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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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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Earlier this week… Surprisingly challenging weekend of parenting, straight into a doctor appointment with my disabled, 86 year-old mother, straight into Monday Pace at work, And now…I’m beat. So beating a straight line to bed after a little dinner and some news, Don’t be afraid to “Beat It”… 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 https://youtu.be/oRdxUFDoQe0?si=OEpYlvgosMcgITYL 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Good balancer, Tough day, end of, long, busy week ahead, Lying in the dark, almost asleep, Safe at home, gentle breeze of a fan, clean sheets, comfy bed, And then I consider Gaza, more than 40,000 dead, two million displaced, everyone’s homes and lives upside down at best, destroyed at worst, Suffering in every way …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 