The home of writers of sorts

It gets better

Ultimately, the world spins on, we with it, baggage and all. Remember when you are on the concourse of life, next flight delayed, it gets better.

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Friday Pick Six — Getting “Over” It

From Kyle D. White, who sends these every Friday, but has a standing invitation to become a poster here. So, a Friday pick six on a Sunday. 1) Over My Head, by The Fray Unexpectedly one of the better concerts I’ve been…

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Answers From Everywhere

What book could you read over and over again? The answer is forty two. When I can’t focus on reading, I return to a book about a book that reassures the reader to not panic. So I don’t, and I learn that…

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I am who I am

Now I live in the comfort of a fated non-fate. I have been a husband, father, grandfather, and friend. I have arrived here not unhappy.

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Depends on who’s asking

Who are your favorite people to be around? There are many persons that are my favorite, but people, not so much. Crowds aren’t my kryptonite, but they aren’t my favorite places to be. Party? Yes! Peace? Yes, as well! Chaos? Not as…

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You know

You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do? Tell my partner. (I know. A stock answer. Almost a trope even. But it is true and I hope it is for you, too. )

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Hmm 🤔, in the beginning

The obvious answer would rightfully be the smartphone. Nothing has inflicted such good and bad as much as the conflicted world it has put in the palm of our hands. There was something before, though. In the beginning, computers had whole dedicated…

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Time is not painless

Growth is a big piece of pain. I get stuck in a feedback loop. Sometimes physically, sometimes emotionally, sometimes both. When it is painful enough, I might decide to do something about it.

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Bubbles

You know that feeling before a thunderstorm, that sense of inevitably before the thunder? It’s like that, except, the internet and the inevitable AI bubble

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It’s All About The Widgets

That taught us to want widgets, and they taught us how to make them, but widget making was soon gone, and we are left with widgets trapped in some nightmarish late-stage capitalism feedback loop.

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It Isn’t Just You

have had many experiences, sometimes profound, sometimes simple. They all shape you. Some are like stovetops, fires you foolishly touch, lightning bolts of pain. Some are warm comforts, quiet whispers of passion, pillow dreams of bliss.

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Growing Things

My gardens are a work in progress, forever changing and adapting. My DIY until I leave this world. What a wonderful project.

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