Watching Game 1 of the Seattle Mariners v. Toronto Blue Jays American League Championship Series, first pitch by the Mariner pitcher saw the lead-off Blue Jays batter hit the ball out of the park, center right field. Something like 385 feet traveled. In an instant you saw two extremes. The absolute fire of the Toronto …
Month: October 2025
Ego Check
Recently fundamental lesson learned about making progress as a human. Check the ego. Recently faced with a sneaky difficult situation that repeated itself several times in quick succession, one basic answer, check the ego. And there’s also a kicker, a bonus bit, a, the method to the madness, rely on the soul for fortitude in …
Sleep on Sleep
This my dream, sleep on sleep, had some, want more, pure relief, respite, These days now, many I’ve felt this way, best plan, sleep, rest up, recede, To the darkness and cozy and safe place of recess, to relax, reset, Tense, expectant, all the doing piles on, on we go day after day and sleep …
The Nature Of Faith
A very personal thing, Faith. In some it is forever dormant; in others it’s a burning light and foundation that sustains and provides resilience and hope. The path to faith is equally unique; the definition is too. Some believe it’s only through proscribed, regular practice is faith achieved, and life ever-after as well. Some folks …
Entitled
Curious concept, mindset, entitled. Let us not be entitled, or need to be rather, Let us ever strive to give and be taken care of, needs met, both ways, Appreciation abounding, beyond measure, no need to, just do, not entitled, instead empowered to give more, and happy to, Happy to.
Piecemeal
Piecemeal Life, string together the bits, best you can, Work, a whole thing unto itself, many things in the string, And then the rest it feels, kids and family otherwise, dishes and bills and weeds in the yard, more bills and aches and pains, Don’t strain to hard, don’t get too spun out, strung out …
KAL Remembrance Day
Final Resting Words, Kathleen Ann Ludlum 9 October 2025 Mission City Memorial Park So we come to these hallowed grounds of memorial in Santa Clara, a city our mother and sister loved so much, to honor Kathleen Ann, as she’s arrived to her final resting place. It’s fitting that her bodily remains be here now …
An Ode to Badgers & Wolverines
Ode to these two fierce creatures, two fierce teams, Fierce, sneaky rivalry, from the heart of America, old Northwest once upon a time, two battleground states now for a while, heartbeat of America laid bare, Neither giving quarter, standing up for their traditions and their history, in the end tho’, In the end tho’ let …
Dad Log: Best Game Ever, “…Whoever Talks First…”
Happened without any action by me, somehow Number 2 (12) and 3 (11) set the parameters themselves, Chose to play a game of silence, “…whoever talks first …” has to … Whatever it is, it created a quieter house, a pause in the banter of the day… Whatever the game, the pause? The silence? MAGIC.
Keeping House
Keeping a house, simple concept, endless tasks and effort to do so, Endless plus with three kids in the house and a dad with a laissez faire attitude about keeping up and single parent household, Could be more insistent, disciplined, I know, but 50/50 time, don’t want to make it all about chores for them, …
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