The Edge of Despair: Drowning in the Noise of Now
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Love and Growth: A Sonnet for Her 70th Birthday
A sonnet for my fabulous wife and partner on the occasion of her seventieth birthday. Today you wake beneath a brighter sky,A soul reborn with every breath you take.No past regret can dim your rising high,No shadow lingers where your morning breaks.Your spirit sings of reinvention’s flame,Of pages turned, and chapters newly writ.You are not defined by yesterday’s name,But by the spark that dares you not to quit.You walk a path where blossoms rise anew,Each step a vow to live, to love, to grow.Revived by dreams, by storms you once passed through,You shine with a light the world will come … Continue reading Love and Growth: A Sonnet for Her 70th Birthday
What’s in your GO-BAG?
What’s in your Go-Bag? I’m not talking about that small travel bag that you take on an overnight visit or the one that you cram into the overhead bin on an airplane. And I really don’t mean the bag you keep in the back of the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet at work in case you don’t make it home after having drinks with friends the night before. I’m talking about your emergency evacuation ‘get-the-hell-out-of-Dodge’ GO-BAG! Things have gotten tough enough and unpredictable enough that we really need to consider having a Go-Bag ready ‘just in case’. We’re facing … Continue reading What’s in your GO-BAG?
A Journey to Fulfillment? Distractions! Caught in a Loop!
A journey to fulfillment? Uh, no. Guess what? Distracted again! Caught in a loop! A Journey to Fulfillment stymied. Do you remember my commitment to setting priorities for all those goals and self-imposed deadlines that I intended to put in place or had been putting in place when last I posted? Caught in a loop! Distracted again! Speed bumps on a journey to fulfillment! Well, guess what,? I’ve missed most of them because there’s still just too much to do and I have allowed the outside world to get a toe hold in my focus and my imagination. For instance, … Continue reading A Journey to Fulfillment? Distractions! Caught in a Loop!
TIAs and Aphasia
TIAs and Aphasia are not to be confused with Tiaras and Asparagus. TIAs and Aphasia are serious indications of something going wrong in your brain. Let me ask a couple of questions to put this in context. Have you ever found yourself short of words? At a loss for words? Have you ever had trouble thinking of the right word, or any word that will get your thought across? And when you couldn’t string together three or four words that you could actually say, not even an “F” bomb, did you panic? That’s aphasia! What happened? Were you having a … Continue reading TIAs and Aphasia
Hitting the creative wall in retirement
The creator part of me has hit a wall in retirement. It may be more of a speedbump than a wall. I just need to figure out how to move forward. Got any solutions for hitting the creative wall in retirement? I’ve got a lot of ideas, I just can’t get them done. There’s a lot of reasons for it. Its not inertia. I’m overwhelmed and it shows up as procrastination. I have an active retirement. Some activities are are driven by family and friends, and the necessities of a new retirement career. Some activiites are leftovers from my working … Continue reading Hitting the creative wall in retirement
Grab a hat
If you’re going out, grab a hat to take that is appropriate to the situation. Moving Through the World is one of my major ‘things’. You have to get out and experience life. Take a stick and grab a hat. Continue reading Grab a hat
Tyranny of New Year’s Resolutions
Tyranny of New year’s Resolutions It’s the time of the year when we fall into the biggest trap we create for ourselves; the New Year’s Resolution. At the changing of the calendar year we are expected to make New Year’s Resolutions. Oh, the tyranny of the New Year’s Resolution!! The expectations that drive the creation of New Year’s Resolutions started 4000 years ago in ancient Babylon. At their New Year, which wasn’t January but Spring, the idea of rebirth and growth spurred the population to reaffirm the reign of the king, or crown a new monarch. They also made promises … Continue reading Tyranny of New Year’s Resolutions
Winter view from a drone
The winter in Alberta can look pretty bleak when taking the winter view from a drone. Don’t those skies look lovely? A clear blue sky usually means COLD ! But it is pretty, eh? Continue reading Winter view from a drone
Traveling goes wrong!!
We want to trust and believe in the competence of our travel service providers when we leave home. We embark on journeys for many reasons, not the the least of which is to expand our world view and to learn something. No one expects traveling to go so wrong because of our travel service providers. Traveling goes wrong. The one thing I’ve learned from this latest trip is not to trust WestJet schedules at face value when booking. I no longer trust WestJet to get it right the first time. This trip was our first trip since the beginning of … Continue reading Traveling goes wrong!!