Rumi was a 13th century poet from Afghanistan who had some wise things to say. Sometimes I forget that poets have been around for a thousand years or more, to understand that his words here transcend his times. Continue reading Yesterday I was Clever…
(Am I the controller or the controlee?) I finally realized something that is at a most fundamental level for me. That something is control. From a very early age, control became an essential part of my nature. I simply had … Continue reading It’s All About Control…
Being a person with some strong Aspie traits, I just don’t handle stressful situations well. Fortunately, I don’t totally lose it as the word meltdown infers, but I quit acting like an adult and instead am a panicked kid. In autism studies, these episodes are called meltdowns, so I will call them that for the purposes of this post. Continue reading Aspie Meltdowns
I thought someone might appreciate my new artsy plant stand for displaying my ever-increasing plant collection. The stand itself is very artsy. I like that. Continue reading HMS – My New Plant Stand
I am a scribbler on the margins. The body of the first draft of any post here seldom gets through without some serious corrective scribbles on the margins, at least the e-margins. I don’t use much paper anymore, so maybe … Continue reading Scribbling On The Margins
The theme I celebrate for this month is My Artsy Side As usual, my Aspie traits demands that I dig deeper into subjects that interest me. With that in mind, I have decided to dig deeply into unconventional art. Of … Continue reading Celebrating Art
“This would be a great time in the world for some man to come along that knew something” will Will Rogers – 21 Sept 1931 We seem to be a nation that so desperately needs someone who knows something. The … Continue reading For Someone Who Knew Something…
I recently went through a town that was part of my youth growing up in the 1950s. It was where my favorite aunt lived. My father was the youngest of that generation, and this aunt was the 2nd oldest. But … Continue reading And Then There Was One…
Why Create A Mosaic Of Life? Life is often described as a journey or an adventure, but another way to look at it is as a mosaic. For senior citizens, creating a “Mosaic of Life” can be an important way of looking … Continue reading A Mosaic Legacy?
I don’t know if I am going to skid sideways totally worn out into my death, but I do have several body parts that will arrive in that condition. I have tortured my knees since an early age, so they … Continue reading What A Ride!!
“The time to worry about debt is before you get it, not after you got four-fifth of it” – Will Rogers, 21 December 1932 These words of wisdom were just as ignored in Will’s day as they are today by … Continue reading Worrying About Debt….
I’m not really sure where this photo was taken, but I think it was in a statehouse someplace in the west and likely in 2002 or so. I say that since I remember the story that goes along with it. … Continue reading Highway To Heaven
I know that I am not the only person in the U.S. who is deaf. In reality there are more than three million of us around. About two million of those are like me who went deaf as an adult. … Continue reading Being Alone In The World
Just in case you haven’t gotten the message before. (I have very busy margins) Continue reading A Busy Margin
After many months of study and experiments I have currently settled on two versions of being artsy at RJsCorner. I have also renamed the general category to Outsider Art. This post will kinda explain what all this means. Continue reading Outsider Art… And Other Such Things
You might notice that there is one green apple among several red ones. It’s kinda symbolic that they are in a crystal bowl. You might say this iconically represents my life. I seem to always be the one that sticks … Continue reading Odd One Out
I currently have over 300 posts here at RJsCorner that are in the category Life on the Margins, and I realize that very few of them ever see the light of day via archive reads. For that reason, I will … Continue reading Life On The Margins – Redux.
When we talk about margins, it is most often about that space on a book page that doesn’t contain any text. I want to tell you a story about how that definition might literally describe margin people like me and possibly you. Of course, that demands a personal story. Continue reading Life On The Margins – Literally
Yes, you can tell the current version of artificial intelligence to write a paper for you on just about any subject, and it will provide something for you. But it will most often look like it was written by a … Continue reading AI Makes The Dumb, Dumber…
I’m going to be putting more priority on Life on the Margins (LOM) going forward here on RJsCorner. For this post, I want to explain what this category of posts is intended to be about, and then to tell you … Continue reading Putting More Priority On “Life On The Margins”
RJ's Corner - Having My Say 