Bloganuary Prompt: “ Do you play in your daily life? What says “playtime” to you? “ A month or so back one of my longest and best friends introduced me to the Puzzles Section on the New York Times app. My buddy suggested it was a good way to engage your mind after sleeping the …
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Dad x3. Writer. Lion. @pacbio SCM. One Mission: Make it GOOD | Optimism | Resilience | Fam/Life/Biz | #halffullallgood #goodstuff
Quiet House
Just now, quiet house. Kids were with me though the holidays — so blessed — now back to their mom’s house for the second week of Christmas Break. Quiet house, funny thing. I long for it much of the time, wish to have a little more quiet to get a little more of the everyday …
Balancing Bigs
Bloganuary Prompt: “What are your biggest challenges?” Funny, I’ve got at least a few things I could mention here (like most people?); but in summary, it’s about “balancing the bigs.” By “bigs” I mean, the big plates in my life I work to keep in the air every day, including, Work: Gotta earn a living, …
Let’s Start The Year Like This
Like this let’s start the year, prompts to energize and focus and persevere, those are good words to start actually, ENERGIZE FOCUS BELIEVE RESET BREATH GET OUTSIDE LOVE PAUSE BE PATIENT HAVE GRATITUDE MAKE IT GOOD MORE LOVE GOOD
Lazy Sundays, The Niners, and Grandma’s Recipe Book
“What makes you feel nostalgic?”Don’t get it much these days, rarely a free Sunday to laze, always big, little things I should be doing, but final Sunday of 2023, making an exception,The SF Niners on the early game, intentional, to actually sit and watch, the Fourth Quarter anyway, similar, remembering back when there was less …
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Coals To Ash, 2023
Thinking back, can almost not remember the beginning of the year, ‘23, Just how much happened? What just happened? So much, clouds my mind and memory, Gotta look back at photos in the roll and email to remember, ponder, wonder, what was it all for? ‘23 burned hot at times, too like every other, coals …
Another Primer: “I Believe In Relationship”
Prompt: “What relationships have a positive impact on you?” Some twenty years back I wrote a piece and submitted it to NPR for the “This I Believe” series. I believe in relationship. I did then. I still do. Have been through another marriage start to sad finish since then, but my trust in and desire …
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FamFirst
Several years now into a two-house family model, I still reflect frequently on the circumstance, the realities therein; As I navigate being alone in my mid-50’s, I’m mostly ok with it — life is pretty busy — until I get a dollop of lonely plopped on my head… Usually I wade through pretty quick, and …
Go For The Splash
“If you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be?” Never considered this idea…but fun to think about it… The colors would be Orange 🧡 and Blue 💙 , The mascot would be the feisty, wild feline, the OCELOT, Imagine the branding, the color schemes, the merch… GOOD. 🧡💙💙💙🧡🧡🧡💙💙🧡🧡💙🧡💙🧡🧡🧡💙💙🧡🧡🧡💙💙💙🧡💙💙💙🧡🧡💙💙💙🧡🧡🧡💙💙🧡🧡💙💙💙🧡🧡🧡🧡💙💙💙🧡 Imagine the green …
Haiku Form, Alt Approach: Dadlife
Action word, mantra, LOVE, Listen always, push yourself, All kids - centered, what do they want, how can I support, listen, be for them, Ganes, food, routines, adjust to them, So they adjust to life, Dads’ magic power.
1/2_Full, All GOOD 