Just started reading Rick Rubin‘s new book, “The Creative Act“. his bit on the source of creativity, brings this thought to mind, for myself in my own creative response anyway… While I’ve been writing, all my life, most all of my adult life, anyway, I only started blogging about 10 years ago; and only in …
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Funny that the blog prompt today was regarding time… And I had just posted a piece today about time… Dear Universe, Thanks for the boost…! #halffullallgood
Daily writing promptDo you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?View all responses The "Time Troika" ... to answer this Bloganuary prompt, if I'm to be honest .. I think about those time references -- Future, Past, and as I'll add in the next breath, Present -- These all meld together …
Bloganuary Prompt: “What is the greatest gift someone could give you?” Not really a fair pic on my part. After all, it’s very difficult to give another person “time“… But at this point in my life, that’s what I must desire. More time with my kids, More time to write, More time with my friends, …
Quick look back at 2023, even as we hit stride for 2024, Grateful for the visibility this blog gets — 64 (!) countries this past year, And so these ideas share, the GOOD that we further together when we share, it picks up momentum, the GOOD grows, And that’s what I aim to do and …
Bloganuary Prompt: “What colleges have you attended?” I’m a native of Santa Clara, a smaller city next to a bigger city, San Jose, in the south part of the San Francisco Bay Area. As I was gearing up for college all those years ago, I was also growing up through adolescence. It was a tough …
When is enough? When do we determine that we’ve done our best? When do we decide we’ve given sufficient extra? Blood? Sweat? Tears? Hours? TIME? When do we realize we have to care for ourselves first? When is it ok to feel good, instead of sacrificing? When do we realize that The Machine doesn’t care? …
Bloganuary Prompt: “ Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? “ A month or so back one of my longest and best friends introduced me to the Puzzles Section on the New York Times app. My buddy suggested it was a good way to engage your mind after sleeping the …
Just now, quiet house. Kids were with me though the holidays — so blessed — now back to their mom’s house for the second week of Christmas Break. Quiet house, funny thing. I long for it much of the time, wish to have a little more quiet to get a little more of the everyday …
Bloganuary Prompt: “What are your biggest challenges?” Funny, I’ve got at least a few things I could mention here (like most people?); but in summary, it’s about “balancing the bigs.” By “bigs” I mean, the big plates in my life I work to keep in the air every day, including, Work: Gotta earn a living, …
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