What are five simple exercises to do at home? Do these five things, you’ll be better off. Not that I listen to my own advice all the time, I struggle on the regular to do these things, But if you can do them every day, your body will, thank you, you’ll be happier, you’ll be …
Category: attitude
65,000/70% 
Numbers matter. 65,000: The estimated people are currently under ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) detention in these United States . 70%: The percentage of those people detained that have no criminal record. No criminal record. And yet, against the policy Donald Trump campaigned on, against his stated goal and objective, the Trump administration is detaining …
Clarifier
This post, a random clarify on my intent with this blog half full all good. There are times when I post more politically sensitive comments on a given issue, that fits for me in the blogs theme and underlying purpose in this way, My intent is to find a little bit of Good a little …
Morally Gray
I must definitely say — and I’m not proud of me in this way but — like the hairs on my head and the whiskers on my chin, I am gray… And a bit more to the point, I’m morally gray. Just what does that mean? It means sometimes I choose the easier path, sometimes …
Sometimes 
The Oils’ song from their break-out album , Diesel and Dust 20+ years ago, maybe closer to 30 … These guys brought the sound and the kenetic energy with social issues to the fore, audiences unable to look away, So good, timeless... Lyrics START I knowThat the sunset empire shudders and shakesAnd I knowThere's a …
Do Good.
Do you believe in karma? Not sure I believe in karma, not even sure I can give a textbook definition of what that entails… Karma… But I definitely believe in doing good, and spreading good, and doing the right thing when no one‘s looking, helping out where I can, when I can, Things like picking …
The Stranger’s Case
Compelling words written four hundred odd years ago, from an Elizabethan Era drama, ringing true anew, so SO TRUE, right now, in these United States and indeed, on every continent on Earth, The full text of "The Strangers' Case" speech, delivered by Sir Thomas More in Act II, Scene 4 of Sir Thomas More, likely …
Anatomy of A Muse Sequence _ jlud
Clearly by now, if you’ve read even just a few of my bits, you know the work is quick and maybe choppy sometimes, varied in topic and trope as the muse directs, Thus one of the underlying themes of my motivation, responding to the moment the muse visits and thus the personal joy therein, Case …
Willy Nilly
How do you make time for self-care? I find it, Willy nilly, trying, searching, creating, self-care… Conceptually so fundamental, critical, yet in practice comes usually in fits, an occasional start, a moment here or there, a few deep breaths, another bite, another glass, a walk around somewhere, a smile given, accepted, a few more hours …
Why Blog?
It’s something I’ve thought about from time to time, when I’m not in the vortex, vortex of the muse, Why blog? Why not keep it private in the pages of a journal, a diary, away from others, and that answer’s pretty simple, straight-forward, maybe a little selfish and self-serving too, I write the blog in …
