Low simmer of stress. Emotional ups and downs for sure. Overall Family Goal: Adapting, accommodating, making the best of the circumstances. Second week, the whole family home for work and school and life and staying safe. Keep life going forward for two adults and three little kids. The Community Goal: “Flatten the Curve” and stay …
Category: Insight
COVID19: Listen to the Science, Stay Home
[from 03/24/2020 news update] I live in one of the so-called “hot-spots” for the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States: Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Depending on where you draw the boundaries, we have about 5 million people in the are; there are more than a million in our county alone. …
WFH
From my own little corner of the Work From Home (WFH) World -- in between the laundry area and the hot-water heater, my own standing desk work space -- a few thoughts to share. Or more like a list to share, actually. 1/ Make your work space comfortable, welcoming (to you), and quiet. 2/ Be …
Celebrate the Day
Thankful for this day, whatever it may bring. Thankful to be here, where ever here is. Thankful for all that I've seen, experienced, been. Thankful for all that I will see, will experience, will be. My faults, my mistakes, my selfishness, may it all wash away. May I start this day, and make this day, …
Meet The Moment
As the COVID19 virus pandemic continues to spread in the United States and around the world — or more precisely, as our awareness of the scope of the outbreak becomes better understood through testing — thoughts continue to develop on all manner on the effect the crisis is, and will have on all manner of …
The New Normal
Strange times right now. I've been saying that for some, thinking it a lot more. The current COVID-19 pandemic, this situ bares in stark relief the bigger picture frame I've been thinking about for a while. Circumstances changing, expected some, some not expected; no matter either way, change, adjust we must. These neubulus images offered, …
“Shelter In Place”, Day 2
Wednesday, 03/18/2020: Just a couple days ago we heard the news that six of the counties in the San Francisco Bay Area, are directed by public order to "shelter in place" for the next three weeks. Put simply, that means stay home, take care of your family, do what work you can (if any) from …
Charter Night: Celebrating Lionism
"Charter Night" is the annual gathering (usually an evening/dinner event) when and where a Lions club celebrates its founding and work. I belong to a club in my community. Here's a little something about my humble club, one of 46,000 in more than 200 countries around the world. 51 years. FIFTY ONE YEARS. We've been …
Dad Solo, Be The Rock
First, I’m not a solo dad. Let’s be clear about that. My “Better Half” and I parent together, and keep this family together as a team. So that said, I’m sitting on the couch one afternoon. I’m with my son, who’s not feeling well. He’s taking a nap just now. Watching “Free Solo”, about Alex …
Lessons From The Invisible Border
This pod is about the border and related differences between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It goes back to The Troubles, and how two sides that had committed heinous crimes against each other, how they found peace. One of my favorite bits from this piece is that they explain the solution was found …
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