to you? Because if it did, I'm going to fucking hurt Pete for not looking after you, and you know how I feel about hurting people."

"Fuck, Andy," Patrick said. "What happened to never talking about it? It wasn't bad, just disappointing and unhappy, and I don’t think that can be Pete's fault."

Andy thought back, over the summer, and he could just about remember, at the beginning, leaving Chicago, and Patrick being optimistic. Then he'd changed, gone quiet, taken to playing Joni Mitchell a lot.

At least it wasn't Leonard Cohen.

"It doesn't have to be like that," Andy said. "I'm not any kind of expert here, being inclined towards celibacy myself, but I've had good times, when I've been with people I've cared about."

Patrick was silent, the hunch of his shoulders indicating profound embarrassment, so Andy blundered on.

"I think some people are fine fucking strangers, people like Pete, with cast iron egos and the kind of interpersonal skills that mean that negotiating safe sex isn't some kind of hell. For the rest of us, we're stuck with making friends first."

"You never talk about what you do in your own life. I don't even know if you have a girlfriend."

"I don’t talk about what I do because people tend to yawn if I start talking about activism or planning for the end of the world, and pouring coffees and wiping tables bores even me. And it's boyfriend, not girlfriend, and I'm not with anyone."

Patrick was silent, while killdeers called across the lake, and Andy said, "Just forget I mentioned it."

"I, um, went with a guy once," Patrick said, and Andy could hear the tremor in his voice. "Last year. He asked me out, at work. I've never told anyone."

"Thank you, for trusting me enough to tell me," Andy said.

"It was, ah…" Andy could hear Patrick swallowing, but he didn't interrupt. The night was quiet, no cars nearby, and the silver darkness seemed to be inviting confidences. "When I, um, went down on him, it was so hot…"

"Yeah," Andy said. "I know what you mean."

"He wanted to see me again, but I couldn't deal with it. I think I regret that, you know. I can't believe I'm telling you this."

Andy glanced sideways at Patrick, but Patrick's face was completely hidden in the shadow of his hat.

"Do you think this is why things went wrong, earlier this summer?" Andy asked.

Patrick's hat moved as he nodded.

Andy wiped the grit from his hand and put it on Patrick's back, settling it gently. He didn't say anything, just concentrated on keeping his hand steady, on keeping his own breathing slow and even.

Patrick sniffed and rubbed at his face with the back of his hand, but he didn't shrug Andy's hand off.

"Why do you think I don't live in Chicago?" Andy said. "Two cities, two lives. I'm not ready yet to be Pete. Even Pete isn't ready to be Pete."

"I'm not ready to be me, either. Can we go back now?"

"Yeah," Andy said.

They walked back, up the hill through the dark town, to the bar and the car park, in silence. Patrick didn't hum.

Joe was sitting with his back against the van door, slumped over, and he waved at them vaguely when Andy unlocked the door. "Bastards," Joe said. "Not here."

"We are now," Patrick said, hauling Joe to his feet and holding him upright while Andy slid the door open. "Go to sleep now."

"Yeah," Joe mumbled, wobbling, and Andy and Patrick had to lift him into the van, and onto his own sleeping bag.

"Good night," Andy said. "I'm going to bed."

"Will it bug you if I play?" Patrick asked.

"It never bugs me," Andy said, undoing his sneakers and kicking them off, then unzipping his jeans.

Joe snored, and Patrick strummed and hummed. Andy slid into his sleeping bag but left it unzipped in the lingering warmth of the day. He didn't have a lot of room, in the gap between the back seat and the drum kit, but he'd shoved a mattress in there, at the beginning of the trip, to cushion both his kit and his skinny ass, so he was better off than the others.

He woke, sometime later, when Pete stumbled into the van, reeking of perfume and sex. He could hear Joe, still snoring, but Patrick was silent, and Patrick breathed heavily when he slept, not a snore, but not quiet either.

Pete zipped his sleeping bag up, and minutes later he was asleep, murmuring to himself.

Andy checked his watch, under his pillow--three o'clock and a long time until morning. Patrick slept on the back seat of the van, by virtue of being the shortest of them, which meant that Andy could poke him by pushing a finger through the gap between the bench and the back of the seat.

Patrick huffed, and the seat creaked, then his face loomed over the back of the seat, above Andy. "What?" he whispered.

"Can’t you sleep?" Andy whispered.

Patrick shook his head. "Bad night."

"Come over."

Patrick stayed where he was for a moment, looking down at Andy, then the seat creaked again. A moment later, he was clambering over Joe, easing himself into the Andy-sized space, while Andy wriggled over, as far as he could against the seat.

Patrick had brought his blanket with him, and Andy pulled it over him and whispered, "Just close your eyes for a while."

Patrick nodded, felt rather than seen, and Andy let his arm settle over Patrick in a loose embrace.

Half-asleep, almost comfortable, it wasn't really a surprise when Patrick moved closer, his breath against Andy's cheek on the pillow. "Andy?'" he whispered.

Andy opened his eyes again, and in the ambient light through the back van window, Patrick's skin glowed faintly.

Andy touched fingertips against Patrick's cheek. "Is this what you want?"

Patrick nodded, then pressed his mouth against Andy's.

His lips were warm, and he smelled of sleep and skin and all the things Andy had been missing desperately himself. Patrick gasped, and his mouth opened, so eager and slick.

Andy kept tight control of himself, sleeping bag between them, his hands safely on Patrick's back and neck, but it wasn't easy, not with Patrick kissing him back, twisting against him, trying to touch him.

"Fuck," Patrick hissed, his lips against Andy's, and he shoved a hand between them, under his blanket. Andy almost lost it, right at that moment, watching Patrick jerk himself off, listening to him moan as he came.

"Go to sleep," Andy whispered, kissing Patrick's cheek.

Patrick nodded, burrowing down, his breathing slowing.

Falling asleep wasn't going to happen for Andy. He was too wired, too jumped up, too damned horny to go to sleep. He also wanted to make sure that he woke Patrick at first light, long before Joe or Pete thought of waking up. He didn't need either of the others finding Patrick asleep with him; he might be up to dealing with the teasing, but Patrick wasn't.

Patrick, asleep beside him… Not something Andy had imagined ever happening, and it made him smile to himself.

He lay back to wait for the sky he could see through the back window to change color.

In the washroom at the truck stop, Patrick leaned against the wall while Andy brushed his teeth.

"Hey," Patrick said.

Andy spat and wiped toothpaste from his face. "Hey. You okay?"

Patrick glanced around, and Andy checked in the mirror too. All the stalls were empty.

"Yeah, I'm fine," Patrick said. "Maybe a little embarrassed."

Patrick was smiling at Andy, and it might be eight in the morning, and they might be in a restroom at a truck stop, but he looked fucking hot to Andy, licking his lips and pushing his hair out of his eyes.

"Patrick?" Andy said, because he wasn't going to hit on a fellow band member in a truck stop restroom without knowing for sure.

"Can we do that again?" Patrick asked. "Preferably when I'm not so fucking horny, because this time, I want it to last more than a few seconds."

Andy nodded. "Fuck, yeah." Then Patrick was sliding a hand around Andy's neck, pulling him down, kissing him briefly.

"Somewhere private," Andy said. "Somewhere that is not a restroom."

Andy had to step back, pull away, shoving the heel of his hand against his cock through his jeans, because damn, he did not have the kind of self control to stop himself if Patrick was going to look at him like that, eyes huge, lips still wet from being kissed.

Joe pushed the restroom door open, and said, "Pete says if you don't hurry up and piss, he's leaving without you."

"Tell Pete to get the fuck over himself," Andy said, stuffing his toothbrush and toothpaste back in his pack.

Joe looked from Andy to Patrick, and frowned. "You two fighting?"

"Fuck off, Joe," Patrick said.

Joe nodded, said, "Yep, you are," and the restroom door closed again.

Patrick started laughing, and Andy grinned at him.

"Somewhere private," Patrick said, and Andy nodded.

Patrick parked the van in the car park at the bar. "Another gig, another parking lot," he said. "I'd do anything for a shower."

Andy unfolded the map of Vermont and peered at it closely. "I've got friends near here. Want me to ring them, see if we can crash there?"

"What kind of friends?" Pete asked, leaning over the front seat. "Are they human?"

"Do they have hot water?" Patrick asked, which was a reasonable question, given some of Andy's friends. "Any water at all?"

"I've stayed with them before, they've got hot water," Andy said. "We might have to chop our own wood for the heater."

"Oh, fuck," Pete said. "They're fucking hippies, aren't they? I'm not staying on another fucking commune."

Andy glanced sideways at Patrick, and Patrick half-smiled at him.

"It's a commune," Andy admitted.

"No fucking way," Pete said, sliding the van door open. "No more fucking composting toilets."

"It's not a dry commune, is it?" Joe asked hopefully, from the back seat.

"No," Andy said. "They've got a crop in."

"I vote we stay there then," Joe said. "Homegrown organic weed is always the best shit."

"Patrick?" Pete asked, from outside the van. "Do you want to spend the night with hippy freak friends of Andy's? There'll be lentils, and no toilet paper, and everyone will want to hug you."

Patrick nodded, and yeah, Andy could see his cheeks were pink.

"You're out-voted, Pete," Joe said. "Hey, Andy, will your friends sell me a bag?"

"I'm sure they will, Joe," Andy said. "I'll go ring Polly at work, make the arrangements."

Pete followed Andy toward the phone box, hands in his pockets, kicking stones and whistling to himself.

"I heard last night," Pete said, once they were away from the van.

"Heard what?" Andy asked, counting the coins in his hand.

"Sex, in the van. Woke up, middle of the night, and there was making-out going on. You know, kissing and rustling and whispering. I'm damned sure it wasn't Joe, because I can rest my feet on Joe, just by stretching out, and he was snoring anyway. That doesn't leave a lot of options."

Andy stopped, clenching his hand around the dimes and nickels. "And?"

"And as much as it pains me to admit it, after a few weeks in the van, I happen to know the distinctive sounds of each of you three shooting, and last night, young Patrick was the lucky winner. I'm impressed that you held out. You're a stronger man than I would have been."

Andy thought about hitting Pete, but Pete had enough survival instincts to drop back, out of easy range.

"Are you planning on making Patrick's life miserable with this information?" Andy asked. "Because I will hurt you, if you do. Then I'll go home, and you can find another drummer to finish the tour."

Pete shook his head, hands up in front of him. "Calm down, Andy, I wouldn't do that to Patrick. I just wanted to let you know that this staying-with-friends bullshit wasn't fooling me, and I know you're just looking for somewhere to fuck."

"Fuck you," Andy said, and he stalked off, toward the telephone box, leaving Pete standing on the sidewalk.

"If you hurt Patrick, I'll kill you," Pete shouted after Andy.

The commune hadn't changed, when Andy parked the band's van out the front of the collection of barns and mud brick shacks. It was still falling down, still wild and overgrown, and still one of the most beautiful places he'd ever seen. With the van's lights off, the darkness was complete, with not a flicker of light showing.

"No one's home," Pete said. "Let's go find a motel."

Andy opened the driver's door. "Shut up, Pete."

A door creaked open in the barn, letting out a sliver of light, and Polly held a lantern up, holding her free arm out for Andy to hug her.

Andy kissed her cheek. "This is Pete, Joe and Patrick," he said, looking back at his band mates pulling packs out of the back of the van.

"Welcome," Polly said, as they followed her into the barn. "You must all be starving."

Pete made a choking noise behind Andy, but Andy ignored him.

"Smell the weed?" Joe said. "Oh, yeah."

The middle of the barn was a paved living area with an open fire in the middle surrounded by sagging couches. Polly pointed at the couches. "Most people are asleep, but I waited up for you. Sit down, I'll bring you some stew, and a pipe, then you can have baths and we can work out where you want to sleep."

"I love your friends, Andy," Joe said, sinking into a couch. "They have pipes with their meals."

Polly carried back bowls of bean stew, and she handed Joe a pipe and a pouch as well. "You're welcome to share our calumet," she told him.

"Thank you, lovely lady," Joe said, putting his bowl of stew down and taking the pipe.

Andy held the bowl of stew in his hands, to feel the weight of the food, the heat of the sun and the stove. The food had traveled a long way, through time, to reach him, and he wanted to reciprocate, to return a little time to the meal, to remember the food.

When Andy picked up his spoon and looked up, Joe was sucking hard on the pipe, Polly perched on the arm of his couch, exhaling smoke. Patrick's gaze was darting from Joe and the pipe, to Andy and his bowl, and around the barn.

Pete, on the other side of Andy, said, "Fucking hell, it's Woodstock," under his breath.

The stew was good, by commune standards, containing ingredients other than beans and potatoes, and Andy ate his happily. Patrick, who was never fussy about food, ate his too. Joe didn't bother, not when he had a pipe and a girl to attempt to pick up.

Pete didn't taste the food; he just hid behind his hair and glowered, until he said, "Please, show me where the hot water is, before this gets any worse. Then I'm going to sleep in the van."

Polly took Pete away, to show him where he could wash, and Joe grinned at Andy. "This is great."

Polly walked back into the living area, shaking her head, and sat down on the couch beside Joe. "Is he always like that?" Polly asked Andy.

"Pete?" Andy asked. "Did he hit on you?"

Polly nodded and grinned. "Fucker," she said, taking the pipe from Joe. "I'll show you your room, Andy."

Joe had the pipe again, slumped back on the couch, his eyes closed as he dragged on the stem, when Andy stood up, and Andy held his hand out to Patrick. "C'mon," he said.

Patrick bit at his bottom lip, but he stood up and took Andy's hand. "Are you sure?" Patrick asked, but Andy just squeezed his fingers and led him along behind Polly, who held a candle up and led them through a kitchen, to a bedroom.

"There's another washroom, through that door," Polly said, handing the candle to Andy and pointing across the hall.

"And Joe?" Andy asked.

"He's cute," Polly said. "I think he'll be comfortable tonight, in my room. Good night."

The bedroom was tiny, with just a bed piled with old blankets in it, the walls painted in a wild mural of trees and mountains. Patrick hadn't moved; he was still standing beside the door, blinking and looking shy.

Andy put the candle on the windowsill and closed the door. "Polly's part of my other life," Andy said, taking hold of both of Patrick's hands. "I told her I was with someone in the band, asked if she could give us a room together."

"Do you think Joe noticed?" Patrick asked.

"I think that, even if he had noticed you leaving with me, Polly has now wiped all conscious thought from his mind. I doubt he'll manage to string a sentence together for several days now."

The washroom was as Andy remembered, with a subsiding paved floor, an ancient stained bath and a chip heater sulking in the corner beside a basin. Patrick grabbed one of the threadbare towels Polly had left for them, off the basin, and said, "As good as a motel…"

Andy pushed the plug into the bottom of the bath and turned on the faucet, and the hot water spat and hissed out of the spout. "Better, because at no stage is anyone going to ask us to pay. Want a bath?"

"Together?" Patrick asked.

Andy considered the bathtub. "It looks big enough, and as long as we don't get stuck in it…"

Patrick was right there, arms around Andy, mouth against Andy's, and he tasted nervous or something, so that Andy pulled back to look at Patrick in the flickering candlelight.

"What is it?" Andy asked.

"With that guy last year… I didn't…"

"No fucking," Andy said. "Not tonight, not in the van, not in a crappy motel somewhere in New Jersey or wherever. One day, you can come to Wisconsin and find me, and we can fuck in my big old bed, and it will be wonderful, if that's what you want."

Patrick nodded, and Andy held his hands against Patrick's face gently, let himself feel gratitude for the path that had brought them together, affection for Patrick, and enjoyment of the warmth that was building in his belly.

"Damn," Patrick said. "That's what you do with your food. Now I feel like I'm on the menu."

"Oh, yeah," Andy said, and he let go of Patrick and turned the faucet off.

In the bath, water slopping over the edges, Patrick floated between Andy's knees, his head on Andy's shoulder while Andy rubbed soft, slippery soap across his chest and down his belly. Patrick's cock bobbed above the water, hard and wet, flushed deep red in the candlelight, and Andy stretched a soapy hand out, brushing fingers down the length.

Patrick gasped, bracing his feet against the end of the bath, pushing himself up, and Andy curled his hand around Patrick's cock, jerking him slowly.

"Oh, fuck," Patrick said, propping one knee on the edge of the bath, and they both groaned when Andy's cock slid along the crack of Patrick's ass.

"Not. Fucking," Andy said, mostly to his own body, because Patrick was probably not listening, not with the way he was moaning and rocking his hips, pushing his cock into Andy's hand.

"Can't…" Patrick gasped. "Oh…"

"Yeah, me too," Andy said, because, oh fuck, this was better than any porn, better than Andy had ever imagined, getting to jerk Patrick off and fucking watch him come across his belly and chest.

Patrick sunk into the water, breathing hard, and Andy couldn't reach his own cock, couldn't do a damn thing except grit his teeth and try not to shout, because he hadn't come for so fucking long, and he was too horny to watch Patrick come twice in twenty-four hours without losing control and coming too.

Andy took a deep breath in, then let it out slowly, his face pressed against Patrick's neck. "Oh, fuck," Patrick said. "That was intense."

"Yeah," Andy said. "It was."

When Andy bent over the tub to pull the plug out, only a towel wrapped around his hips. Patrick ran his fingertips over the tattooing on Andy's back.

"Like it?" Andy asked, standing up and looking over his shoulder at Patrick.

Patrick leaned forward and slid the flat of his tongue across Andy's back, where his fingers had been.

"Bed?" Andy asked, reaching for the candle, and Patrick nodded.

The candle balanced on the windowsill, the flame flickering in the draught around the windowpane, casting shadows across the room, the mural a shifting landscape that lifted and fell in shadow.

Patrick was beautiful, stretched golden across the worn sheet, his skin flushed and perfect everywhere Andy touched, chasing the candlelight into the hollows of his elbows and his hips.

Andy's hair dripped, from the bath, and he licked the water off Patrick's belly, then nuzzled down, into the fold at the top of Patrick's thigh.

"Please," Patrick said, and when Andy looked up at him, Patrick's eyes were wide in the half-light.

It took clambering, on the bed, the ancient springs creaking in the silence of the night, to pull Patrick down the bed and get them lined up, and Andy had to hide his face against Patrick's thigh at the first feel of Patrick's mouth on his cock.

Patrick moaned, around Andy's cock, and Andy bit gently at Patrick's skin, then kissed the bites, just until every nerve ending in his cock stopped screaming at him.

Patrick's cock was rock hard, when Andy sucked it into his mouth, sliding it back across his tongue, dragging the bead of his tongue-piercing, sucking slowly. Andy's thumbs dug into the smooth skin of Patrick's hips, holding him still, because Andy could feel Patrick fighting his body, trying not to shove his cock down Andy's throat.

Except Andy could do that for Patrick, swallow and keep on sucking, so that the feel of Patrick's cock in his mouth mixed up with the slide of Patrick's tongue around Andy's cock, everything in time inside Andy's head, until Patrick's mouth slid off Andy's cock.

Patrick was right there, hanging onto Andy's hip and leg, his mouth across skin, the candlelight rose through Andy's eyelids, and Andy let Patrick ride, his cock deep in Andy's mouth as he came.

Then, before Andy had taken a breath, Patrick's mouth was back on his cock, sucking hard, hand jerking. All the heat in Andy's belly let go, and he came, fingers digging into Patrick's side, leaving him gasping and floundering.

Patrick crawled up the bed, falling onto the mattress beside Andy, and Andy was glad he'd seen Patrick smile like that, even if it was only once.

"Candle?" Patrick suggested.

Andy nodded, and spat on his fingers and reached out to snuff out the flame.

In the dark, faint rustlings hinted at small rodents in the roof, but nothing was going to keep Andy awake, not then.

The creaking of the bed woke Andy, and he blinked in the sunlight pouring through the open window.

"Hey," Patrick said, his back to Andy as he pulled his jeans on over bare skin, looking out the window. "You've got to see this."

Andy found his jeans on the floor, and pulled them on, then leaned against the wall beside the window, looking over Patrick's shoulder at the field of glossy green plants, growing in dense rows.

"What do you reckon the crop is?" Patrick asked.

Andy grinned, sliding his hands down Patrick's shoulders and around to hug him. "Beans."

The door beside the washroom opened onto the yard, and from there, Andy walked out into the bean field. The air was early-morning-cool, tingling his skin, but the sun lifting over the tree line was promising warmth. The damp soil under his feet worked between his toes when he wriggled them.

Andy touched one of the pods, half-grown, hanging from a bean plant, and Patrick said, "You're doing that thing again."

The bean plant smelled thick with life and sunshine, when Andy sniffed his fingers, and he held his fingers out for Patrick to smell too.

"I'll remember that smell," Andy said. "Next winter, when I'm eating beans, I'll remember this morning, standing in this field, and how the sun feels on my back, and the way you're looking at me."

Patrick nodded. "I think I get it."

"Want some breakfast? There'll be oatmeal, at least, in the kitchen."

The central courtyard, between the barn and the smaller huts, was sheltered and warm, and Andy sat on the paving with his bowl of oatmeal. Polly crouched beside him yawning, her hair wild and her skin sleep-creased.

"So, what're the dynamics?" she asked. "I haven't got this all worked out."

Andy fed Polly a spoonful of oatmeal and followed her gaze across the courtyard, to where Patrick and Pete sat in the kitchen doorway, their heads together in what looked like an intense conversation.

"I'm not sure we have either," Andy said. "It's going to be interesting."

"You can come back here, whenever you need to. Bring Joe back with you. I like him."

"I suspect he likes you, too."

Polly chuckled, and it sounded downright dirty. "Yeah, just don't let him operate any heavy machinery for a while."

"Like a guitar?" Andy asked.

"Yeah," Polly said. "Like a guitar."

Polly had broken Joe. He was out cold, on his sleeping bag in the back of van, as they rattled down the access road away from the commune.

Pete clambered over the gap between the front seats, where there was no room at all, right into Patrick's lap, boots and elbows everywhere, swearing steadily while Andy aimed the van for the largest potholes he could find, just for the amusement value.

By the time Andy had turned the van onto the sealed road, heading south for Massachusetts again--who the fuck had drawn up this tour schedule anyway?--Pete was on Patrick's lap, chewing gum and fiddling with the stereo.

"I don't really mind," Pete said. "About you two hooking up. You've just got to understand, from my point of view, it was all a bit of shock. There I was, the only queer one here, and then I find out the two of you are going for it together."

Andy glanced at Pete and Patrick, who seemed to be involved in a skirmish over who sat where on the single person seat. "So what you're saying is that you're annoyed because you didn’t know? If we'd both taken to wearing lip gloss and telegraphing the whole thing clearly, there'd be less sulking?"

"I wear lip gloss," Patrick said. "All the time. No one ever notices."

"No you don't," Pete said. "Stop lying."

Andy was less certain, and he'd been close to Patrick's lips recently. This was something that required research.

"I just don't get why neither of you told me," Pete said. "Fuck, Andy, we've played in bands together for years. And Patrick, you're my best friend, and you never said anything."

"Maybe I didn't feel like your kind of detailed analysis of my sexual preferences," Patrick said. "You would have wanted Venn diagrams, or something. Maybe I just wanted to figure things out for myself."

"I would have helped," Pete said. "Lent you porn, that sort of thing. It would have been fun."

Patrick said, "I would rather have talked the whole thing over with my mother."

"Andy?" Pete asked.

"If this band's rules included full disclosure about sexual activity and preferences, it would have been good to have known that in advance," Andy said. "And unless someone is contractually obliging me to disclose who I'm sleeping with, I'm considering that personal, and none of your fucking business."

"Anyway," Pete said. "It's okay, really. And if Andy does anything harsh to you, Patrick, I'll fucking kill him."

"Fuck off," Patrick said. "Stop being an idiot, Pete."

"No," Pete insisted. "You just tell me. We can always get another drummer. I'll find a gay one for you, so you'll still get plenty. You can help me choose. It'll be like getting a new puppy."

"Getting old already," Andy said. "And we've only been on the road ten minutes."

Pete stopped arguing, and when Andy next glanced across the van, Patrick and Pete were sharing the front passenger seat equitably, if uncomfortably, and Pete had planted his boots solidly on the dash.

Joe woke when they stopped for gas, stumbling out of the back of the van towards the restrooms, then shuffling back from the truck stop, carrying a coffee.

"Why did you take me away?" Joe complained. "I was happy there. Andy? Andy?"

Andy hopped out of the back of the van, water bottle in his hand. "What?"

"Take me back there."

Andy patted Joe's shoulder carefully, so as not to make him drop his coffee. "Polly said you could go back anytime you wanted."

"Now? We don't need to play a gig in Arkansas, or Virginia, or wherever the fuck we're going."

"It's Pete's turn to drive," Andy said. "He's the one you have to convince."

"No fucking way," Pete said, from beside the petrol pump. "I'm not spending another night on some fucking commune."

Pete had gone, when Andy lugged the last of his kit across the car park to the van, stacking the floor tom and the bass drum beside the back door of the van. Joe put his end of the speaker stack down and looked longingly back at the club they'd just played.

"Go on," Andy said. "We'll pack the van."

"Thanks!" Joe said, and he was off, back into the venue, to chase skirt or score--Andy really didn't want to know.

Patrick leaned against the speaker stack he'd been carrying with Joe, the interior light of the van shining across his face. "You and me again, after a gig."

"Thought we might pack the van differently this time," Andy said, hefting the other end of the speaker stack. "So there's more room at the back. What do you think?"

The pair of them set the speaker stack in the van, beside where Pete slept.

"If we do that," Patrick said, shoving the amp on top of the stack, "I might just stop playing Joni Mitchell all the time."

The front door of the share house was unlocked, and Andy called out, "Hi honey, I'm home!" as he peeled off his coat and hung it up, then pulled his boots off.

Cathy called back, "In the kitchen!" so Andy didn't head straight for his own room, and his PC and email. Cathy, in the kitchen, might mean there was something hot to eat, and he was freezing and hungry.

"We need heating," Andy said, pushing the kitchen door open. "I know we…"

Cathy was stirring something in a pot on the stove, something that smelled great, thick and tasty and warm. And Patrick was standing beside her, grinning at Andy, wearing two sweaters and a knitted cap against the stupid cold in Andy's house, looking fucking gorgeous.

Cathy turned her back politely, peering into the pot, while Andy kissed Patrick.

"Are you here for long?" Andy asked, because Patrick was laughing, shining from the inside.

"Until the weekend," Patrick said. "I brought you something."

"Look!" Cathy said, pointing at the corner of the kitchen.

A bushel sack of dried beans leaned against the back door, the top opened already. Andy crouched beside the sack, lifting a handful of the beans out to catch the lingering sunshine in the smell of the beans.

"Is this what's cooking?"

Patrick squatted beside him. "Yeah."

Andy let the beans trickle back into the sack, then ran his hand down the outside, across the coarse bag, to the lettering. Yeah, Patrick had managed to find beans from Vermont too, from a farming co-op by the looks of the labeling.

"Is your house always this cold?" Patrick asked.

"Only in winter," Andy said. He touched Patrick's arm. "I'm glad you're here."

Patrick grinned at him. "Yeah, so am I."

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Date:May 28th, 2008 04:37 am (UTC)
"Is your house always this cold?" Patrick asked.

"Only in winter," Andy said.

"That's what you do with your food. Now I feel like I'm on the menu." A lovely, unusual moment.

All this and Venn diagrams too...

Oooh! *points* Walden Pond!

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Date:May 28th, 2008 10:14 am (UTC)
It's not Walden Pond, since I gather from what I've read you can't just wander down to Walden Pond easily anymore. It's Hardy Pond, which is part of the same waterway system, and is only a short distance from Walden.
Date:May 29th, 2008 01:00 am (UTC)
I stand corrected.
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Date:May 29th, 2008 01:19 am (UTC)
You're standing to type? That's not good for your back.

No, I figured anyone who was even a little bit obsessed with Thoreau would go a bit crazy at the *actual* pond, so it would have to be a nearby pond. Even a nearby pond would be kind of awesome. ~has a fangirl moment~
Date:May 29th, 2008 01:27 am (UTC)
OK, I sit corrected: twice corrected. :)
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Date:May 28th, 2008 04:48 am (UTC)
your Thoreau!fics always make me so happy, they touch something deep inside and make me feel the warmth of the sun or the cold of the winter in the most pleasurable way
Date:May 28th, 2008 06:12 am (UTC)
Still love broken Joe.
Date:May 28th, 2008 09:27 am (UTC)
So good!!! I loved this. :D
Date:May 28th, 2008 10:42 am (UTC)
I love how you juxtaposed food and sex in this.

Very well written <333
Date:May 29th, 2008 03:04 pm (UTC)

I just finished re-reading Fand last night, this one is a great follow up.

Date:May 30th, 2008 05:07 am (UTC)
Polly had broken Joe. *snickers*

I liked this a lot =)
Date:June 7th, 2008 02:11 am (UTC)
well, crap. i read band!slash. and enjoyed it (of course, because you wrote it.) you completely sucked me in with the thoreau reference. i know you mentioned that the beginning was set at hardy pond, but it made me nostalgic for a time when i worked near concord and used to take my lunch to walden pond. even by then, it was still a good place to think or have a philosophical discussion.

still, i'm pretending to myself that this is a fictional band! *g*
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Date:June 14th, 2008 02:45 am (UTC)
You worked near Walden? I'm going to cry with jealousy.

Of course it's a fictional band.
Date:June 7th, 2008 05:43 am (UTC)
Here via (randomly) and just wanted to say I thought this was awesome, really pensive and quiet and slow (also hot) and at the end I felt comforted. I dunno. Anyway, thanks. :)
Date:June 9th, 2008 12:06 am (UTC)
This was simply, quietly, radiantly gorgeous.
Date:June 23rd, 2008 10:22 am (UTC)
Polly had broken Joe. He was out cold, on his sleeping bag in the back of van, as they rattled down the access road away from the commune.

This make me chuckle. This is great. This fic is small snatches of happiness in chaos, with the sun shining through the grey clouds at the end :)

(OK that might be a bit poetic, but it's after 1am.)

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Peace begins or ends around the table. [Theologian] Stanley Hauerwas said that war is the great liturgical alternative to eucharist. We get one-on-one training [at the table]; it is the ground for peace or war,” said the Rev. Amy K. Butler at the 10:45 a.m. Sunday morning worship in the Amphitheater.

Her sermon title was “Find Yourself in the Story” and the Scripture reading was Luke 15:11-32, the parable of the prodigal son.

“Who doesn’t have the experience of crazy family dynamics?” she said.

Butler grew up in a multi-ethnic family in Hawaii. She told a family story about an 80th birthday party for her uncle Al that included 100 people at a nine-course Chinese banquet and a male stripper who was supposed to be at the bridal shower in the next room.

“If my father was here, he would be shaking his head, saying, ‘Don’t tell that story,’ ” Butler said. “But I would put my family right up there with the epic family stories in the Biblical text. This parable, [the prodigal son], is so beloved, so familiar, that we tend to dismiss it. But it can teach us that peace begins or ends at home; we have to find ourself in the story.”

She said the religious authorities around Jesus were grumbling because he was welcoming sinners and tax collectors and eating with them. Jesus told two parables about a lost sheep and a lost coin and people kept looking like they got his message.

“Jesus knew they were keeping the deep lesson at arm’s length, so now it was time to get personal,” Butler said. “He talked about people losing their way, about what it means to be lost and to choose peace in a messy situation. We all have times when we have hurt someone badly or have been hurt badly and we need forgiveness and we need to offer forgiveness.”

In the parable, the younger son wants his inheritance and asking for it is telling his father that he is dead to him.

“Prince Charles was asked about ascending throne and told the reporters, ‘Gentlemen, you are speaking of the death of my mother,’ ” Butler said.

It was a punch in the gut for the father.

The son leaves and the father looks every day for the return of his son. When he does come home, the father throws a party and kills the fatted calf.

“Someone, in addition to the fatted calf, was not pleased,” Butler said. “The older brother complains and the father admonishes him. This is Sunday school 101: No matter how far you go away from God, God will take you back.”

Butler said the tricky thing about Jesus is, if you think you have him figured out, you make a mistake.

“Peace begins in a messy situation,” she said. “The prodigal son is the poster child for making bad decisions. He carries deep shame that keeps him from peace, reconciliation and right relationship.”

The father, at the center of the story, is framed by loss that keeps him from peace, reconciliation and right relationship. The older brother is framed by pride and understandable self-righteousness, she said, but it keeps him from peace, reconciliation and right relationship.

“What about the silent mother?” Butler said. “If she was there, she would not or could not speak. Her silence was a barrier to peace, reconciliation and right relationship. Nothing happens independent of the community and the community was scandalized by this situation. It measured itself against this family and was kept from peace, reconciliation and right relationship.”

The crowd who was listening to Jesus was worried about Jesus associating with people who were not respectable.

“Peace begins or ends with our closest relationships; they are the training ground for peace or war,” Butler said. “But you know how hard it is to live in relationships that nurture peace. Everyone of us can see ourselves somewhere in the story. We are bound by shame, loss, pride  [and] prejudice that is keeping us from peace, reconciliation and right relationship.”

Butler said everyone comes from a dysfunctional family.

“What keeps each of us from making peace?” she said. “We long to be reconciled to each other and to the God who created us. Peace either begins or ends right here. We decide. Amen.”

The Rev. Robert M. Franklin Jr., director of the Department of Religion, presided. Marilyn Mathews Bendicksen, a longtime summer research associate in the Oliver Archives at Chautauqua and part of a multi-generational Chautauqua family, read the Scripture. The service featured the world premiere of the anthem “Reflections,” by Sasha Voinov, written for the Chautauqua Strings. Voinov accompanied the Strings on the piano. This is the fourth year the Chautauqua Strings have premiered a new piece by Voinov in Chautauqua’s worship. They are under the direction of Edward Leonard, founder and director of the Chamber Orchestra of Pittsburgh and music director of the Pittsburgh Philharmonic.

The choral anthem was “Tell My Father” by Frank Wildhorn from The Civil War: An American Musical arranged for men’s choir by Andrea Ramsey. Aaron Berger, an almost-14-year-old violinist with the Chautauqua Strings, accompanied the tenor and bass sections of the Chautauqua Choir. The hymn-anthem was “Saints Bound For Heaven,” from William Walker’s Southern Harmony, arranged by Mack Wilberg. The Chautauqua Choir was accompanied by Voinov as piano primo and Jared Jacobsen, organist, coordinator of worship and sacred music and director of the Chautauqua Choir, as piano secondo. The offertory anthem, sung by the Chautauqua Choir and accompanied by the Chautauqua Strings was “The Ground,” from Ola Gjeilo’s Sunrise mass. The organ postlude was “Final,” from “Symphonie No. 1” by Louis Vierne. The John William Tyrrell Endowment for Religion provides support for this week’s services.

The author Mary Lee Talbot

Mary Lee Talbot writes the Morning Worship column. A Presbyterian minister, she preaches at the Seneca Reservation in Irving. She is the deputy managing director of People Helping People International. Her latest book is Chautauqua’s Heart, the first full history of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. She lives in Chautauqua with her dog, Max, and is beginning her second term as a member of the Board of Education of Chautauqua Lake Central School District.


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I’m very excited to say that we have, once again, had Andy Galakos from Imperial Star Ceramics, design and construct a new passive garden area to enhance the 1/2 Area of our school grounds. Along with Mal Beckinsale and Mark Galakos, they finished this before the conclusion of Term 2. The end result is amazing – another beautiful area for the students, staff and parents to enjoy. Throughout the construction period the children showed much interest in the proposed work. Andy and Mal regularly had a large audience of students ‘supervising’ their labour. They tried to anticipate the final product! The large dove, the symbol of Holy Spirit School, which is made from coreten metal, provides the focal point of the design. The surrounding garden, gabion seating and red gum table, give the new garden great functionality.
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The following slides show the garden area before and after. (turn on the sound under the slideshow)

IEU National Conference – Canberra 3 – 4 October, 2013

I was privileged to attend the IEU National Conference at Old Parliament House in Canberra during the Term 3 school holidays from 3-4 October. I had this opportunity in my capacity as a member of the Committee of Management of IEU VicTas.

The central agenda Quality Education What We Do, Who We Are examined the current policy settings in the Australian education environment and considered the professional and industrial implications of the National Plan for School Improvement. Keynote speakers included the Australian Government Minister for Education, the Hon Christopher Pyne, ACU academic Scott Prasser and panel experts Geoff Newcombe NSW AIS and Ross Fox NCEC. On the Friday the IEU’s Quality Teaching Framework and Education International’s year of activity ‘UNITE’ for Mobilising Quality Education was launched. Special guests included NASUWT President Mick Lyons and COPE (Council of Pacific Education) Secretary General Govind Singh. Friday commenced with a performance by Sydney Conservatorium tenor Damian Arnold and ringing of the bells at the Carillon on Lake Burley Griffin to launch World Teacher’s Day, which is actually on 25 October.

The opportunity to listen to the new Education Minister and the other presenters, along with sharing time with my COM colleagues from both Victoria and throughout Australia was informative and beneficial.

Cirque du Cabaret!

Anne and the Cabaret Crew have been working tirelessly to present Cirque du Cabaret. Families will attend on their allocated night of Tuesday 30, Wednesday 31 July or Thursday 1 August. The performance beings at 7pm each night in the Community Centre.

 Stay tuned for updates and photos!

Anzac Day Ceremony

Today our Deputy Principal, Senior Level Co-Ordinator, Student School Leaders and a number of Year 6 students, attended the Anzac Day Ceremony in Ringwood. They were lucky enough to be sitting four rows back from our Prime Minister – Julia Gillard, Education Minister – Peter Garrett and other dignitaries. An Anzac Day Memory for life!

Industrial Action

On Thursday 14 February,  staff from Government, Independent and Catholic schools took part in a day of action against the lack of  an adequate response to the Agreement claim. IEU members met in the Treasury Gardens and walked to Parliament House, where we joined AEU members. Let’s hope this long standing dispute is resolved in the very near future and we can maintain our focus on children and their education.

Welcome to 2013

Welcome to another busy year in the world of educational administration! Over the last several  weeks office staff and many teaching staff have been busy preparing for the start of 2013 school year. All staff return on 29 January and students on 30 January. We welcome our new students, families and staff to Holy Spirit School.

2013 promises to be an exciting year for our school with a number of staff changes. A special welcome to our three Graduates, as they start their teaching careers! The school improvement cycle determines that this is a Review Year. The school community will be involved at various levels in this process of self-review, followed by an external reviewer validating our findings. This is a productive process as it determines our priorities for the next four years. This part of the Review will occur in May.

We are excited to have Anthony Holohan working with staff and students  this year in developing and enhancing the use of Information Communication Technology throughout the curriculum.

We also look forward to a resolution to our ongoing fight for a payrise and a new industrial agreement, which is now more than twelve months overdue.

In the office, Julie and I have been busy preparing for the commencement of the year. The first major task  will be preparing for the school audit on 28 February.

I am continuing my participation in the ICON project – an exciting time for Catholic Education.

Learning How to Make an App & QR Codes

Last Friday I spent the day at ICTEV in Carlton with Jarrod Robertson at a PD on creating web based apps. Jarrod also introduced the group to a range of other tools including QR codes. It was reassuring to know that a number of the web tools highlighted, including Diigo, Evernote and Geocaching, are familiar to us.

Despite being the only non-teaching participant, I found the professional development engaging and worthwhile. Jarrod presented in an easy and relaxed way and enabled us to explore at our own pace.

QR Codes are staring to appear in many places, including advertising, theatre tickets and to store and view a range of different information. If you have downloaded a QR Reader on your mobile device, you’ll be able to read the following:

Meditation Garden is finished – Wow!

A brilliant design by Andy – here are a couple of photos of the finished Meditation Garden, including Bunjil’s Nest. Sue will have more details on her Teaching & Learning blog after she returns from camp! A great initiative by Peter, our Principal, and Sue, our Teaching & Learning Leader and their committee.


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Roxanne Emmerich is a long-time friend from my participation in the National Speakers Association.  Roxanne has been a consultant to community banks for many years, and a few years ago, established The Institute for Extraordinary Banking.  For the last couple of years, I have served as an independent judge for the annual awards that are granted by The Institute.  The awards ceremony was a great event! From left to right in the following picture is Ken Derks, a fellow judge from Equias Alliance, Roxanne, and me.

Ken Derks Roxanne Emmerich Chris Mercer 2017 Extraordinary Banking Awards

I haven’t written about it on the blog, but I’ve taken up pickleball in the last year or so.  One of the highlights of the conference was playing pickleball with David Duhaime, Roxanne’s husband.

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Advice for Community Bankers

Roxanne had some pretty “no holds barred” comments for the assembled community bankers in the session I was able to attend.  I’ll just list a few of the nuggets, which are worthwhile not only for bankers but for all of us in business.

  1. Don’t think you are doing well unless you are exceeding your market by a good margin.
  2. You need to plan on increasing profits regardless of the economy.
  3. Disneyworld focuses on intentional congruence and their customers’ entire set of experiences.  We should all do the same in our businesses.
  4. The banking game (like all businesses) is all about revenue.  Roxanne wants us all to be Chief Financial Officers focused on revenue rather than Cheap Financial Officers focused on saving our way to success.
  5. Your Top 100 customers should be kissed on the lips until they chap (Roxanne is a beautiful lady, and can say this, but we can all adapt!).  The point is to pay attention to your best customers.  They provide the bulk of your profitability in virtually every business.
  6. Tie everyone in some way to profit.
    1. All executives and managers should hold each other accountable for their roles in achieving corporate profitability.
    2. Every person has key initiatives and critical drivers that tie them to profit every quarter.
    3. We have to take care of today to build for tomorrow.
  7. Must celebrate successes on achieving leading and lagging critical drivers and KPI  If you don’t make a big deal about what’s important, it is not important.  Now that was important!
  8. We must be intense on developing our people and investing in their education.
  9. What are you doing to focus on capturing your next Top 100 (or Top 10 or Top 20) customer?  You know what they look like, so go get some more.
  10. Mindset and systemization enable flawless execution, a key to selling and good operations overall.

If these ten ideas were not enough, Roxanne threw in another, almost as a throwaway, but it stuck with me.  “Sloppy sales show in the numbers.”  That one is worth thinking about and talking about with your team – and working on that execution!

Be well,

Valuation is important for business owners for many reasons.  One of these reasons is for the operation of buy-sell agreements.  If you are thinking about your buy-sell agreement (and you should be), then take a look at Buy-Sell Agreements for Baby Boomer Business Owners, my Kindle book on the topic.

I’ve priced it at $2.99 so you won’t have to think about the expense.  So click on the image of the book.  You will be taken to Amazon.  Then buy the book.  Don’t be mislead by the price.  It is a full length book.  If you like it, as most readers have, please take a few minutes and review the book on Amazon!

Additionally, my two most recent books are available in an Ownership Transition Bundle.  The bundle, priced at $35 plus s/h, has been attractive for many business owners, appraisers, and attorneys.

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Arrears Management

The management and tracking of arrears is an important part of property management. If left uncontrolled it can result in a financial disaster for all parties, particularly the landlord.

Our fully computerised systems combined with the daily updating of rents received allows us to accurately process monies received and therefore quickly identify any potential problems and act before they become an issue.

We carefully check all tenants prior to placement so as to minimise arrears issues. However, problems do occur and for this reason arrears management is an area we carefully administer.

Daily our system generates a report advising of any tenants that are in arrears. From here we follow these strict procedures:

1-3 days in arrears – Text message, email or phone call to advise of the arrears
4-7 days in arrears – Phone call and issue a 10 day letter to remedy
8-14 days in arrears – Follow up and commencement of eviction procedures
21 days in arrears – Tenancy Tribunal hearing for a possession and monetary order
Debt recovery procedures will be initiated where the Bond is insufficient to cover the amount owing.


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March 6, 2012

Resurrection Morning

When I think about Easter Sunday many scriptures come to mind. Those scriptures are I Corinthians 11:24-26, I Corinthians 15:54-57, I Peter 2:24, John 3:16, and John 20:12-16. All of these scriptures have special meaning to me. The New Covenant was created by the death of Jesus. The elements of the Lord’s supper are only symbolic representations of the bigger picture. Jesus gives everyone the opportunity to be included in the New Covenant. Only Jesus was victorious over death, Hades, and the grave. Therefore, my trust is in him. It is wonderful that God loves me so much that he gave his only begotten son, Jesus. This great love was demonstrated by Jesus dying and three days later being resurrection. In addition, he endured a beating for my healing. I am greatly encouraged by the determination of Mary Magdalene. Despite the discouragement from the other disciples she stayed behind to look for Jesus’ body.

Jesus is Victorious
On Easter Morning, Jesus rose from the dead. I Corinthians 15:54-57 says, “… “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Thanks be to God I do not have to fear death. The fear of death is sin. Jesus took away the power that sin had over us when he did and rose again. Now it does not matter what anyone says or does to me, I have victory over everything through Jesus.
About 4 years age my ex-step dad was always threatening to blow the house to kingdom come because my mom and I was late getting home from church. After reading this scripture, it occurred to me that if he carried through on his threat, I would go straight to heaven because I have put my trust in Jesus. Therefore, I should not be afraid of dying. Jesus has already concurred death.

God Loves the World
John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” Jesus rose again on Easter morning. That is my guarantee that the promise of everlasting life is true. Only someone who defeated death can fulfill such a promise. Therefore, I can be confident that as long as my trust is in him, I will not perish. I can also be confident that God really loves me. I have a son and in my human capacity, I could not give him up for anyone. Therefore, I know that God really loves me. He was willing to give up his son for 3 days so that I could be saved.

Every time I think about Easter, I cannot help but remember the pain and suffering that Jesus endured. I Peter 2:24 says, “who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.” Just to think that someone loves me so much that he would endure a beating so that I could be healed. He had to die to be resurrected, but he did not have to be beat. He could have chosen no to endure the beating before he died. However, I would not have the added blessing of healing.
Because Jesus endured the beating, I was able to go to Jesus and ask for healing for my husband. My husband is a construction worker. One day he came home with severe muscle pain in his shoulder. Because our trust is in Jesus, we were able to ask Jesus to heal the muscle. Because Jesus’ promises are true, my husband has not had any more problems with his shoulder. Sometimes Jesus gives doctors the knowledge to solve problems and other times he supernaturally solves the problem. This time he just healed the shoulder.

Lastly, I think about Mary Magdalene. She went to the tomb early on resurrection morning. She discovered that Jesus was not there. She then told the other disciples. They came and saw that the stone had been rolled away and then left. She stays behind. As she was weeping, “she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. Then they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.” Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher).” (John 20:12-16). Unlike the men, she was determined to find Jesus. They went back home to hide, but she asked everyone she saw “where have you taken him?” At this time, she did not know that he was alive. She only knew that she had to find him.
I think about her and her determination. It did not matter to her that some people believed that he deserved death, nor did it matter that there was still people that hated anyone who closely followed Jesus. The other disciples were afraid that people would remember that they were closely associated with Jesus. We should all have the determination that Mary had. She stood by her friend even though she thought he was dead. He rewarded her determination by coming to her and talking to her. O joy, she must have felt to know that he was alive and was concerned about her tears.

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CIR aims to keep creditors and consumers informed of the latest news and events regarding the collections industry. We will post regular updates and news briefs that will help you better understand how we work, as well as the rights of consumers and creditors alike.

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Mr. Becerra, with more than 35 years of progressively responsible experience has led firms through start-up, survival, turnaround and growth modes. With his knowledge and leadership he has made CIR LAW OFFICES INTERNATIONAL a leader in the collections/litigation industry. He has 2 passions: Business and Big Wave Surfing.

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Christian is licensed to practice law in Hawaii and California, is a registered patent attorney, and has been litigating cases for nearly 10 years. Throughout that time, Christian obtained a broad base of legal experience, including that obtained from having been a managing attorney at a large San Diego law firm. Christian also teaches Intellectual Property Law at San Diego Miramar College and has presented continuing legal education classes in national venues. Christian's practice focuses on intellectual property prosecution and litigation, as well as other business litigation.

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Alfonso is responsible for operations and processes in the firm. Also, as a Mexican attorney he oversees the Mexico office and manages the corporate legal services. He advises clients on contractual and corporate issues. He sees contracts as a chess board with efficiencies and strategies can be implemented in benefit of involved parties. He has a passion for reading, spending time with his family and would like to get better in surfing and jiu jitsu.

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Partner – Collections

Michael manages the firm’s entire collection process and uses his knowledge of issues surrounding creditors’ rights to develop strategies designed to exceed client goals while maintaining a strict adherence to the ever-changing legal and compliance requirements of the debt collection industry. Always willing to try new things, he is currently attempting to learn how to surf.

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Nicole began her legal career as a paralegal at a firm in downtown San Diego handling insurance bad faith and personal injury litigation. After 3 years as a managing paralegal, Nicole went to Thomas Jefferson School of Law where she graduated 5th in her class with the honors of magna cum laude. Nicole was an active member of the Thomas Jefferson Law Review and served as the Lead Articles Editor from 2014 to 2015. Nicole was also recognized with the CALI “Excellence of the Future Award” for Contracts, Civil Procedure, and Legal Writing. Since becoming licensed to practice law, Nicole has worked in the areas of criminal defense, civil litigation, and collections litigation. Nicole has successfully argued countless motions before the court as well as received numerous favorable trial verdicts for civil litigation and collections clients. Nicole currently handles collections litigation and various business litigation cases.

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Abril completed her undergraduate education in France and in the UK before moving to San Diego in 2004. She worked as a paralegal before attending law school and graduated Cum Laude from California Western School of Law in 2014. Abril has worked in civil litigation and restraining orders. She has also collaborated since law school with the Public Defender’s Office in North County to counsel defendants in Homeless Court. [Abril has also volunteered with both the Stand Down event and the Clean Slate Expungement Clinic in North County. Abril joined CIR Law Offices’ collections team in July 2017. In her free time, she loves movies and going on road trips with her husband, daughter, and dog.

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Michael manages the finance department for the firm and is also very involved in the strategy and operations of the collection process. He has been a licensed CPA for over 15 years and spent 10 years with a regional CPA firm in audit, tax and business consulting. Michael spends his free time with his family and surfs and golfs whenever possible.

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Kaitlin oversees compliance in and constant changing regulatory environment and is directly involved in the preparation and handling of internal and client onsite audits. She is responsible for monitoring and creating all of the firms policies and procedures. She enjoys the outdoors of sunny San Diego like hiking and kayaking.

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Fernando has been with CIR Law Offices for over 4 years, and has been the Collections Manager for 2 years. He began as a Collector, then was promoted to Team Captain, Supervisor, and finally Collections Manager. His dedication and hard work has built a strong Collections team throughout the years, and he continues to incorporate new strategies and ideas to an already superb team. As a hobby, Fernando is an avid musician, playing everything from drums to guitar.