Weird to think, struggle on the weekend, Fun and games and care-free ways give way to toil and trouble, bubble bubble, As Sunday night settles in, angst and worry, aches and pains, imagined, real, pour in through the cracks and splits, Lava creeping, melting, molding all to worry, can’t control, overwhelmed, just what we don’t …
Category: Insight
Early Morning Overdrive
Early morning workdays, they seem to start like this most days. Overdrive. Zero to sixty in no time. My mind goes from dreamy rest to racing thoughts, flashing across my mind’s eye. List accelerating, things, tasks to-do’s adding to the bottom and the list gets long in a hurry. Quickly spiraling, my heart beat quickens, …
Diner 2541
Sometimes it’s like my house is a diner; sometimes the dining table is like one at a diner. But the wait staff at this diner (me/dad) doesn’t do a great job of cleaning up between meals served. Crumbs on the table, and under; not swept in a while; place mats left out, askew. The Good …
Easter: Love Wins
Love wins. Above everything else -- Heresy! Some might say — I think this is the message of Easter. God loves humanity. God came into the world to be with us and show us the way. And when we rejected that message, that love, God still loved us, to the very end. And still loves …
“Love Never Fails”
This Good Friday, I feel pretty far from the usual church ideas and rituals around celebrating this day. For us Christians, today is one of the most important days of the year, when we remember the execution of Jesus of Nazareth. The darkest day gives way to the brightest, a couple days following. It feels …
Back To Early
If all went well, by the time this blog post is up, I’ll have been up and working for an hour or so. First day back yesterday after two week hiatus with 2/3 kids and me down with COVID. Glad to be back at it, and early is a good time get things done. So… …
Easing Back, Back to Front, No Grind
After two weeks healing myself and my girls up from COVID, I’m logging back on to work life. Not on-site just yet; gotta solve this cough problem. L Back to front? It basically means, my intent to start work again with a fresh, healthier, balanced approach, retaining my sense of self and priority. My goal? …
Straight Comfort: Ramen
Ramen fits the bill on many an occasion, versatile, yummy for sure. As a stir-fry, soup, or garnish, it’s an inexpensive, go-to item for everyone’s pantry*. Also, there’s so much variety in Ramen: Japanese, Chinese, Korean, all good. Ramen provides a terrific base for left-over vegetables of all kinds. Chop them up fine, toss them …
Salvo, Unexpected Inspiration
Al Sharpton. Minister, Civil Rights Advocate. And a weight loss inspiration. I respect his path and his effect. But am applauding the weight loss. Lifestyle adjustment, discipline, and time… Voila! Gonna follow. At least a bit.
Pull Down The Curtain. Again.
More than thirty years back the Soviet Union dissolved…or so we thought. Fifteen republics broke up into separate countries. But much of the underlying control structures and mentality and motos operendai remained. We see it functioning just under the surface even today. For there to be true progress now, the underlying framework and attitudes must …
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