Got lucky for another day. Workday. World Cup doesn’t care. Sidebar: I’d be curious, how much work productivity goes down during these weeks of fantastic competition. This first round, there’s four games a day, not every day, but certainly during work days. It’s fun to check the scores anyway, to see how teams are doing. …
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If you could instantly master any skill, what would it be and why? If I could master one skill instantly, it would be forgiveness. I’ve spent more than five decades, trying to be better at forgiveness. I’m a lot better than I used to be, maybe except for myself, I firmly believe that, if we …
Germany’s first game, matched up with Curaçao; seemed to be an obvious advantage; the German Side, perennial contenders; and Curaçao? The smallest country ever to qualify for the World Cup. Good for them, but modest expectations at best. Germany scored first; then soon after Curaçao’s answered. It seemed competitive. Until it wasn’t. Germany went ahead …
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I missed. No matter. Intent on posting n this blog every day. Keeps me grounded. Honestly the chops a bit. But sometimes, like yesterday, I accidentally post two in one day. Chops still in tact. If not the streak. No matter. Keep writing. Good.
Write your guide to setting healthy boundaries in relationships. Serendipitous topic, “relationship”, boundaries therein. Nearly six decades in and two marriages down, you might think I would have another answer about relationships… But I think I can say that while my romantic / matrimonial record isn’t great. I’m certain I am better off in my …
Every now and again things just end up … clunky … maybe chunky too, Best intentions to begin, a solid plan, list well-made, carefully considered, prepared but then, Then the wheels start to wobble, ever so slightly, then increasingly so, so shaky and violent you need to stop in a hurry. Stopped in your tracks …
Less than ten minutes a day, call it the 9 Minute Write, doesn’t take much to scratch the itch, Let the words pour out on the page, and I feel better, Near life-long lesson-become-practice for me, simple salve for my soul, Simple salve for my soul.
What’s your favorite meme? Sadly, don’t really know what a meme is … something to learn more about, starting with the definition…
Slowly coming to conscious, my strange obsession, Wanting to return to the daily awake at a gradual pace, Rick Rubin Style, dream life, Scribbling these words now down on those first moments to capture the feeling somehow, Lying in the semi-dark, pre-dawn gray leaking in through the curtains, nightlights down the hall giving way to …
Out and about, Dropped off the kids to their mom’s house, Need to see my mom too, Santa Clara Memorial Park, the non-denominational cemetery in Santa Clara. My parents remains rest in the niche affixed to the outside of a mausoleum wall, a few feet from the center, halfway up. My mom passed on last …
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