Find it where you can, appreciate it when it appears, savor the moment, GOOD.
Peel Off: Make Lasting Good
Earlier this week, standing with my 11-year-old son out front of the house one morning before school. We were standing by my 23 year old Toyota Echo: what o call the little blue car. One of the car window rubber liners had started to come apart; understandable, after more than two decades. My son proceeded …
Down & Dirty: Classical Music Through The Ages
I regularly listen to Classical Music; mostly I access the content via local radio (shout out to KDFC 104.9 FM in the SF Bay Area!). In car, in the kitchen, the radio is on and the background sounds are often from Classical Music: Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Vivaldi. Honestly speaking, even after all these years …
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The Middle Kingdom
Daily Prompt: “Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.” Twenty years back, I had the chance to visit China. A buddy was going to meet up with his high school chum, and I got to go along. I’d visited the Soviet Union / Russia three times at that point; I figured …
Slow Mind
Just now, small hours, scribble down, to slow the mind. Lots to do, rapid thoughts flood in: myriad work tasks, just as many at home too, kids, meals, mental well-being, hot weather, hot dogs too, Hot dogs too !?! Slow down, mind, slow down, a bit more slumber, Slow mind, slow.
Seeking Satisfaction
One of my work buddies was in Hawaii recently moving his daughter into school at University of Hawaii. He shared a picture of his breakfast one morning, a delicious variation of Loco Moco. That meal got me thinking…”Hmm...I’ve got leftover hamburger patties and rice in the fridge…" And so two days in a row, the …
Rested
Reflecting on the last couple of days, on my good fortune and relative state, State of mind has been stretched of late, work and kids and life matters all, Tired of the pace, see it on my face, nary a trace of much reserve, After a big push of work at month end, last car …
Free Form Release
Long month, Long week, Long weekend now, Grateful, Free form release, List, Plan, Do, Bit by bit, Brain slows, Heart rate too, More sleep, Music too, Make progress, some, Feel time slow, Slow, Good.
Short-Order Dad
Sometimes I feel like a Short-Order Dad. Just what does that mean? Maybe another way to put it is, “on-demand dad.” Let me explain. As I’ve shared in other posts, our kids live 50/50 me and their mom, going back and forth frequently between houses. And sometimes - a lot of times? - life with …
All Of It
Daily Prompt: “How are you feeling right now?” Great question, the whole range, gotta say, lotta S’s , an A, a D and an L … Sure Anxious Doubtful Selfish Scattered Sincere Stoked Love From My Fridge, good for the kids…and me.
1/2_Full, All GOOD 