rambling Have a Cat... Brent and I worked in the yard this morning. Technically Brent is still working in the yard but my part is done so I decided to sit down and write. My challenge right now is that my lap is in a sunbeam and somebody did not get his morning cuddles.
rambling Results! I should have written Wednesday morning about the election results but I was too busy Hope Scrolling. The Dems won big in every election across the nation. Now, it was an off year election and it won't really change much that's going on but... It was
rambling Election Day! Okay, so there is nothing really important on the ballot here locally. Library funding basically, which is important, but not like who will lead us important. In other parts of the country there are more significant items. There are a few Governor's races and one very interesting Mayoral
rambling It Will Wait... I started out this morning writing a fiction piece for the blog. I've been working and reworking the story in my head for the last few days and finally sat down to write it out. Then Katie called and we had a really nice visit. Then I got
rambling When Is It Too Late? I've talked a little about this before, when is it too late to run? When will we look back and say, "we should have gone when..." It's always the question when you are studying WWII in school right? Why did people stay? Why didn&
rambling Wait, October's Over? It's a weird thing that October seemed to go by so quickly when time has become a molasses swamp of endless WHAT THE FUCK IS HE DOING NOW?? But it did. So let's see how it went. Umm...it went. Workouts: I was really great about
rambling Day by Day... When my parents first got married they lived in an Italian neighborhood. Italians weren't quite all the way to white yet at that time so their neighborhoods were still the most affordable. My parents were early gentrifiers. Or not. I mean, they didn't move there to
fiction Someone Like You fiction "Mind if I ask you a question, Wyatt?" He thought, could I stop you? "Go ahead." "Haven't you ever wanted more?" "More what?" "More in life than what you have. To be more." "Why would I
rambling Family Ties... I have a complicated relationship with my siblings. That's the sort of thing people say outloud. It's complicated. Basically we don't really like each other. We have nothing in common. If we met as strangers we wouldn't click. Which is so weird
rambling Beautiful Babies... My brother was an ugly baby. That's part of our family lore. My oldest brother was an ugly baby. And not just that but it scandalized my Aunt Dorothy that my mother would say he was ugly. My mom would tell the story and she would say, "
rambling No Kings... This morning in the grocery store we overheard the checker passing along the phone number for an organization that you can call if ICE shows up where you are. They will come and do what they can to help. As she was explaining to another checker what all they do
rambling It Happens... I've talked about how I have systems and processes to run my life. Checklists, pretty colored stars, schedules, routines. It's the way I make sure I don't get lost in the weeds and get nothing done. It's also how I regulate my
rambling Take My Advice... ...or don't. I mean, it's totally up to you. Advice is one of those odd things. Most of us don't really want it, but we still ask for it. We doubt ourselves. We question our decisions. So we ask people for their advice. And
rambling How Does Your Garden Grow? My hands hurt today. Achy breaky joints... I knew they would. We did a lot of yard work yesterday. Planted our spring bulbs, did some cleanup, spread some good dirt. The challenge is that the land under our house is clay. When I dig far enough to plant a bulb
rambling Everybody Do the Propaganda... I almost feel like I should tag this one as fiction. It's really crazy making to watch the president lie about what is happening in your city and not see immediate pushback from the media he is talking to. Supposedly Portland is war ravaged. We are burning. We
rambling Entertainment? On Monday's The Daily Show Jon Stewart interviewed Tristan Harris about AI. It was really disturbing. I mean, I recommend the watch, it's very informative but it's also really depressing. Brent and I both agreed that we wouldn't be following Mr. Harris&
rambling Court Is In Session... Well here we go again. Another round of Inferior Court decisions are about to be made. I just read a book about how this entire court runs on vibes instead of the law. I don't really recommend the book because her style of writing was (again probably a
fiction Observations fiction "Okay, you've been surveilling the neighborhood for a week now. Tell me what you saw and what you think we should do." "Most of the houses are abandoned. And there are a few that look abandoned, their windows are boarded up, the doors blocked,
rambling Hairy Situation... I know this is going to come as a shock to all of you but...I'm very vain about my hair. Okay, so from the laughter I'm guessing it's not a shock at all. Yes, if you've known me for any time
rambling I'm Positive... I've mentioned before that I added a Positive book to my yearly "stuff I do" this year. It was part of my theme for the year (instead of goals, though I mean, I have goals too) I wanted to be the very best version of me
fiction Wrong Impression... fiction My first impression of Carl was that he had to be very very rich. Even when I learned the truth I had a hard time shaking that initial thought. There were reasons for that impression. First off he had contacted me through LinkedIn for a job opportunity. Now only
rambling Wake Me Up... and call me Billie Joe Armstrong because September is ending. It was a status quo month. That's the best way to describe it. Maybe I was napping along with Mr. Armstrong afterall. That cold I wrote about Brent having at the end of August turned out to be
fiction Sound Investment... fiction "First off, welcome to Reverb, we are so excited to have you here!" "Thank you. I'm looking forward to digging in to the research." "Sure, sure, sure...but today let's start with a little tour. Get you sort of acquainted
rambling Yes or No? So in my search for conversation topics to use for nonfiction (aka rambling) blogs I ended up on 275 Yes or No Questions to Break the Ice! Which, come on, yes or no questions don't really break the ice. A yes or no answer doesn't really
rambling Happy New Year! I have talked before about how I tend to want to start new things or set new goals in August and September, how it's actually weird to me to do it in January but I do because that's when everyone else is so there are all
