So, folks, it has been a while. Any semblance of a writing "practice" I had built beginning at the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 has left my being due to an intense series of events that have occurred to and around me and my family in the last two months. I will admit …
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Goin’ to California
Well, it has been a bit. I've been a busy little human, working the "day job" most of the day, and sometimes late nights, and squeezing in the extra stuff where I can. Sadly, the blog hasn't quite made it to the top of the priority list, but I'm still here! Hi! 👋 As some …
Metamorphosis
There are some ways in which I will never be able to remember what life was like before the pandemic: not to feel naughty, transgressive or like I'm courting danger to go to an indoor concert in a venue filled to capacity; not to have a 6 ft bubble that I live inside etched in …
Today’s Internal Dialog
Why aren't you writing? The blog is getting stale. I'm sick of looking at screens. And I can't gather my thoughts into coherence. But the blog was never FOR coherence; it was supposed to be for writing...Yeah, I know. I'm so sick of screens, though. And work is sapping all of my soul energy. Well …
Art
Lately, I have been listening to deep-dive interviews with people involved in the arts, performing, graphic, etc., about their crafts. All art is most simply put, a form of storytelling, whether through painting on canvas, sculpting clay, writing a novel, recording a song or filming a movie. Some art requires the expression of a story …
All Good Things Must Come to an End
I am going back to the day job Monday, after taking the last week and a half off. The first part of my time out of the office was dedicated to our annual Labor Day tradition of traveling to a group camp site for the long weekend. The trip, though cut short, really was lovely. …
Reading Makes Me Fall Asleep
About a year or more ago, I heard about a book that I became interested in called Trauma Stewardship by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky. I can't recall where I heard about this book, but it was likely mentioned in some podcast or another; I find out about a lot of cool shit from podcasts. The …
A Day, Derailed
I am not a morning person. If one knows anything about me, they probably know that I am more likely to be awake in the 2am hour than I am in the 5am, or even 6am hour, on any given day. Much of my writing and other creative brain work happens between 10pm and 2am. …
Asynchrony is a Gift
One of the greatest challenges of remote work for some is that you can no longer just walk up to someone's desk and chat them up. There are many instances where quick questions can be resolved with a quick conversation, plus you can share your thoughts about "the game" last night or other pleasantries in …
The Tide Keeps Moving
I've had a number of conversations lately about movement, progress, stagnation and time. I think after two years of pandemic, which caused an absolute shake-up to all our status quo, go-go routines, people finally seem ready to figure out what the "new normal" is going to be. The problem is, many of us and our …
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