This little bit, practical example, how long it takes for me, evident in two dates, Date of the photo, 7 March, Need to fix my clothes dryer, need a new timer, Only 14 days later, 21 March, am I getting going on the research and disassembly, practical hands on work, Do what you can do …
Author: jeff lud
Dad x3. Writer. Lion. @pacbio SCM. One Mission: Make it GOOD | Optimism | Resilience | Fam/Life/Biz | #halffullallgood #goodstuff
The Simon Effect
The Simon Effect...as in Paul Simon, master gift musician of America these last 50 years at least ... Soaking up one chapter of his amazing catalog ... Graceland ... and bringing South African ensemble Ladysmith Black Mabazo to the Big Stage in America ... and well beyond ... I was just out of high school …
Remembering WELSHY
Gone almost eight years now, our friend Pat Welsh, cut down by cancer way too soon, Life lesson, love lesson, think about him on the regular, think about his family, miss him, Knowing his spirit lives on, thinking about his humor, is spark, so blessed to have known him, still feeling him with us all …
Last Year #50s
Yep yep, the last year of the fifties starts today for yours truly, heavens! Do I seem that old?? Sometimes I certainly feel it ... but overall, not so much, not so much feeling, looking, acting like I remember thinking my parents were at 59 ... 'Course, generations always see things this way I suppose …
Across the City, Down the Peninsula 
This has been my life for the last 14 months, 15 maybe, Visiting my elder auntie every week in San Francisco, doing what I can to help her transition to a new chapter in her life, her attitude ever begrudgingly, less independent, maybe one more fall away from the end, Driving from mid-Peninsula after work …
What One Word Describes You? EMPATH
Daily writing promptWhat is one word that describes you?View all responses EMPATH. Didn't know this word until relatively recently, but have lived it more than five decades now, feeling others, connected to others, deep into others, drawn into others, willing to defer to others' needs, wants, wishes, plans, happy to be along for the ride, …
Tillis
This guy, US Senator, standing up for the independence of the United States Federal Reserve, and chairman Jerome Powell. Senator Tillis refuses to vote to confirm a new fed chair, until an investigation -– very likely politically motivated against Powell — is dropped. GOOD. Background? Let’s hear it from ChatGPT…  Thom Tillis is the …
No Denying
It’s getting warmer, no denying, The neigh sayers? They’re just silly…or worse. It didn’t used to be into the 90’s in March. It is now. It’s getting warmer, no denying.
Saint Patrick’s Writing
This man of the 5th century A.D., saint of Ireland, what he meant truly, behind the shamrocks and the snakes chased away, Thus this sum, what he truly stood for, “from the Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus by Saint Patrick, a strong moral condemnation of violence, injustice, and slavery committed against fellow Christians. Here’s …
Bits of Joy
My buddy shared this recently, couldn’t agree more … “Fun fact: When you pick poppies and put them in water, they continue to bloom. Priceless. I look for simple pleasures. Got to.”
1/2_Full, All GOOD 