Welcome To The New “Boomer To AfterBoomer” (B2AB) Series

Welcome to the Boomer to AfterBoomers Club. Since this is the first official post for this new series, I want to tell you about what the B2AB project is all about and why you should come back often to this fount-of-wisdom.🙃 I know you have a picture in your mind of just who Baby Boomers are. I suspect you think that we were born during … Continue reading Welcome To The New “Boomer To AfterBoomer” (B2AB) Series

Without Us, Would God Be God?

How’s that for a question for the ages. I would love to hear your answer to it, especially before you read mine. I usually reserve these types of questions for Sunday, of course, that is because of my Catholic school experiences. The time to think about God was on Sunday, when we all get together for the weekly “pomp and circumstance”. I am currently knee-deep … Continue reading Without Us, Would God Be God?

The Fear Of Sitting Alone In A Quiet Room.

 French philosopher Blaise Pascal once wrote, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” It was a simple and profound thought about the nature of boredom, self-awareness, and our endless capacity to distract ourselves with stupid stuff. I am so adamantly drawn by all those ancient philosophers, who get to the very core of many human experiences. Being … Continue reading The Fear Of Sitting Alone In A Quiet Room.

Selfish Empathy…

At first glance, the title above just doesn’t make any sense. How can you be selfish and still focused on the well-being of others? In my opinion, with some explanations, the two interweave nicely together. To me, empathy means being your brother’s keeper, especially those worse off than you are. This attitude is what originally attracted me to Christianity. Helping others just seemed like what … Continue reading Selfish Empathy…

How To Increase Focus and Productivity

This post is primarily meant for all you neurotypicals out there. Most of us Aspies don’t have much of a problem with focus. In fact, we have it in spades, and simply can’t understand why you struggle with keeping focused. I recently read an article in the New York Times (click here if you want to see it) on how to maintain focus in your … Continue reading How To Increase Focus and Productivity

Why I Talk About Neurodivergents

Before I go any further, I should probably tell some of you that Neurodivergence means is that we don’t think or perceive the world as “normal” people do. Our brains are just wired differently than most. But, then again, what is “normal”, really? Being a neurodivergent person, normal, or neurotypical, is being like most other people. Why would I want to be like everyone else? … Continue reading Why I Talk About Neurodivergents

RetComLife – The Thing About Men: Part 2 -Let’s Build Stuff”

I have been in my RetCom home for 14 months now, and am slowly making some friends here. Being deaf and having Aspie traits has made that process difficult as it has for most everything in my last 35 years. Finding my place here has been a struggle. I tried to start up an activity pointed towards hearing loss issues, but that just didn’t pan … Continue reading RetComLife – The Thing About Men: Part 2 -Let’s Build Stuff”

EPS#4 – 1988, What A Year!

For this Sunday’s “Every Picture has a Story”, I chose the one above. It was taken towards the end of 1988. Except for my wife’s death last year, this was the most traumatic year of my life. When this picture was taken we were finishing up our 2nd year of marriage, and were attending a wedding of one of the countless nieces and nephews I … Continue reading EPS#4 – 1988, What A Year!

An In-Depth Story about One of My Disabilities…Part 2

Here is part 2 of my 2013 interview by Bob Lowery. See yesterday’s post if you missed part 1 ======================================= 4) During a typical day, are you constantly aware of your situation or does it take something out of the ordinary to remind you, “oh yeah, they don’t know I can’t hear them.”  When I spend the days here at the homestead I rarely think … Continue reading An In-Depth Story about One of My Disabilities…Part 2

An In-Depth Story about One of My Disabilities…Part 1

My paper copy In-Box is always overflowing, much of it with now useless stuff. Recently I decided to clean it out. That’s when I came across a copy of a March 2013 post from my friend Bob Lowery at satisfyingretirement.blogspot.com. The post was an interview about my life as a deaf person. As I scanned the copy, it came to me that I have never … Continue reading An In-Depth Story about One of My Disabilities…Part 1