reading, writing, exploring
Posted in main on Jul 28th, 2011
A couple of weeks ago we caught most of an NPR NOW (sirius radio 122) broadcast of “Relaxed Focus” with David Allen (http://humanmedia.org) as we drove down I-81 (through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia). He had some interesting ideas. Perhaps I can get better at organizing stuff, deciding what needs to be done with something [...]
Posted in main on Jul 4th, 2011
There is a hole in my existence that opens up on occasion and sends me to a deep place. This place often strikes me as dark, but not always. We drove in to New England a couple of days ago. That empty space opened up in me. It felt something like the way I feel [...]
Posted in main on Jun 8th, 2011
This morning one of the members of my Cursillo reunion group announced that she has to leave the group. Of course, our first reaction was “NOT ALLOWED.” But then we listened to her fill in the blanks… and it was good news and bad. The bad of course is that one of our close knit [...]
Posted in main on Jun 7th, 2011
The jays, mockingbirds and brown thrashers out back are not pleased with me these days. It has nothing to do with my playing Angry Birds (oh, yes, I’ve been playing Angry Birds and enjoying slingshotting birds of various capabilities with varying success at blowing up green pigs in all sort of houses… but I digress). [...]
Posted in main on Jun 5th, 2011
(with apologies to Jimmy Buffet) I’ve recently been on a campaign to get rid of the extra padding I carry around — physically. So, I signed up with a weightloss clinic, where I pay more than I should for a program to redo my eating habits and drop pounds at a rate that keeps me [...]
