It’s the end of the week. I don’t have it in me to be depressed or deep in thought. It’s been a tough werk. A series of tough weeks. I’m just going to share today a silly thing that happened to me two weeks ago. My son and […]
The year 2021 marks the return of the cicadas. It would have been way more fitting last year. Yet, here we go. After 17 years, millions of large cicada will emerge aboveground. This group of cicadas that is about to emerge, is known as Brood X (as in […]
Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. – Martin Luther King, Jr. Faith. It’s a powerful word. Faith has different connotations and meanings for people. Whatever it may mean to you, it in part, must mean doing without knowing the whole […]
Ok. Here’s this bit. We all made fun of or lightly teased Alanis Morissette for her “isn’t it ironic” song as it contained example after example of non-ironic things. Rain on your wedding day isn’t necessarily ironic. Some further context would be needed to make that determination. However, […]
I have lived in chaos for a rather long time. I may even dare to say since childhood. And, at times I say so proudly. It’s a sign of resilience in my mind. In my worldview. See, I do well in chaos. Or so I believe or have […]
Everyone has an opinion. Actually. That’s not necessarily true. Look at those so-called undecided voters. I actually don’t believe those existed or exist. I think they were just trying to get on television. It’s that 15 minutes of fame thing. Although now people can get three minutes of […]
She ran through the alley wondering how far her legs could take her. This was the place through which she needed to find her freedom. She would run, hide behind blue crates, and pretend to shop. She had waited decades for this. No way she could waste this […]
I couldn’t sleep the other night. It has been happening to me with some increasing frequency. But instead of being a couch zombie or runinator – two bad extremes- I have looked to do things. Get some tedious things done. I mean really tedious. What did I do […]
Nostalgia. A powerful emotion. Some might argue it’s not an emotion. I certainly don’t care. Nostalgia. I’ve been feeling it a lot lately. It courses through my veins and into my the right and left side of my brain. I looked at some old photographs on my dresser […]
“The training is nothing! The will is everything “-Batman Begins I love working out. Exercise is fun and love for myself. What I loved most about exercising was not the actual act, but the will I tapped into to get on a machine for 40 minutes. There were […]