This blog, and writing in general, it’s what I do. I mean, I’ve got a day job too, working stiff, what I’d call “business operations” just now, it’s a good gig, fine folks, lots of upside, lots of learning, a higher purpose, I drank the Kool-Aid for sure…”the promise of better health, diseases cured, through …
Category: Insight
Easy Start
She relishes the easy start to the day. No immediate obligation, no immediate demands. Dim light of early morning sifts through the drapes, soft crackle of the heater, heavy covers spilled over her. Cozy. If a kid come in, it will be a morning cuddle, secretly she hopes one does. Even two are welcome, just …
Easy Does It
Midst of it all, easy does it. Swirl of holiday schedule, mishmash of things, all demanding your time and attention, easy does it. Like my grandma awake in the middle of the night doing her crossword, me taping away on lists and posts, get it all out of your head, easy does it. Pressed too …
Feed the People: Last Entry 2021
Here’s how it ended up, 42nd Annual DeAnza Lions Club Thanksgiving Food Drive 2021: 7 stops, 220 families, 460 boxes of food, maybe 900 (plus) people served, about 30 Lions and Friends/Family of Lions, much GOOD… #WeServe #LionsClubs Boxes stage for packing Food Boxes loaded for deliveries Last Delivery, Watsonville Baby Strollers Turned Shopping Carts …
Feed The People: Part Three
It’s all been gathered. It’s all been done. About 30 volunteers. About 300 miles in loops shuttling food to sort center and cold storage. Now it’s time to execute. Now it’s time to feed the people. Turkeys reign supreme in the freezer truck Ready for final load Left over, won’t go to waste Two of …
Feed The People: Part Two
Amazing day of collective effort and generosity. Various volunteers, long hours, and grocery store shoppers willing to donate food and cash to support those in need. Today we pull in the rest of the food needed, by hook or by crook, let’s feed the people. Modest Start, Saturday Past a couple boxes of produce, the …
Feed the People, Part One
42 years and counting, the Cupertino DeAnza Lions Club have made this effort, Gathering food to provide Thanksgiving Dinner for families in need, those who might not otherwise be able to celebrate this holiday. And so it begins again, 3 days, 30 plus volunteers and countless donors, to bring it together… Boxes purchased The Odd …
Split Decision
That’s what it takes, that’s the way to make it the world go around, split decision. Precious few hours with your kids, workday done, leave it at work, spin toward what matters, split decision, for your kids, family, Sharp pain in the neck, center back, stalled out distracted car ride home, not worth it, no …
Park Scenes: Slow Down, Soak In, Play
#goodstuff #dadlife #dadslife #halffullallgood Several parks, two cities, a couple days, one theme: PLAY. Adventures to a new park a few days again. Another park closer to home on Saturday, trying yet another tomorrow. Such a simple concept, PLAY. Such an easy thing to do, make possible for your kids, any kids in your world, …
40
I shared this one before. Not mine, not even U2’s originally… Originally from a now nameless writer several thousand years ago. What language was it even written in? No matter. The words ate timeless in their comfort and hope. From Psalm 40. “I wait for the Lord, he inclines and hears my cry; he lift …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 