Last night I tried my hand at painting again. I painted a barn from a photo I had taken a few years ago. For not having any training, it’s ok. But… the whole thing is so utterly, and entirely psychologically me. In that regard, I didn’t accomplish what I had wanted to (I’ll get to…
VALENTINE’S DAY: 18 HOURS IN NASHVILLE
Yesterday was Valentine’s Day. My stepdaughter is visiting for the weekend. We spent the morning walking around Memphis. We walked all the way from my apartment, down along the river to the S. Main area. We walked by where I used to work. We spent some time outside the Civil Rights Museum, quietly looking at…
NASHVILLE VS. MEMPHIS
Ideally, you’d have more than a few days to explore a city – let alone two cities. My stepdaughter, Carolyn, comes in to Memphis late tonight. I think tomorrow, we’ll stick around here for a little bit – maybe go to the Civil Rights Museum, and then around lunch time hit the road towards Nashville…
WITHOUT HUME, BUT NOT WITHOUT HUMOR
More often than not, I begin my mornings with a cat in my face and a bleary eyed reach to grab my phone and check the time. If it’s an appropriate time to get up (anytime after 5) I might actually get up. Usually before doing so, I’ll do a quick scroll through the dating…
PETTY (TOM OR TOMFOOLERY)
For a while now, I’ve thought about listing some minor, but very persistent annoyances. Aside from venting, I’m not sure what purpose that would serve, and yet…. But first, for no real reason at all other than to tie in the title of this post – here’s a Tom Petty video. It’s great to see…
COMMITMENT
To love without knowing how to love wounds the person we love. Thich Nhat Hanh I spent a good part of yesterday thinking and not writing. Well… I wrote in the morning, but there was a topic I wanted to tackle all day and wasn’t able to. What that looks like for me (when it’s…
MIXING AND POURING
Last night I hung out with my friend Lisa, we had some dinner and wine and she taught me the pour painting technique that she does. Those are the two paintings I made. They take about two days to set, and they’ll continue to change until they’re dry. This is what the red and teal…
AN ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND JEALOUSY
What is it in the brain that makes us want to be special in someone else’s eyes and life? What makes us want to be the first, or the only, the last, the best? What makes us see certain things as sacred? For me, the flip side of this coin is jealousy. I don’t always…
KNOW THYSELF
Two nights ago I was asked what my Enneagram types were. Until a few months ago, I knew nothing about these personality type indicators. I saw people posting them on their dating profiles. I took a test in November – and my two highest scores were type 9 The Peacemaker (98%) and type 2 The…
LONG NIGHTS
It’s after midnight. I just got home. I’m eating some peanut butter straight from the jar. I didn’t write yesterday. The tank was empty in the morning… and well, I just got home. This is how I expect my week to play out: 12 – 15 hour days, the last 3 hours of which are…
*POP*
Happiness. I write, often, as a way to give voice to my inner workings…. the battle between thinking and doing, the tug of war that lives in the very word between (love and hate, joy and pain, feeling and reflecting). I write (and read) in search of my interpretation of a good and meaningful life….