GSD K2 Exploring His First Snow, New York Home, End‑December 2024 — IMRAN® How the years fly. This photo was taken on December 21, 2024 — the 16th anniversary of my late father’s passing. I was at my blessed Long Island, New York home, the one he had been so happy and proud to visit in the autumn of 1996. K2, my forever‑a‑puppy‑at‑heart German Shepherd Dog, was just a few months shy of turning four when he experienced the first snow of his life. During the previous year’s visit with my now‑gone GSD Kennedy, there had been no snow. So I never got to see the snow angels I knew he would’ve made, just as he loved doing in the Florida home’s beach sand. But K2’s curiosity, wonder, and expressions were a joy of their own. © 2024–2026 IMRAN® #IMRAN #NewYork #LongIsland #EastPatchogue #GreatSouthBay #GSD #GermanShepherdDogs #dogs #snow #winter #memories #anniversary
Sunday, April 12, 2026
Tuesday, April 07, 2026
“GoSitS” — Poetry Born in Dark Times, Written to Inspire, Now Reborn as a New Song — IMRAN®
“GoSitS” — Poetry Born in Dark Times, Written to Inspire, Now Reborn as a New Song — IMRAN®
In the darkest days of 2009, I was sitting alone late at night on the beach of my Long Island, New York home — a home I was on the verge of losing. The fallout of the George W. Bush economic meltdown was still rippling through the economy, shredding people’s financial lives
My own sorrows ran even deeper. All of this was happening soon after the death of my beloved father, and during the soul‑crushing realization that even close family can turn their backs in difficult times. Those were truly “All Is Lost” days for me.
But as I sat there on that dark night, thinking about my departed parents and knowing they would want my eternal optimist, forever‑hopeful, perpetually‑grateful self to shine through, I spoke a few words aloud. I realized instantly that I had stumbled onto something profound. I tapped the lines into my iPhone and later shared the poem on social media.
Over the years, many people told me those words helped them survive their own moments of total hopelessness. So it stayed on my to‑do list to turn them into a song.
Finally — nearly 17 years after the poem, and nearly 10 years after I composed the music — “Grains Of Sand In The Sky” (GoSitS) is being released as a new song next week.
I hope you’ll appreciate the poem now and the song next week. May it give you hope if you’re facing difficult times, and inspire you to shine like a star.
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Saturday, April 04, 2026
Molten Gold Cracks Open Spring Seaside Sky At Sunset - IMRAN®
Friday, April 03, 2026
GSD German Shepherd Dog Guarding GSD German Sedan / Driveway Under Starry Sky - IMRAN®
Thursday, April 02, 2026
Mysterious Otherworldly Landscape Or Foreign Terrain? — IMRAN®
