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Two weeks ago (I think – I lose track of the days, they are a blur) I finally uploaded content for the Archives page that I had planned on creating four years ago.  What can I say, why do…

In 2013 I bought a pair of roller skates.  I had been thinking about how much I loved to skate and decided I wanted to start skating again.  The skates arrived, I tried them on to make sure they…

The above photo was taken while visiting friends in Sarasota. One of my friends had recently purchased a Gold Wing and when he asked me if I wanted to go for a ride I jumped at the chance (his…

It’s 1:25AM and I should be sleeping but instead I’m lying in the dark mentally going through my Christmas to-do list.  Panic is rising in my chest because I’m not sure that I am done with my shopping yet.  Eventually…

Sometimes I take things for granted, it’s not intentional and it’s not that I’m not deeply appreciative, they are just the things I count on happening without question. Take breathing for example, most days I don’t think about breathing…

I’ve got a very curious brain that loves to learn and explore new ideas and that curiosity has taken me to more than a few interesting events over the years. 

Long long ago in the eighties there was…

I don’t think people realize how much strength it takes to pull yourself out of a dark place mentally.  So if you’ve done that today or any day, I’m proud of you. 

I’d credit the author of…

The photo above always makes me laugh.  Laugh and wonder.   I wonder whose idea it was that I should be Amelia Earhart for Halloween.  I love that my parents went for it, but did they make the costume? Was it…

Tonight I find myself thinking about imagination. More specifically I am wondering if perhaps, I don’t have a very over-active imagination. 

I’m sitting on my porch, listening to the wind (freezing my ass off, damn it’s chilly) and in…

One of the only things I’m certain of in life is this - I won’t make it out alive.  There is no escaping death and I consider myself very lucky to have made it this far, far too…