I’m unsettled! There isn’t really any other way to say it. I have so many ideas and no real course to get any of them done. I keep notes on my phone with these flashes of brilliance. My ideas are so detailed for the moment the inspiration hits but most simply fade away or become…
Last November I was faced with the decision of taking social security at sixty-two or wait until some age between now and seventy or even at all, but I’m not opposed to social programs that I’ve paid for all my life. This decision is something I was pretty sure about it, as recently as two…
Lately, my conversation has been remembering things from my past. This doesn’t mean everything was about things I’ve done, no, some of it was remembering about a world less complicated. Kids were a dream with wondering what kind of people they would be. Times when politics actually made since instead of the modern-day shit or…
Awhile back, I was talking to my book reviewer/editor (Kate) about how writing about something is like a high-level view of the real story and is often just a catalyst to a memory. Even in my book, my love of music and the eclectic nature of my taste got overshadowed by the many other things…
I think we spend most of our lives trying to figure out some kind of purpose. Some are lucky to find that early on and that might be a career or family. We often define ourselves by what we do for a living. Many people really have nothing they can pinpoint about themselves other than…
Most of my life I have loved working with my hands. The ultimate expression being the working of wood. To make a door, a table, maybe even something having drawers. Theoretically, I get the concept of making anything and everything. I’ve restored many things, but I’m merely renewing, repairing, maybe resurfacing. The main theme though…
Aren’t we on the constant search of who we are? We are in a constant struggle to achieve some goal only obtainable by ourselves. The fear of failure and taking a road with less challenges is probably the lane most of us choose. I hate to fail and I have always said that I win,…
Several months ago, I started experiencing problems in breathing. My worst nightmare had come to life and I was scared for the first time since I was a little kid and thought something would get me from under the bed. I have always been a pretty low key person and most thought nothing ever really…
This is a line from a show we were watching the other day. It kind of hung with me as I thought about its meaning and advice. Do we chase the feeling of perfection? Do we relive the moments through pictures? What about all those firsts in life; first step, first word, first smile, and…
Lately, I’ve been having a hard time motivating myself to get things done. Things that I have committed to doing myself instead of hiring a contractor. Things that Jen wants done, but I can’t seem to put enough focus on to make her happy. It doesn’t help that I feel it is for show and…
