Today is Christmas Eve. For me this has been one of those days that always symbolized quiet and beauty. Today is the birthday of my first girlfriend (we were together seven years). Christmas Eve was usually a raucous affair for her family – she often had to clean the house in order to prep for…
Category: Life
GIVING CARE
Yep, it’s that time of year… sniffles and coughs, aches, grogginess, malaise. I felt it coming on Wednesday night. Now, I’m in the throes of it. Stuffed up and tired, I don’t feel like doing much. Writing will probably be a challenge. Getting out to see people will also be a bit of a challenge….
100 PUBLISHED POSTS
This morning I published my 100th post. Technically, it’s slightly higher, there are a couple I took down for editing and never put back up… I had meant to write a 100th post for my 100th post. Here’s to 101 (clinks glass). For me this is an accomplishment. I’ve never stuck to writing this consistently….
EARLY RETIREMENT
I don’t feel like going to work today. In fact, there are lots of times, I’d just as soon not go to work ever again. Life outside of work (with the proper resources) seems like it could be so much more fulfilling. I’d love to travel more. I’d love to pursue some other things (reading,…
CLIPPINGS? 12-15-19
I’m not sure I’m up to writing tonight. I’ve been sitting at the computer since I got home… not really doing a whole lot of writing. I decided instead, I’d post a mish-mash of photos and links, and quotes and videos…. These are the things going through me and my head lately. Starting with Nick…….
SOCIAL CHAMELEON
The problem with being a social chameleon is that sometimes you don’t always have a good sense of who you really are. I’ve alluded to feeling like two very different people in and out of relationships. In a relationship, I am all about my partner, and have very little need for socializing outside of that…
STORIES OF TRIUMPH?
Tonight is one of those nights, when the subjects, not the words, won’t come. I think I’ve managed to write nearly everyday for the past month – which may be the longest I’ve kept something like this up. Of course I don’t exercise at all – I suppose something had to suffer. Some of the…
CHRISTMAS 2019 (BUT MOSTLY 2018)
It doesn’t feel like Christmas time – at least not for me, not this year. That’s ok. I’ve been wanting and not wanting to write about this for a little while now. Wanting to write because it’s on my mind. Not wanting to write because, as I was warned, the holidays would be tough. It’s…
DOING JUSTICE TO OUR COMPLEXITY
I’m slowly falling in love with reading and writing. There are days when I want to call out sick just to have time to read, write, feel, relax. After last night’s post, and this morning’s edits, I realized that I’ll have done work related networking functions four nights in a row (Sunday – Wednesday). And…
MEDITATION ON IMPATIENCE
I’ve started my morning like most – waking up too late and too lazy to exercise. Fed the cat, fed the Matt. Drank my coffee, edited some of my writing – mostly last night’s post. There’s more I want to say on it, but I’m intentionally holding back. I tried to think about what I’d…
VERONICA AND THE WARS WITHIN
Before moving to Memphis I had started reading Veronica by Mary Gaitskill. I had come across some clippings from the book on goodreads – I was, I’m sure, looking for quotes on love or loss. I remember coming across this one and thinking this, to some extent, is my ex-fiancee, B. I wanted to know…
RECAP 12-3-19
I didn’t write this morning – was out too late last night. I’m not sure what all I want to tackle… I’ve been spending so much time making edits at B’s request, and contemplating the subject that I spend most of my time contemplating, that I haven’t really talked much about what I’ve been up…