Like this letβs start the year, prompts to energize and focus and persevere, those are good words to start actually, ENERGIZE FOCUS BELIEVE RESET BREATH GET OUTSIDE LOVE PAUSE BE PATIENT HAVE GRATITUDE MAKE IT GOOD MORE LOVE GOOD
Category: attitude
Lazy Sundays, The Niners, and Grandmaβs Recipe Book
βWhat makes you feel nostalgic?βDonβt get it much these days, rarely a free Sunday to laze, always big, little things I should be doing, but final Sunday of 2023, making an exception,The SF Niners on the early game, intentional, to actually sit and watch, the Fourth Quarter anyway, similar, remembering back when there was less …
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Coals To Ash, 2023
Thinking back, can almost not remember the beginning of the year, β23, Just how much happened? What just happened? So much, clouds my mind and memory, Gotta look back at photos in the roll and email to remember, ponder, wonder, what was it all for? β23 burned hot at times, too like every other, coals …
Another Primer: βI Believe In Relationshipβ
Prompt: βWhat relationships have a positive impact on you?β Some twenty years back I wrote a piece and submitted it to NPR for the βThis I Believeβ series. I believe in relationship. I did then. I still do. Have been through another marriage start to sad finish since then, but my trust in and desire …
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FamFirst
Several years now into a two-house family model, I still reflect frequently on the circumstance, the realities therein; As I navigate being alone in my mid-50βs, Iβm mostly ok with it β life is pretty busy β until I get a dollop of lonely plopped on my headβ¦ Usually I wade through pretty quick, and …
Go For The Splash
βIf you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be?β Never considered this ideaβ¦but fun to think about itβ¦ The colors would be Orange π§‘ and Blue π , The mascot would be the feisty, wild feline, the OCELOT, Imagine the branding, the color schemes, the merchβ¦ GOOD. π§‘ππππ§‘π§‘π§‘πππ§‘π§‘ππ§‘ππ§‘π§‘π§‘πππ§‘π§‘π§‘ππππ§‘ππππ§‘π§‘ππππ§‘π§‘π§‘πππ§‘π§‘ππππ§‘π§‘π§‘π§‘ππππ§‘ Imagine the green …
Haiku Form, Alt Approach: Dadlife
Action word, mantra, LOVE, Listen always, push yourself, All kids - centered, what do they want, how can I support, listen, be for them, Ganes, food, routines, adjust to them, So they adjust to life, Dadsβ magic power.
Ideal To Real: Politik
How have your political views changed over time? As I came into adulthood I had grand visions of what might be accomplished politically to make the world a better place, filled with βideal politikβ, Near 40 years later, after a lot of life has happened, I still strive to participate where I can to make …
Resolved To Rest
Nothing new, I love to sleep. So often, normal work weeks, donβt get enough, Thus when I have time off, sleep is a priority, rest is a priority, Throw my kids in the mix, add a sniffle or two, all the more true, let them sleep in if they can too, Sleep-in, roll over, laze …
Alt_Space: Perfect State of Mind
βYou get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. Whatβs it like?βSo inviting, this idea, concept : perfect physical space to read, write. Would be so satisfying if it were, was, real.For me I think it more practical, and equally perfect, to find that state of mind, Imagination and Perspective just so, to …