Anthony Bourdain - chef, author, TV storyteller blending food and travel - I miss him. I loved his particular voice, observations, his progression in life and perspective on things. The demons took him, like they’ve taken so many; as I’ve written before, Cornell, Williams, Montrose, my paternal grandfather, my cousin, all cut down by a …
Month: August 2022
Lyrics Post: “I Can’t Make You Love Me”, Bonnie Raitt
This song, over and over in my head, in my ears this last weekend...seeping in, soaking me up, into every crevice, cathartic...I think...or wallowing...not sure...but it felt like, feels like...progress... "I Can't Make You Love Me" Turn down the lights;Turn down the bed.Turn down these voicesInside my head. Lay down with me;Tell me no lies.Just …
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Are We Done?
Well, as for me, I don’t think so. I don’t think we are done with COVID. Or actually better said, COVID isn’t done with us. More than a million people have died of COVID in the US alone… Variants still active and cases fluctuating up and down, So when I think it’s appropriate, I’m in …
Transition, Progress
The park, one of those places where reflection sometimes comes easier, Kids everywhere playing, cool easy breeze, sun sinking low, Transitions…always thinking about them, task to task, project to project at work, at home, with co-workers, with family, with kids, moving from on thing to the next, adapting, adjusting focus, Progression, always thinking about progressing, …
Pride v. Happiness
When I have moments of being proud of my kids, I consciously work to shift my mindset to happiness for them instead. I choose to think of their successes, their progress in life, not as reflections of me, but rather a reflection of their grow, their good fortune. Why do I choose this way of …
Old Poem, New Insight
I’ve known of this poem a long time, I’ve read it a few times, But now I realize, this might be me… Hmm…true for me anyway… “ The Road Not Taken BY ROBERT FROST Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked …
Stoic Notes
Scribbled down, Basics from meditations, Meditations, planned journal become public declarations of belief, By no less than an emperor, Marcus Aurelius, the last of the so-called “The Five Good Emperors”… PRIME basics, words, ideas to live by, 1/ Courage 2/ Self-Disciple 3/ Justice 4/ Wisdom GOOD.
Full Gas
This term is used pretty widely by professional cyclists. Full Gas. It means going all out speed, not sprinting, but otherwise as fast as you can go, as in, During an interview after a race a cyclist might say of the pace and effort, “…oh man, it was quite a race, you could tell it …
Trailblazers
These two amazing humans, Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura of Star Trek fame), and Bill Russell (of NBA fame as player, coach, mentor), two giants in their chosen fields, Two trailblazers who both achieved greatness, then inspired so many to greatness as well, These two people who didn't accept the status quo, who were driven to …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 