Sometimes plans have a way of taking on a life of their own. We just gotta hang on. Also, coffee.
Category: Ruminations
And All of a Sudden…
It's July. Last year at this time we were limited to 8 people in the dojo, masks were everywhere and the tension was thick enough to cut with a knife. Last year I had just moved to Milwaukee and spent a fair amount of time bringing stuff to Ohio. Last year at about this time …
Here Be Monsters
Little monsters on maps and in our brains.
2 (Failures). 1 (Day).
It's the end of the countdown, and it's a doozy.
4 (Quicksilver Moments).
A theme throughout this blog has been one of quicksilver moments. The little slivers of time that seem to hang in the air for far too long and for a split second, everything seems, not perfect, not priceless, but pure. You are fully invested in this moment, every smell, feeling, taste, and sight of it, …
Tornadoes and Kraken
It's been a weird few months. Not to say it's been bad, quite the contrary, it's been great! I've learned so very much and had the support of wonderful people. But, it's also been a crazy type of stressful. And now, sitting in the debris from the whirlwind owlishly looking around, it leaves me in …
New States, New Adventures, New Options, and Just a Whole ‘Lotta New!
Quarantine is lifted (for now), Lia is graduating Residency, I moved to Milwaukee, Lia is moving to Ohio, I seem to live my entire professional life on Zoom, the cat is getting skinnier and I was mentioned ever so briefly in Black Belt Magazine (Thank you Jackson Rudolph!) Also, I'm becoming something of an expert …
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Spiderwebs and Tension Lines
Just the other day I was chatting with someone who mentioned that my thoughts tend to spread a bit like spiderwebs. A little of this, a little of that, and a bunch of random things all in between that are connected, hopefully, by some common threads. This can be a good thing, a fascinating and …
This one thing I get STUCK on…
Ever since college, there's been this idea that I've just been STUCK on, and this is my 12,825th attempt to express it.
Try That Again…
We all have the canned answers. Sometimes, they aren't quite good enough.
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