Another mantra I’m re-kindling for the new year: “NO FEAR” I recall back to the 1990’s it was a motto invoked by several professional athletes. One of my favorite 49er players at that time was Fullback Tom Rathman. He had a No Fear sticker on the back of his helmet, as I recall. And that’s …
Make It GOOD
Bloganuary Prompt: “What is your mission?” This prompt is like a “fat pitch” in baseball, ripe for a full swing for the fence… After more than five decades on this beautiful planet Earth, I still learn new things every day and adjust to tue path the Universe sets before me.. But my mission? Plan and …
Well Spoken
Watching NFL football this past weekend, was struck by the poise with which players and coaches talk to reporters, often-times. I know in this era of social media, etc. -- and long before, most likely -- there's a hightened awareness of the sound-bites that get pulled from interviews. Believe too that many (all?!) teams have Public …
Approaching TEN: Half_Full, All GOOD
As we approach the ten year anniversary of this blog, I wanted to go way back to the beginning, to remember why it all started. Happens that this first blog post was just a few monthes after the birth of our third child. We had (have!) two others, who were born in 2011, and 2012 …
Do Now
Bloganuary Prompt: “What could you do differently?” Short and sweet for this one. There’s a time management maxim that goes something like this: “If you can accomplish a task in two minutes or less, so the task immediately. That way, it’s done. No more thinking about it needed.” I can apply this rule more regularly …
Much Respect: Guy Stats
Obviously by the name of the piece, I'm attributing this trait primarily to "guys", men, etc. I fully recognize that many, many women, young ladies, etc. have the same ability to evaluate and draw meaning when statistical data is presented. MUCH RESPECT. This idea came to mind recently when I had an friendly exchange on X …
Superpower? GRATITUDE
Bloganuary Prompt: “If you had a freeway billboard, what would it say?” Not sure why it too me all day to post this. My answer came to mind as soon as I saw the prompt this morning. I'm a big fan of LOVE; it's on more than one wall in my house; it's tattooed on …
The Source Of Creativity, My Particular Calling
Just started reading Rick Rubin‘s new book, “The Creative Act“. his bit on the source of creativity, brings this thought to mind, for myself in my own creative response anyway… While I’ve been writing, all my life, most all of my adult life, anyway, I only started blogging about 10 years ago; and only in …
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Bonus Muse: Serendipity
Funny that the blog prompt today was regarding time… And I had just posted a piece today about time… Dear Universe, Thanks for the boost…! #halffullallgood
The Time Troika
Daily writing promptDo you spend more time thinking about the future or the past? Why?View all responses The "Time Troika" ... to answer this Bloganuary prompt, if I'm to be honest .. I think about those time references -- Future, Past, and as I'll add in the next breath, Present -- These all meld together …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 