This morning, after my run (yay to me for finding time), I settled in to an article I had set aside to read: The Strangeness of Grief by V. S. Naipaul. I am, at times, obsessed with the subject. It’s not something I’ve ever really experienced, at least not on the level of what I’ve…
Category: Life
A NEW YEAR, A BEGINNER’S SONG
Is it cliche to write exactly what’s expected from a New Year’s post? A reflection on the last year’s good and bad blended with cautious optimism for the year ahead? A list of things I’d like to do better? Lists of things I’d like to stop or start doing? I kinda hate these types of…
CALIFORNIA
Our minds do very strange things to us. Today I was researching a business based in Torrence, CA. I’m the type of guy who also has to pull a place up on a map. I love to understand a bit of geography. I wanted to know where Torrence was. As I zoomed out a bit…
I DON’T NEED ALONE TIME. IS THAT A BAD THING?
Today I’m thinking about a few competing / complimentary ideas. I’m thinking about love as a creative act. I’m thinking about my writing habits and some of the interests I haven’t pursued. I’m thinking about my next relationship. I’m thinking about my social side. The common thread seems to be defining who I am as…
LEAVING
Tonight I head back to Memphis. It’s been an enlightening few days. As I drove back to South Philly , the Philly skyline was stunning. If you were to scroll through the pics on my phone from the past year, you would see lots of these photos. Every evening, I made the trip from Bucks…
HONORING SOMEONE ELSE’S SADNESS
I did not intend to write about online dating on Christmas Day. It felt both cheeky and frivolous. At times, I wanted to spend my day in solitude thinking. Thinking about the people B lost and misses. So much of my blog has felt like self pity, that I thought today might be well-served thinking…
THE BEAUTY OF BANAL PLATITUDES
For the past three mornings I’ve sat at the kitchen table at my dad’s house where I’ve dipped toast in sunny side up eggs and drank my coffee and ate my bacon. On the wall opposite of where I sit, next to the light switch is a little placard that reads in cursive: Live, Laugh,…
THE QUIET FULLNESS OF CHRISTMAS EVE
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…
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…….