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Category: lifestyle
Why Haiku?
Yes indeed, why Haiku? Here's a little of why. Not in that form, but following the theme all the same. Reminded of this format, this genre last week. Spill Rage Against The Machine, music I was listening to in full last weekend, spark! The inspiration. And so in this shortest-word month of the year, in …
Haiku Form: A Word on May
Shortest month name, half Spring Midst of trials, must carry on, Sure we can, vamos.
COVID Muse: Loosening and Tightening
Consider this quarantine we've been under, this time like no other. In my lifetime, it hasn't happened. Day Forty-Something, I'm not even sure anymore. The first full month complete, this we know. The order just came down, it will be another month for us to mostly "shelter-in-place." We know that now too. Are things getting tighter? …
Routine
Routines are the cornerstone that provides peace of mind. We all have routines for work, and routines for home. They can be applied anywhere when you repeat certain activities on a regular (even daily) basis. One of my favorite? What's your routine before bed? Here's mine. Make sure the kitchen sink is empty of dishes. …
Redux — Outside, Inside, Cope, Persevere
Words to the page to chronical this time, find some pause, some answers. Never before have we been in a place like this, time like this, everything upside down, uncertain. Think about what's outside, what's inside. That's for each of us, and practically too, inside our home, outside too. Told to stay inside, keep your …
Seasons of Love
This song brings me to tears pretty much every time I hear it. Feel alive. Soak it up. GOOD. "Seasons Of Love"(from "Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording)" soundtrack) [All:]525,600 minutes525,000 moments so dear525,600 minutesHow do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffeeIn inches, in miles, in laughter, …
Your Cell, Your Space Station, Your Home
We've been cooped up for a while. Second month under way, Shelter In Place, living with the COVID-19 pandemic. Brings to mind at least a couple other situations where people are living under controlled conditions. Can you imagine living in a prison cell? 6 feet x 9 feet, your reality up to 23 hours a …
What Does It Mean?
There are lots of ways to interpret things, often times. Different people look at the same painting, listen to the same song, consider a particular situation or opportunity that arises, or decision that is needed, and have different takes. It's a mixed bag at best. Some times those differences can seem vast. Sometimes those differences …
Pivot
This word has been around a long time. So the dictionary says, it's about four hundred years old, from around 1605–15; < French pivot (noun), pivoter (v.), Old French < ? It means among other things, as a noun, a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which …
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