The title is the most fundamental part of life for all of us. But, what we do with that middle part is mostly up to us. My sagely wisdom after 75 years of life is to appreciate everything that comes … Continue reading You’re Born, You Live, And Then You Die
My retirement community apartment is just across from the assisted living wing. When I open my curtains every morning and close them every night, the window forty feet away has a person watching a news channel. I can’t tell which … Continue reading Being Bombarded By The Same Message…
As I get older, the world around me seems to disappoint me more and more. Part of that is due to an extreme narcissist who has conned so many people who would never dream of thinking for themselves, that he … Continue reading The Only World That Won’t Disappoint…
I came across an article over at the Medium a while back that kinda struck a nerve. The title was as above. Yeah, I do kinda think that I am meaner than I used to be. It’s just that I … Continue reading Why Old People Are Mean?
I’m going to kinda change tracks for this Philosophy Monday to discuss the Christian Bible. But, there is a serious connection, which I will end up talking about. During my eight-year serious study of the Bible I read it from … Continue reading Philosophy Of Life: The Difference Between Theology And Philosophy
For this week’s “Every Picture Has A Story”, I give you Starry Night by Vincent Van Gough. The story behind the picture is very emotional for me. I don’t really remember when I first saw the picture above, but it … Continue reading EPS#3 – Starry Night & A Mini Meltdown
For this Artsy Saturday let’s step back and look at the broader view of things. Artsy Saturday is a part of the trilogy of new projects I am starting at RJsCorner. The banner above shows the other two. For the … Continue reading About Artsy Saturdays (and other such things)
Yesterday’s post was about one of the two things I am doing to basically change where I am going with RetComLife. Today’s post is the second shoe I don’t want to be one of those people who simply complains about … Continue reading RetComLife – The Second Shoe – Making Things Better
I now have over 40 posts in the category of RetComLife (retirement community life), so I have decided to now forego the numbers in the title line. My RetComLife posts up until now, have been about the “dos and don’ts” … Continue reading RetComLife – Stories About Fitting In (aka becoming one of the gang)
The last ten years of my wife’s life, I was in the caretaker mode. That became a bigger burden as the years went by. Towards the end I started dreaming of being able to use the rest of my life … Continue reading I Thought She Was Holding Me Back…
I have let you know at least a couple of times that one of the things I enjoy the most about my RetCom (retirement community) is the three-quarter-mile walkway that runs along the perimeter of the property. One reason is … Continue reading The Thing About Walks…
At first glance philosophy appears for the most part to be esoteric. It is mysterious, cryptic, and obscure. Some of the things that are debated make no sense at all. But, then along comes something that is essential to our … Continue reading Philosophy of Life #4 – Is Philosophy Esoteric?
The Story – Calming The Savage Beast My late wife was a picture puzzle addict from the get go. Over our 35-year marriage, there was almost no time that there wasn’t picture puzzle pieces strewn across her “puzzle table”. Yes, … Continue reading EPS #2 – Every Picture Has a Story… A Picture In Pieces
The title of this post sounds kind of mysterious, doesn’t it? But it has a lot to do in the practice of sketching. Let’s talk about that first, then some exercises. This week I got through the 39 pages of the book. The first part was about the mental side of sketching. Liron, the author, assured me that I can learn to be a passable sketcher as long as my mind is in the game. As mentioned in the last post, practice is an essential part of that mindset. It also has to do with visual intelligence. Sketching is about … Continue reading Artsy#4 – Sketching Is A Mind Game…
They say that envy is one of the most common emotions. There is even a commandment about it. I never thought of myself as having envy, but in reality I have probably lived with it most of my life, and … Continue reading I Am Secretly Covered With Envy…
In the last year, I have spent a lot of time trying to discover the source of happiness, or maybe it is the source of unhappiness. Solve one and the other solves itself. I have even put out a ten-post … Continue reading The Real Secret To Happiness
I recently read a post over at TheMedium.com where the author stated nine reasons why Neurotypicals (NT) don’t like people with Autism. I don’t really agree with her basic premise that most NTs just don’t like us. Yes, I do … Continue reading Oh, Poor Misunderstood Me…
Let’s start off this post with a broad definition of philosophy. At its core philosophy literally means “The Love of Wisdom”. In its broadest sense it is an activity people undertake when they seek to understand fundamental truths about themselves, … Continue reading Philosophy Of Life #3 – Just What Is Philosophy?
To my regular readers (God bless you), it is pretty obvious that I love my special projects. And from your responses, I pretty sure you do too. Special Projects are where I can let my Aspie traits shine. I love … Continue reading Every Picture Has A Story (EPS)#1 – An Introduction
Let’s face it, anything that is worth doing takes practice. If you want to learn how to play a guitar, as I did in my teen years, it takes hours and hours of practice. The more you practice, the better … Continue reading Artsy Fartsy #3 – It’s ALL About Practice…
Here we are facing another massacre of children by a person who had a vendetta against one thing or another. In just about any other country in the world a person would be complaining but would not have the ability … Continue reading Guns Make Little People Feel Big
When I write each daily post here at RJsCorner, I start out putting the initial “idea” down on virtual paper. Then comes the redoes, edits if you will. That usually happens two to three times before it is posted in … Continue reading Having Redoes
It’s been a while since I posted in the RetComLife project. Sorry… If there is one lesson I can get you to realize in my RetComLife series it is, if you are an active senior you should probably seek out … Continue reading RetComLife #40 -“Active” Retirement Communities
You’re going to forget 90% of what you hear or read because it’s usually single exposure. If you really want to learn something, keep going back to it. I don’t know who said this quote, but there is a lot … Continue reading Keep Going Back To It…
After looking at last Monday’s post about Bertrand Russell I have decided that I have been thinking too narrowly about this new special project. So, I am going to expand its scope to include lessons on life learned from several … Continue reading The Philosophy Of Life #2 – Why?
Ok, I got it wrong out of the gate. The novice that I am, I just assumed that a sketch was a drawing!🤪 So, I basically started out with the wrong book. (sorry Bob). While the book I first bought (Drawing for the absolute beginner) will be useful down the road, it proved to be not what I needed out of the gate. So, I went on the search for a book on sketching. I think I found a pretty good one. I found this one and after an Amazon – Look Inside, I decided that this is better for … Continue reading Artsy Fartsy#2 A Sketch Is Not A Drawing
I am a lifelong dreamer. I seem to constantly be thinking about how my world could be better if only… But, if you spend too much time dreaming, can that eventually become your reality? That is what this post is … Continue reading Can Dreams Become Reality?
There is innocence in youth, unclouded by history, politics, and conflict. And maybe more so, the emotional baggage we carry through life strips us of our innocence? Even with purposefully trying to avoid it, the politics of these current times … Continue reading There Is Innocence In Youth…
Each one of us has a story sometimes filled with mourning and grief along with occasionally happiness. Isn’t that what life is all about. It is not a stagnant thing that stops because of a loss or embarrassment. We simply … Continue reading Life Carries Us On…
Good patches come and go, but in the end it is all about laying in the sun. Of course, the quote above came from an avid sunbather, but it does have a more profound meaning. Presently, I am suffering from … Continue reading Good Patches Come And Go…
If there were only a surefire handbook by the above title, life would be simpler. Unfortunately, everyone with more than an ounce of brains thinks they have discovered this secret and if you give them $12.99 they will let you … Continue reading Rules For A Better Life
Let me start off this post with a cop out. I was expecting to give you my first “piece of art” sketch, but I just didn’t get around to it. I promise I will do better in the weeks ahead. … Continue reading Artsy Fartsy #1 – Lots Of Tools…
Now that my “Love of my Life” series is completed, I want to end this week’s posts on a related topic. Almost everyone knows the old saying Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die to … Continue reading Without Death, Living Would Be Unbearable.
Today is the first anniversary of my wife’s death. I still think of her everyday, but maybe a little less often now. Just before we got married, she asked me if we were making the right decision? I told her … Continue reading Remembering The Love Of My Life – Alone Together…
In the last few weeks before her death in hospice, my wife and I managed to have a serious conversation about coping with life, particularly mine after she is gone. It was fortunate that the conversation happened when it did … Continue reading Remembering The Love Of My Life – Advice & A Secret Revealed
My wife was just not a person of action. She would rather just enjoy each day as they came along. Her card and board games, picture puzzles, naps, and TV shows were her daily activities throughout our married life. She … Continue reading Remembering The Love Of My Life – GDL & New Jersey
It was a year ago this Thursday that my wife drew her last breath. Of course, I am having some serious emotions about that. I decided that to commemorate her life, I will write some heartfelt posts about her this … Continue reading Remembering The Love Of My Life – Her Early Years
Going forward, I am going to dedicate the weekends here at RJsCorner to showcase my artistic talents, especially in sketching. In my youth I was kinda proud of the sketchings that I made. For some reason, I never tried to … Continue reading Introducing Artsy Fartsy Saturdays
They say that those of us with Aspie traits don’t live in the real world. There is some truth to that, at least as far as I am concerned. My view of the world is probably somewhat different from yours. … Continue reading What’s So Great About The Real World?
I recently heard the phrase Music can lift you up when you are feeling lousy That brought back a flood of memories of the times when I was feeling lousy and my 33rpm records eased the pain. The last time … Continue reading Music Can Lift You Up…😪
I spend a lot of time here on RJsCorner talking about being a deaf Aspie and how I have struggled to cope with those challenges in my life. Oh, the slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune! Oh, Woo is me! … Continue reading I Like Who I Am…
Here’s Hoping We Have At Least A Few More In Us…. More on that tomorrow. The U.S. always makes the right decision, after they have tried everything else. – Winston Churchill Continue reading Here’s Hoping…
I have one more bucket list item that I want to tackle in 2022. Well, I actually have a few others, but those are so much in the pipe dream category as not to count. The bucket list item that … Continue reading The Final Bucket List…
I see so many places on the internet that seem to live in a make believe world. Everything is always perfect and everyone is happy as can be. NOT ME!! What you see here on RJsCorner is my life and … Continue reading Living In A Make Believe World, Not Me…
This is my last post on my recent 6,000-mile trip through the South and Southwest. The lessons learned from that trip will last me a lifetime, or at least what I have left of it. I am ready to declare … Continue reading On-The-Road Epilogue # 8 – Wrapping It Up…
