Leave it to the legend, Tom Friedman, opinion columnist from the New York Times and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, to offer this incredible communication, My little blog has a fingertip reach compared to the NYT, but I thought I would put share this here all the same, if nothing else, for my own remembrance of these …
Month: September 2023
Fast
Recently did a short fast to prime for some routine blood work. Just a very modest amount of food for the better part of 36 hours; none in the final 12. Had me thinking about “fast” in other terms. Like, my internet at home isn’t very fast. My car isn’t fast. Though I like to …
Finish What You Started
A great Van Halen song from the Hagar era…also a great mantra to live by. One recent Sunday, I had laundry, dishes, lunch-making for kids and myself, all plates in the air at once. It occurred to me, multi-tasking to move forward efforts, good… But easy to fall into lots started, nothing finished. If you …
1AM Scribble
Slept hard for a few hours, then my usual up to pee, middle of night, Just feels right to scribble down just now things top of mind, The grind to start, needed this week up-coming, No drumming about, no shouts, just focus and a list, Yea man, that’s the gist of what’s needed, to get …
Comeuppance
I got it the other day. Comeuppance. I tried to beat traffic, too impatient, Too many cars dragging on the highway, pace not a bit to my liking. “I’ll try surface streets, an alternate route,” I thought, and zipped off the next exit… Turns out that wasn’t the best idea. Comeuppance. The pace and the …
A Different Duck
I’ve always felt like I was (at least) a little different than other people. Myriad reasons, but here’s a good example: I don’t like sleeping through the night. Sample Sleep Pattern I like waking up and realizing I have several hours left to sleep. In fact, if I sleep through the night, I feel cheated. …
Revisiting Study Skills
I recall a lesson l learned back in the Fourth Grade, one I’ve been working to apply every since. It’s been a minute, but the strange excitement I felt about that lesson still bubbles up like it was yesterday. The unit was intended to help we young students at the time get more organized around …
SMS Convo
The new default human connection it seems to be. SMS convo; texting, in other words. Used to be phone chat; I recall girls I knew in school who said the phone at their house could stretch the whole length of the house. Funny. Phone chords. Now it’s smart phone and texted it up. Tho’ sometimes …
In The Wake
One of the sweet spots, in the wake: of a long weekend, a tow boat, a great day, so much love you can’t measure, In the wake of time spent with people you know, respect, learn from, enjoy, love, Riding the wake into the next days, weeks, months, feeling somehow lifted, a little lighter, a …
Humbled, Blessed
Often times I feel humbled, it’s where I land when I run up against the awe-inspiring, the challenging, things that provide pause, and reset. Being with particular people, groups of friends has this effect on me. Their manner and comment and purpose and love has this effect on me. My reaction to simply being with …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 