Facets, funny perspective, how many ways to consider any given thing… In this case the particular occurrence of my mother passing, who were the different people that should be notified, who are the different people that would mourn, how would it all play out in real time? My kids, the grandkids, makes sense, by brother …
Category: Attitude
Share, Don’t Share
Share or don’t share, that is the question. Funny thing. I’ve been journaling off and on for a long time, maybe near 40 years, nearly all of my life. I still have some of those journals from way back. When I started blogging some ten years ago, this form became my default journal, my place …
Humdrum
Feeling that way, humdrum, a few days since mom died, my bad for not remembering the heavy weight that hangs around a good long while, Hangs around my neck and over my head and in every room I walk into thick, dulled colors, no luster, Though I think and feel better knowing she’s not suffering, …
Times Like These
It’s times like these I’m fairly certain that writing is one of the best coping mechanisms I have. Writing for me is often therapeutic, insightful, and just plan fun. It’s a pleasure. And boy do I need it, the writing. It’s been a rough week. My mom passed away at the start of the week …
Mixed Motivations
What motivates you? Great question, what motivates, let’s peel the cover off that one for a minute, Creativity is certainly a motivator - like writing! - but also other forms of creative expression, tho’ I don’t actively pursue them much beyond writing, As a corollary, I feel motivated by accomplishing small projects when I’m duly …
RIP, Mom
Kathleen Ann Ludlum 12 Feb.1938 - 18 Aug. 2025 Mama Lud. Born in San Jose. SJHS Class of ‘56. I recall asking about a little ceramic Bulldog in the house that was the SJHS mascot; fun irony that my kids will go to Lincoln, the arch-rival back in the day. And she didn’t go far; …
Dear Kids,
Another open bit to my kids, thoughts scribbled down for posterity, these of a different sort, not on responsibility and carrying your own weight, This on weight of a different kind, On coping with life and death, in particular, their Grammy, my mom, departed this earth two days ago, finally released from a body that …
From “Death & Dying”
Read this one today. Helped. “Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain but for the heart to conquer it. Let me not look for allies in life’s battlefield but to my own strength. Let me not …
Nearly Gone
So hard to watch someone fade away, as you’re reading this she may already be so, departed, dead, passed, My mother, 87 years on this Earth, 29 years as a disabled stroke survivor, Watching her depart, each labored breath, quiet struggle, “It’s ok to go, mom”, my best response, mantra, Just go, mom, we all …
Love The 408
What do you love about where you live? Love the 408, gotta say, 58 years and counting, mostly nearly completely lived here, South Bay, some call it, but more exact, I’ve been on the border of Santa Clara and San Jose just of 39 years now, Such a sweet spot to me, mix of old …
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