Simple mantras, those stick, those go most quickly to the point. Drink water Love hard Fight racism. On a shirt I wear sometimes. People sometimes comment. Happened recently. I smiled and said thanks to the lady who made the comment. Her friend said as I walked away, “What did his shirt say”, I replied over …
Category: Attitude
Memorial (Mem) Day
Lessons, maybe values too, from the ancestors, those gone from this earth, Remembering, a curious human practice, take time to recall, from Respect and Gratitude and Love, Might also be from Anger, Regret, little Regard …? More complicated thus … When people and events from the past come up, are brought up, sometimes they drum …
Two Murphs
Funny thing, two of my oldest friends are both named Murphy. And back in my family a bit, there’s a Murphy somewhere, so that makes me a Murphy too. These two guys, separated by schools — I went to middle and high school with one, and then college with another — And these guys are …
Haiku Form: All For One
All for one, says it, Attitude most high, preferred, Get there every day.
Haiku Form: Just Quiet
Longing, just quiet, Sometimes elusive, kids full, Learn to be just so.
Curated, Agency
Consider it curated, thought therein, if you’re lucky, some care, Giving agency to both the creator and patron, Symbiotic, so good, GOOD.
MBA
Those three little letters, just what do they mean...? Most often it's the acronym for "Master's [Degree] in Business Administration" ... some of my peeps used to say, jokingly, "...Mister Bad Ass..." , I'd chuckle, to participate. I just wanted to learn more about business, since I'd studied comparative politics and political history as an …
Haiku Form, Extended: It’s A Wrap
It’s a wrap, all done, A work week, a season, think back, How’d it go? One day that time will be gone, it evaporates, Can’t get it back, time, So make the most, Each day, until you’re called home, it’s a wrap.
Two Takes: KCSM, KDFC, GOOD
Music makes the different for me, gotta say. Most weekends you can find me in the kitchen a fair amount of time. I’m clearing the dishes not properly tended to throughout week. I’m cleaning a grimy sink; I’m wiping down the counters. I’m also listening to one of two radio stations. You see I have …
Haiku Form: Go Bay FC
Fun to hear, kids cheer, Go Bay, Go Bay, on TV, Proud, fans, a win! Good.