I have started several different posts on different topics and didn’t like any of them. I decided to write early today because my daughter will leave for work around the time I would usually start. My wife will be up and about and also getting ready to head to the office. My son is staying … More It’s A Words Are Failing Me Wednesday
When I was in college I can remember telling someone I worked best under pressure. It was my excuse to procrastinate and then write a paper at the very last minute. But, I was good at it. I could sit down and knock out a decent paper in very little time. The shorter amount of … More I Used To Be Better With Deadlines
I didn’t have anything I had to do yesterday. It is the one day of the week when I have never had a barn shift. My wife was out of town so I was alone until my daughter woke up late in the day. I planned to go to Panera, get coffee, finish my book, … More Stuck in Schedule Mode
EDIT – I hate when I change a word in the title and forget to change the verb tense before publishing. I had a plan for this week. It started off on track. I got all of my errands done Monday as planned. Tuesday mostly went as planned. I did end up with a different … More When Your Plans Go Off Track
With the heat, my dog has been more active at night and starts trying to wake me up at 3 am. Add that to the heat, and sleep is not easy. I finally gave up on sleep at 5:30 and went out on the deck for coffee since it was cooler outside than in the … More My Less Than Stellar Start to the Day
Every travel day is the same. I wake up early. I’m packed and ready to go. I then wait for hours for anyone else in the family to be here and ready to go. This year is worse because both kids decided to stay at their place until this morning so I am waiting for … More Travel Day
One of my favorite parts of my professional life was being involved in the state library association. I did two different stints on the executive board as the president of one of the divisions. I spent years as a member of the steering committee of the Public Services Division. I spent years as a member … More Dipping a Toe Back Into My Old Life
But first an ad. I wrote the below on Medium yesterday. I’m trying to do less importing from here and more writing specifically to Medium(though I might cheat one more time today and import over a post from a year ago that popped up in my memories) Click! Read! I decided to use yesterday as … More Overwhelmed For No Reason
When I was a student at the University of Kentucky I worked at the library. One semester, I was one of the first to arrive and I would enter the library before it opened. There were always grad students there waiting to get in as soon as we opened and they would sometimes try to … More Bloganuary 24: Write About a Dream You Remember
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
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