You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do? Massive big news, or a tiny success, my reaction is the same, “Thank You, Jesus.” * Whenever anything positive happens, my reflex response has become gratitude. Over what is now decades, that attitude has served me well, and so it is, my …
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The Smartphone, No Doubt
The most important invention in your lifetime is... The Smartphone, No Doubt, no doubt in my mind this is true, Not only mobile audio (and often video) communication available, But so much more really, a pocket computer, at your fingertips, 24/7, Communication, information, entertainment, and so much more, SO MUCH MORE…! Tho’ some might say …
Stop Worrying
Something on your "to-do list" that never gets done. True dat, true dat, worry has been with me most all my days, near fifty years and counting, And sometimes I’ve gotten better at coping, sometimes not so much, funny how that is… Over decades the topics of worry multiply, funny how that is… Get better …
Commodore Clone, 1986
Write about your first computer. A basic computing machine, my first computer, a Commodore clone, purchased direct from the company, picked up on the shipping dock, Direct to my dorm room, used it like a typewriter, so many college papers writing there. Five inch floppy disks to save the work, monitor like a little TV, …
The Middle Kingdom
Daily Prompt: “Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.” Twenty years back, I had the chance to visit China. A buddy was going to meet up with his high school chum, and I got to go along. I’d visited the Soviet Union / Russia three times at that point; I figured …
All Of It
Daily Prompt: “How are you feeling right now?” Great question, the whole range, gotta say, lotta S’s , an A, a D and an L … Sure Anxious Doubtful Selfish Scattered Sincere Stoked Love From My Fridge, good for the kids…and me.
Favorite Recipe? Lots Of ‘Em. Today? This one!
Daily Prompt: “What's your favorite recipe?” Just now, salmon. Yes. And a simple glaze. Mix equal parts 1) soy sauce, 2) seedy mustard, 3)brown sugar or maple syrup. Spread over top of salmon. Bake at 350 for 20-28 mins based on how big the fillet is. Done. YUM!
Ten Movies…?! Let’s see…
Daily Prompt: “What are your top ten favorite movies?” 10/ Stripes 9/ Splash 8/ Pulp Fiction 7/ Ocean’s Eleven 6/ Top Gun 5/ Blues Brothers 4/ Good Will Hunting 3/ Ghost Busters 2/ Shawshank Redemption 1/ hmm…TBD
The Sweet Release
Daily Prompt: “What do you enjoy most about writing?” Ah, the sweet release of putting words to page, thoughts set to flight, Mostly the theme is life, the thread of experiences and feeling and all in between, these are what bubble to the surface and into the world, Sometimes the topics are broader, from work …
GRATITUDE
Gratitude. Daily prompt : “What positive emotion do you feel most often?” Gratitude. Full Stop.