At a stop light recently, Sunny afternoon, car windows down, Next to me a grey Honda CRV, windows down too, Mom talking to teen-age son, I’m listening to Steve Winwood, “Higher Love”, in my right ear, Can’t help but hear in my left, bits of mom/son convo, “… two people can have the same experience, …
Ease In, Meditative Start
Prompt: “Describe one positive change you have made in your life.” A recent change in the manner I begin each day is helping my mindset quite a bit. Rather than immediately jumping into “work mode” — with email and calendar on the smart phone it’s easier than ever ! — but rather than jump right …
Pause, Adjust, Reset: Lemons & Lemonade
It’s the confluence of several things, for whatever reason not presenting in conventional manner, Week off with the kids has me a little caddiwampus. Taxes due, a major health event demands attention, kids’ schedules still full, main activities in play, That’s the way the ball bounces, so making moments of magic and respite mean getting …
Get Up and GO
Daily writing promptWhat's the most fun way to exercise?View all responses My initial thought on that prompt was something like Pickleball, or Bike Riding, or Zumba, But I think instead my answer is, "Whatever motivates you to get up and go...! Motion is lotion that makes the body feel more useful, more accustomed to movement, …
Walk & Talk
Big dose of good convo with an old friend, Our shared history goes back decades, all the way to childhood, He likes to walk, always good when we get out for an evening stroll, quality time like no other, Freestyle topics, sharing, venting, easy exchange of self, soothing for the soul, Pumps up the step …
Public Service Announcement (PSA): Solar Eclipse 04/08/2024
PSA, solar eclipse happening today. If you’re so inclined to watch it unfold, STAY SAFE, only view with solar glasses, Read more here, you might just become a umbraphile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse?wprov=sfti1#Eclipse_chasing
New Reality
Coping with and adapting to change is a fundamental life skill; the better you get at it the happier you’ll be. My son therefore should be a champion at this skill by the time he’s an adult. He’s had to make several adjustments in his young life. Severe anxiety, food allergies, adapting to life in …
Thrown Together Fun
Sometimes the best combinations get their start when things are simply thrown together. Sometimes you just don’t know what will go together. Certainly there are times and places for well thought-through, precisely measured, exhaustively considered design, discussion, decisions are necessary. Certainly so. As I consider things tho’, I think creativity, when we seek to ignite …
On The Wall
At a middle school on Open House Night, Santa Clara California, My alma mater, [#proudbutnotthepoint] If only each human on this planet would feel this… Oh what a better world we would have…
Dissecting Sensitivity – Anatomy of a Rebuke
This topic is one I have long been peripherally aware of; until now I didn’t have the words to frame what I experience when I receive what I experience as blunt critique or rebuke. Now I have some words. When someone I respect and/or has authority over me, when such a person directly disagrees or …
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