Led Zeppelin had a song, “The Battle for Evermore” … great song; one of my favorite that iconic British band. The song starts off rather modestly, then builds to an epic level, capturing the them from the title… The battle of everyday at my house with my kids is far less epic, but maybe still …
Category: voices
Remembering Corina
This week, remembering and celebrating a colleague who passed on last year. An email this week from several folks who knew here went around, a couple pictures, much love. Her birthday is this week. Remembering those who have gone on, passed away, remembering helps keep their spirit alive. Following is a piece I shared last …
Plugging Along In Mindfulness
Mindfulness has been the recent salvation for my days, and my nights. Juxtaposed to nighttime, to rest and slumber, interesting to apply it to the workday tho’. Frenetic pace of the business world, the changing demands, dynamics pressing nearly every moment, what to say? Say that mindfulness helps either way. Centered, focused, distractions recede, how, …
Haiku Form: Relate
Relate, don’t skate, On by, no cry, lean into, Closer still, worth it.
A Pause: Fun With Haiku
This brief pause in my Haiku fun for the month of May, a little from behind the curtain, Main motivation, to push my writing into little concise bits with Haiku Form, but also continue to express my own, unique observations and experiences, Grateful for this platform and space to share, anyone who enjoys, all the …
Sleep Is IMPORTANT As An Activity
I've always enjoyed sleeping. Now more than ever I'm intent on getting sufficient rest; Now more than ever I'm embracing what sleep does for me in the immediate -- coping, stress relief, recovery -- And what (I hope!) it does for me in the long term. Live to 100? Gonna try! Read article below for …
Rest: Full Stop
It’s been a busy week; after a busy weekend; in the beginning of a busy year ahead; after a busy year last year. So it’s busy. On top of the usual routines I also got a Shingles Booster this week. They warned me about side effects. Most all my life I haven’t worried much about …
Holocaust
Never again. We say this over and over about genocide. CertInly we said this, say this, about the Holocaust, about the systematic murder of more that six million Jews, plus Roma, Homosexuals, Disabled people — anyone the German Nazis believed undesirable in society. But then just in my lifetime there have been circumstances again and …
Early Approach
Not sure about what the day holds? Want to get a feel for it, A handle on it, A little more sense of control? Get there early, and get after it. Early approach, GOOD.
Old Superstition
Back in the day, decades ago, I used to wear red on Sunday during the professional football season, because the 49ers wore red as part of their team color scheme. After all these years that hasn’t changed. The team has maintained their same look; even as some other teams have changed colors over the years, …
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