Long month, Long week, Long weekend now, Grateful, Free form release, List, Plan, Do, Bit by bit, Brain slows, Heart rate too, More sleep, Music too, Make progress, some, Feel time slow, Slow, Good.
Month: August 2024
Short-Order Dad
Sometimes I feel like a Short-Order Dad. Just what does that mean? Maybe another way to put it is, “on-demand dad.” Let me explain. As I’ve shared in other posts, our kids live 50/50 me and their mom, going back and forth frequently between houses. And sometimes - a lot of times? - life with …
All Of It
Daily Prompt: “How are you feeling right now?” Great question, the whole range, gotta say, lotta S’s , an A, a D and an L … Sure Anxious Doubtful Selfish Scattered Sincere Stoked Love From My Fridge, good for the kids…and me.
Beat It
Earlier this week… Surprisingly challenging weekend of parenting, straight into a doctor appointment with my disabled, 86 year-old mother, straight into Monday Pace at work, And now…I’m beat. So beating a straight line to bed after a little dinner and some news, Don’t be afraid to “Beat It”… 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 https://youtu.be/oRdxUFDoQe0?si=OEpYlvgosMcgITYL 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Imagining Gaza
Good balancer, Tough day, end of, long, busy week ahead, Lying in the dark, almost asleep, Safe at home, gentle breeze of a fan, clean sheets, comfy bed, And then I consider Gaza, more than 40,000 dead, two million displaced, everyone’s homes and lives upside down at best, destroyed at worst, Suffering in every way …
A Little Bit By Amanda G.
"We clear a woman’s way, We don’t fear the dayShe steps into the lightBecause we are with herEvery step of the fight. There’s a lot at stake, but making a difference always takes great courage. So we encourage women who dare to starefear square in its face, Women who’ve always shown, That when one woman …
Favorite Recipe? Lots Of ‘Em. Today? This one!
Daily Prompt: “What's your favorite recipe?” Just now, salmon. Yes. And a simple glaze. Mix equal parts 1) soy sauce, 2) seedy mustard, 3)brown sugar or maple syrup. Spread over top of salmon. Bake at 350 for 20-28 mins based on how big the fillet is. Done. YUM!
For Democracy: A Republican at the DNC 2024
I’m Adam Kinzinger, and I am proud to be in the trenches with you as part of this sometimes awkward alliance that we have to defend truth, defend democracy and decency. I was just a kid when I was drawn to the party of Ronald Reagan, to his vision of a strong America, the shining …
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Long Story Short: Catch Yourself
And now, something a little different. There's a lot of this and that I could ramble on about with respect to surprise issues and struggles I've had with colleagues. In more than three decades in the workforce, I've had a few times, surprising reactions to co-workers and how they do their thing. I catches me …
Keep Moving
Don't Stand Still ... or Keep Moving ... at least a lot of the time, at least at work, I think that's a good mantra. I saw a guy at work recently, paused and standing in the middle of the warehouse. This at 11am on a Tuesday. I was immediately puzzled. There's lots to do. …
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