I like to think that I am a forward looking guy who embraces change, but sometimes I am stuck in my ways simply because that’s what I have always done. That was probably the hardest lesson to learn 25 years ago when I left the corporate world. I couldn’t imagine what my life was going to be like now that my time was my own. And, that is a lesson I continually am learning even today. Continue reading Clinging To Your Old Self…
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
RJ's Corner - Having My Say 