This morning was the first in several months that I did not have hustle to get to a job, a task, a project, or some assignment. I took my cup of tea to my desk and checked my email where … Continue reading
Category: thinking
Unscheduled
The Day My Doctor Died
I did not know he was gone as I harvested seeds from spent love-in-a mist and worried that the size of my family increased the chances exponentially for injury and death. The day before a woman, whom I hardly knew, … Continue reading
Change of Plans
Cindy and I planned to go to Todos Santos for two weeks in February to hang out with the dogs while Connie and Andy came back to the states to get their kitties. But all that changed. Turns out the … Continue reading
It's Beginning to Feel a Lot Like Christmas
Quite unintentionally, I’ve found myself launched into the Christmas season. It all started on Friday when I accompanied the Tippetts to a program at the Gallo Center: “An Irish Christmas!” Thinking I was going simply as an extra pair of … Continue reading
Approaching Fall
The buckeye have turned rusty and crackling. Poison oak is turning too. The meadow grass is platinum blond with dark green tufts of tarweed starting to poke through. Blood red dragonflies skim over the surface of the waving grass. Today … Continue reading
Kudos
Cindy sent her computer in for a tune up while we were in Southern California, so we haven’t downloaded the photos nor do I have access to the great photos from the first week of July, so this evening’s blog … Continue reading
Morning Routine
One of the best things about the two vacations we went on in May and June was my morning routine. I got up early every morning and sipped a cup of tea while I read the Dharma. Then I meditated, … Continue reading
ER is over
When I met Cindy, she was an ER fan. We didn’t have a TV when we first moved to Jamestown, so her mom used to tape it for us, and we would watch 2 or 3 episodes at once. It … Continue reading
UpDate
So much is going on and no time to blog (blogging in my head certainly does not make it public). So I’m opting for a summary of some pretty fantastic times with pictures of some of the notable events. The … Continue reading
Goodbye Coffee
More than 20 years ago, when I first decided that coffee was probably something that was doing me more harm that good, I asked Dr. Borgquist about its ill effects. He said, “No one ever died from drinking coffee!” Right, … Continue reading