Bloganuary Prompt: “Write about a few of your favorite family traditions.” Funny thing. When I saw this prompt I immediately thought of my family’s traditions when I was growing up. Never mind I have three school-age kids of my own now! The question actually stirs the topic well for me, What are the traditions I …
Month: January 2024
Dealing with “The Government”? Mantra: Even Keel
Good lesson, plain and simple. When dealing with any government agency, stay even keel. Get your sh*t together; know what you’re supposed to know. Follow consistent, conservative process, and leave your emotions at the door, Stay, EVEN KEEL.
Cypher Post: Witching Hour
So used to it now, getting tired of it now, same time most every night, really every morn, I’m torn when sleep eyes look at the clock, up and at ‘em or roll over and try to sleep again, Mind racing again, bracing again for another day and if it’s bad, mind starts filling up …
Write Now, Redux (Redux?)
Bloganuary Prompt “What do you enjoy doing most in your leisure time?” Gotta say, aside from napping, if I get leisure time worked into the day, in recent time anyway, it’s writing, Writing filling the cracks and crevasses and bigger blocks of time I have control over, Don’t seem to carve much of it out, …
The Mystery Spot
Bloganuary Prompt: “Name an attraction or town close to home that you still haven't got around to visiting.” The Mystery Spot. Just over the hill from where I grew up. Never been. Likely won’t, of my own accord anyway. 🤔
Cypher Post: Spun Down
Gonna spin down, lickity split, Nodding, dosing, not hosing much more than the next gold sticker, a little quicker, Thicker under covers, not cover for the zzz’s I need, won’t bleed no more, tonight, right to the end, I’m done bending, mending, my way out, now, GOOD.
Hmm…Five Things for Fun
Bloganuary Prompt: “List five things you do for fun.” Hmm, let’s see… 1/ Listen to music. Old stuff, new stuff, REALLY old stuff (Classical). 2/ Read. Especially stories about people’s lives. 3/ Cook. Pretend Iron Chef. 4/ Listen to NPR. Especially international stories. 5/ Do anything outside. Garden, hike, walk, bike. Bonus/ WRITE. Especially bloggin’, …
Evolve: Here Come the Cypher Posts
Several years back, early in this blog, I mirrored another content producer, who was also a podcaster and entrepreneur / investor. He had this thing called 5 Bullets Friday, where he shared a list of five things he was doing, interested in, etc. so for a while, I did something similar, posting five other tidbits. …
Loved
Bloganuary Prompt: “If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be?” Pretty simple. Feel and know they are loved. Bonds and relationship across species, what an amazing and mysterious and blessed thing.
Football
American, that is. National Football League (NFL) Playoffs, that is. Was near quiet religion in my house growing up. Always on the TV this time of year to track the teams to the Super Bowl. My family, or at least my immediate family, were San Francisco Forty-Niner fans. Growing up this was the time of …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 