Not the Hamilton ballad, but certainly a phrase expressing similar sentiment, sitting on the house back-deck, where I’ve spent much of the last couple days, Cool, gray morning just now as I write, cold brew sipping, pondering this time, and dreams last night, Silly indicator of my deck-time, also sitting at the rocks breaker just …
Author: jeff lud
Dad x3. Writer. Lion. @pacbio SCM. One Mission: Make it GOOD | Optimism | Resilience | Fam/Life/Biz | #halffullallgood #goodstuff
The Tide Is High…
Fair is fair, gotta give props to the sublime effect of high tide too — and to that Blondie 1980 cover song of John Holt’s reggae bit from the 60’s — Same blessed space on the southern section of the Oregon coast, same slow pace, same peace of mind, I love the water ~~~
Waterfowl
My mom had this quiet obsession … Stayed with me, “waterfowl” … we had wooden replica throughout the house, part of the mishmash decore in my abode now, Recently on the Oregon coast, southern section, with my kids, much needed respite, retreat to calm and slow and needed, Lots of time sitting, watching the water …
What We Need
Reflecting on the last few days, last week, Road journey through the long northern expanse, some of the vast wilderness of our state, through pine forests rising up from sloping mountains, Into southern Oregon and then west to the Pacific Coast, to a bay area called Coos, sanctuary, To a modest, blue-grey cottage where the …
The Ludlum Lab
I’ve got a new way to think about my life work: The Ludlum Lab. From my X Profile: The Ludlum Lab: GOOD | Optimism | Resilience | Fam/Life/Biz |#goodstuff #AutismAwareness And what is the primary portal for this work? The blog is called “halffullallgood”, twelve years now running; July 2014 it was underway, The purpose …
A Study of Low Tide
One recent evening. A Simple, timeless event. Captured in images. Bonus? Sunset. SOUL TIME. Coos Bay, Oregon, July 2026.
Heart on Fire: Peter Faber, S.J.
One of the original companions of Ignatius. Came from very humble means. Walked Europe in support of dialogue and discussion, determined to find common ground of the soul, As the Jesuits recently noted, “Pope Francis has long admired Faber for his “dialogue with all, even the most remote and even with his opponents; his simple …
Slow Start?
The original title on this piece was, "Slow Start: Inertia Quagmire or Soulfully Sound ?" ... but it seemed (seems!) way too clunky ... so it's "Slow Start?" instead ... I can't help but dwell on it. The state of my mind most mornings, as I come into consciousness and begin the day; it is …
And Again, Ignatius
Somehow I knew this thing, drawn to it, all things Ignatius, Didn’t know his name when I started, only heard the word “Jesuit”, not knowing what it was about, And then the learning and discerning began, and now it all feels woven into me, my secular, struggling, spiritual self, surely it’s still a part of …
Slog
Resisting, navigating the slog, that’s my game; wasn’t my intention, to be standing in it ten years running, this blog become my therapy room, means of coping, keeping track, sane, Oddly, comparison helps, thinking of others who have their own struggles, friends who have already departed, with them in mind I realize, other friends with …
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