Remembering Victoria Amelina, killed in a Russian airstrike in Ukraine. I heard Scott Simon this weekend with an opinion piece… The tragedy itself grabbed me, Her perspective being a writer that had turned to poetry rang true, And as we honor her memory, This is from her poem "About A Crow," translated by Uilleam Blacker: …

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I believe in spirits; there, it’s out there. Say what you will, we all have to find where we land ourselves on this topic. I believe in human souls, I believe in animal spirits, I believe in the Other World, the Everywhere Spirit. And so let that flow, all around me, around us, from before …

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We are all born with certain innate qualities; we all have tendencies, preferences, natural skills, abilities. Also, we can all learn new skills, even if they are not so intuitive, so innate. After decades of work experience, I find myself in such a job, honing skills that have never come easy, never come fast, not …

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Weekly effort, CatchUp. So much in between the last day worked and next, after weekend, long, CatchUp. Settle in after later night, earlier to bed, more sleep, back on track, mind, body, to-do list, CatchUp, GOOD.

Push to the end, one more step, bit, take, Take it to the limit, through the dark and anxiety and mysterious stress, push through, Win it, A bit more, time, sense, Of what’s good, Push to what’s GOOD.

I’m somewhere in between “Don’t Tread On Me” and “…Give Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses…” Can we all still live together in peace? I hope so. Happy Birthday, America. Don’t Tread: https://ultimateflags.com/blog/dont-tread-on-me/ Huddled Masses: https://poets.org/poem/new-colossus

So often my mind focused on things to do, tasks, progress; so often my next thought is, slow your roll, dude…! As RUSH sings in the song “Second Nature”, “…I know that progress has no patience, but something’s got to give…” During this hot July Fourth weekend, listening to the fans swirl in the early …

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Almost there, near to ten, end of day, striving for 10,000 steps on a day not so active Sunday, Walk the last few steps in and down this little house, Just, Made, It, 9:51pm, GOOD.

I’ve got a work buddy who recently posted while visiting his family in Cork, Ireland. I was thinking how good it was to see him there with his son, getting some very valuable fam time,especially for his kid. All good. A bit earlier in the day I was thinking how overall calm I felt, stark …

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This holiday weekend, slow expected, crazy busy June, need a reset to rest of life, Rest of life been often on hold, need to slow the roll, catch up, mail, kids, laundry, house, me, Heat expected to climb, yesterday, today, tomorrow, not like so many other places just now, extreme heat, smoke from fires far …

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