Yearning, long I’ve felt this way, yearn to what, for who…? Yearn to be with her again, tho’ I don’t know any more who her is, Yearn to sleep deep, and late, can I anymore, will I any more? Yearn for peace and contentment and satisfaction and rest and respite and certainty, Yearn for certainty, …
Category: Attitude
Fellowship Found
I’ve written about this before I think, my particular belief about volunteering and fellowship. Time to have another go. Like many things, we enjoy them more when we do them with others. I think volunteering fits into this category. And I think therein is the core value of service clubs, the “getting together” to do …
Feeling Write
When I'm feeling write, I know it's the right time to scribble down, Down to it there are times when the thoughts and the words just flow out, Best to listen and let it be, words flow out when they come, My salvation, the inspiration to keep writing it all down, this life I live, …
Mathematically Grounded
Unhinged, flailing, a bit unsure how to regain purchase, find the ground? Weird to be in this situ, feeling, filling in the gaps, trying to pull-in, reset. Unexpected some, certainly unwanted, want to find even, steady, sure, There it is, in my son’s Mathematics Work from school…geometry, fractions… Connected, calm, somehow, peace, Just a little …
My Particular Woe
Woe as me, I’m want to say, reluctant to say…maybe ashamed to say. Struggle surprises me again, and again, again I say, feel, reluctant woe. A long time now, it's stuck around a long time now, Trying new things and old things and anything to stunt the woe, I say it and strive to live …
Oh Sweet Slumber
Oh sweet slumber, trusted respite, each night through, Then wake on the ‘morrow, once again, trodding to, The next mistake, or inspiration, find joy in each, oh yes it’s true, Find this path, each day I’m certain, the only way for me and you, And so I greet my dear sweet slumber, once again, and …
Relative Struggle
It’s Day Two of the kitchen sink quandary at my house. Intended to replace a twenty year-old faucet that was corroded with mineral deposits and had fallen into disrepair. Took a while to get things disconnected, hooked up the new gear, and, Leaks. Tried a few minor solutions. Still leaks. So I’m out of a …
Another Lesson: Ukraine
I tackled a kitchen sink faucet replacement one recent afternoon; figured it would take a couple hours. With calcified fittings, etc., it was about two hours until the new faucet was in. Then when I turned on the water, the connectors started leaking. Not going to Home Depot on the moment, decided to punt and …
Example: Good Dad, Good Human
I know this guy, met him more than 10 years back, but less than 20. He was a sales guy, then started his own contractor business remodeling houses. Father of three like me, two girls and a boy. He’s a gregarious guy, salt of the Earth human. I don’t get to see him much, but …
Good Eats? Congee
Thanksgiving just in the rear view, dishes mostly done, dining table still dressed, and it’s time to wind way down, What’s the perfect food? CONGEE, a.k.a. JOOK. Rice porridge, cooked down in a big stock pot with the Thanksgiving Turkey carcass. See image for the basic cook down, See link below for all the history, …