The news is full of talk of the Omicron variant school shootings, Olympic boycotts, a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, and almost everything else bad you could conjure up. My kids are both living away from home. There’s a good chance I won’t see either of them until the 21st. My wife leaves for Kentucky … More Trying to Focus on the Positive
Timehop reminded me today that it has been four years since our last trip to NYC. I love NYC and have no idea when I might get back. A friend from high school is going to be in Kentucky next week and a group is getting together for lunch on Sunday. I will be here, … More I Need a Change of Scenery
One year ago today I posted a short note for readers to “stay tuned” for news. I was turning in my letter of resignation that morning. I was quitting my job after 25 years with the organization. The toxic work environment was killing me. I couldn’t stick it out for five more years to retire. … More One Year Later
Unless you are my wife, you have been aware for a while that we set the clocks back yesterday. If you are my wife, you woke up yesterday and said “I forgot the time changed. I could slept longer.” If you are my wife, you will comment again when it is dark at 5 that … More Hello Darkness My Old Friend
The last couple of days have not been great. The one good thing about the daily “What’s on TV” posts is that it gives me one thing to post that takes little thought. It was hard to get motivated to write anything else today, but I thought it would be better for me if I … More A Recipe for Bad Mental Health
Everything seemed to be going OK. I was settled into a writing routine. I’m inching toward 1000 followers here on WordPress. People are regularly reading my posts. It doesn’t translate into income here. On my best days, I can make maybe 25 cents from Word Ads. I don’t see that ever changing. To maybe make … More I Might Just Quit
My wife has decided she needs to go back to Kentucky to help her mom again. I mentioned in an earlier post that she had fallen and broken her arm. My wife went to check on her and help her out some after it happened. She felt bad when she left, Her mom has a … More More Hermit Life Begins Today
I have been home alone for a week now. With the exception of the blog, I have basically taken that week off. I’ve done some laundry. I’ve cooked for myself and cleaned up from that. I have done little else besides reading, watching football, and taking walks. It was nice, but also very lonely. It … More Getting Back on Track
Most nights I don’t remember my dreams. Sometimes I wake up feeling unsettled and I assume it was from a dream but I have no recall of the dream itself. Some mornings I wak up with the dream clearly in my head. Today is one of those days and it is lingering. In the dream, … More More Fun With Dreams
I’ve written here before about how my dog had started waking me up very early in the morning to go out. When this first started I would go back to bed and try to go back to sleep. That was complicated by the dog following back upstairs and jumping up in the bed to sleep … More Embracing the Pre-Dawn Hours
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