Adventures · Inspiration

What I’ve learned during the pandemic

Yesterday, I started this blog post. I ranted, and I inserted photos that I had linked to CDC, etc., and this morning, when I went to continue editing the post, everything was gone except for one picture. Every word I had written was gone - lost in WordPress cyberspace, or removed because I had ranted… Continue reading What I’ve learned during the pandemic

Adventures · Emptying the nest

A creepy surprise

I've loved books all my life.  At one point, I had a collection of over 500 books.  Occasionally, when I go through the collection to sort and weed books out, I'm surprised to see what I've kept. Two years ago, on July 25, 2017, I was going through a cedar chest to part with my… Continue reading A creepy surprise

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The weekend Mrs. went MIA

Aliens do live here in our woods.  They make loud scary noises and then the deer run.  And YES! it does happen. No, they don't, and no, it doesn't happen here. Yes, it does.  People and trees get abducted all the time. No, they don't.  Not here.  Not from our house or in our backyard. … Continue reading The weekend Mrs. went MIA

Adventures · Inspiration

How I accomplished my reading goals

Holy crap...I gotta tell ya folks, it's an amazing feeling to accomplish a goal.  I'm talking about meeting a goal that was set months earlier and Shazam!, all of a sudden the goal is reached. Before I planned it to happen. It was one of a 1st of the year kinda goals. Yeah, I did… Continue reading How I accomplished my reading goals

Inspiration

Why you shouldn’t wait until January 1st to set new goals

Here's the deal about goal setting on January 1st that has always irked the hell out of me: There's no fricken reason why that is the PERFECT day to start any goal. It's bullshit. Really? Yeah, it rarely works, that is unless you've planned well in advance and sold yourself on the idea for at… Continue reading Why you shouldn’t wait until January 1st to set new goals

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If you’re not a Twitter, are you a Twit?  

Is it still hip and trending to be a Twitter user?  I know, I know, I know, that question alone dates me.  After all, Twitter has been around since their launch in July of 2006.  There must be something to it if 330 million users trill their words of wisdom via tweets every day? Since… Continue reading If you’re not a Twitter, are you a Twit?