I love music, and I L O V E this song. It’s one of my favorites, over the few decades since I first heard it. I learned the words long ago, and sing along pretty much whenever I listen to the tune. “A Pirate Looks At Forty” by Jimmy Buffett. It’s a great one. Many …
Category: voices
Promo
Promo, don’t you know, Not the commercial kind, oh no! Rather the advancement, getting promoted forward, skyward, No in work, but school, Grade 5 to be exact, Our oldest, our leader, Older than her 11 years, On to middle school, Our two-house family come together to celebrate and support and fill her with love, Filled …
Pace
Pick it up, Slow down, Live by it, Die by it? Don’t let it kill you, Learn to master it, When to allow yourself to be swept up, When to let hurry by when too quick, It’s up to you, Pace.
Week-end Struggle
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 …
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, …
Haiku Form, Slog
Inspired to slog, Second only, pulls me down, Reset, overcome, do.
“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? …
Got COVID?
After 24 months, 2 vaccines, 1 booster, Maybe 100 masks (I’ve worn washable / reusable until several months ago), I turned up positive for COVID - 19. Tested twice, just to be sure. Well, it was bound to happen. I’m in good company though; Jungkook of K-Pop Boy Band BTS also announced he just tested …