I juggle all the time to make first things first, emotional as I am, it ain’t easy, So many things compete for FIRST!, hard to make things second, third, fourth, Forthcoming if I’m to be tho’, there’s a bit less whoa in it these days, As my days tumble forward, horizon seems to be coming …
Author: jeff lud
Dad x3. Writer. Lion. @pacbio SCM. One Mission: Make it GOOD | Optimism | Resilience | Fam/Life/Biz | #halffullallgood #goodstuff
Bicker & Banter
Bicker and banter, what to say, why oh why do they talk that way? Banter’s not bad, truth be told, fun way to jest and joke, for young and old, But banker turned bicker, I’m not such a fan, truth be told, it makes me kinda mad, Maddening that folks can’t get along, when my …
“Victory Goes To The Most Tenacious” : French Open 2025
Displayed around center court at the French Open in English, “Victory Goes To The Most Tenacious”, Yes indeed it does, at least some of the time. And it did in the finals of this major tournament this year. I don’t watch much tennis, but turned in the finals both days early morning, in honor of …
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Gruff
I don’t like solicitation phone calls. I don’t like solicitation emails. I don’t like scammers. All that makes me gruff on the phone. Don’t call me to pitch something, or try to scam me. But if you do, expect gruff. [Disclaimer: I know that’s not the most positive message, but it’s still good. Watch out …
Watching Hockey
End of the week, week so stacked with everything, stacked on top of stacked, Like a busy work week, a thousand emails maybe, strained to get to Zero Inbox, Like a wheel falling of my truck on the way home (!), whaaaaaaat…?!?! Blessed with no injuries or accident otherwise (me or anyone else), Health and …
YES. Take Your Time.
“Viggo Mortensen said: "One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully …
The Rite Anxiety
More on the topic of anxiety, in particular, my own anxiety, struggles, ups, and downs, nerve, sometimes frayed, emotions, bubbling here, and there, it feels like I’ve had this experience nearly all of my life, though it’s ebb and flowed over the years, the decades, for some reason over these last 10 years, it’s been …
Radical Acceptance
Yiyun Li, a writer and teacher, I heard her interviewed recently, it helped me a bit, You see, she had two sons; one committed suicide in 2017; the other son fell to the same fate seven years later. Li herself had also attempted to take her own life prior. And so to the point of …
The Write, Anxiety
The right anxiety…?! No no, the write, anxiety. But could the right anxiety be true too…? Well sure, in a way, and especially if you write about it, throw it all down on the proverbial page, let it all hang out. Whew. Feels better just thinking about doing it, honestly, but the act of doing …
Just The Thing
It was just the thing the other morning, back to back weekend runs to San Francisco to see my auntie, Sunday in particular, cool, breezy SF morning, went off script from my usual Americano coffee from Chestnut Street Coffee Roastery, Went with the Depth Charge instead…wait, a what…? A Depth Charge is an Americano with …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 