Rick Beneteau
Bio
Former 80’s happening songwriter when divorced turned Internet marketing ‘guru’ on the-then-brand-new Internet who in 2006 became co-founder of a humanitarian non-profit who then came full circle back to music – for film and television.
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Angels Abound!
It was the day before Cameron’s ninth birthday. I expected to hear an excited voice on the other end of the phone in Windsor, but there were only sobs and tears. Cameron’s classmate, Destiny, had died suddenly two days before, and my youngest grandson was feeling deep, deep sadness. “I’m not going to have a very good birthday tomorrow, Papa,” was the only clear sentence he managed to articulate at that point. This is the rest of the conversation as best I can recall.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Humans
At the Speed of Love
The sometime cynic in me made me write this. The once-in-a-while realist would have penned a lament. And the most-oft optimist was simply too tired of Tony Robbins to write a totally upbeat blurb on divorce. But before you begin reading, just know that I didn't take my divorce lightly. If only I'd have taken my marriage the same way.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Humans
The Lone Goose
I was out on the school track for my early morning walk while visiting my daughter this summer and met up with my usual companions—a large gaggle of Canadian Geese. This tightly organized community generally splits into two groups, one to the outside of the track and one on the inside both busily grazing on the grasses. Artfully dodging goose droppings where they crisscrossed the asphalt surface became part of my exercise routine.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Motivation
A Life Touched by Hockey
I am what you could call athletically challenged. You know, I was the kid who was always picked last for scrimmage football, schoolyard baseball and road hockey. But even though I never played on any organized sports team, my life has been touched by the sport of hockey.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Unbalanced
The Nintendo Turkey Run
It’s been a personal ritual for years. I’ve done it alone and kept it private… until now. Playing Santa around town for an afternoon has been my favorite day of the year. This year, the time had come to share the experience, for two reasons.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Humans
The Slushie Fund
The nearby strip plaza, where I buy the coffee cream I all too often run out of, is “L”-shaped and has a variety store at each end. On a cream-replenishing mission the other day, I parked my car in front of the store I choose to patronize, just because I really like the Korean family who operates it. I first gathered up the mail I had in the car and walked to the corner of the plaza to deposit it into the mailbox there.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Humans
Keen as a Hawk!
I’ve travelled this same stretch of road for decades. One of the 400 series highways crisscrossing southern Ontario––two hundred and fifty kilometers of flat pavement surrounded by some of the richest agricultural land in the world. Other than flocks of crows, and the occasional herds of cows and horses, pretty much a mundane drive.
By Rick Beneteau6 years ago in Motivation
