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”
One of my favorite “laid-back” hobbies is my collection of quotes I have saved over the years. I have literally thousands of them. I haven’t used them as much as I wanted, and I was recently thinking of just dropping … Continue reading About Those Quotes.
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Even when I didn’t want to admit it, I recognized that I was different from everyone around … Continue reading Life On The Margins – To Be Yourself
Contrary to what the picture above says, I don’t really think Wallace, Idaho is the center of the universe, although I will admit that it is a pretty town. This picture was taken in 2009 during our month-long vacation throughout … Continue reading Happy 4th
I just finished a book entitled “Embracing Retirement” by Gary Tretwell. It gave me some new insight into how to live my final years on this earth. I need something that exercises my brain just as much as you do … Continue reading I Need A Brain Duster
Welcome to a new category of art on MyArtsySide. It is called Outsider Art. The term was invented by french artist Jean Dubuffet in 1948. Here is a little about how he describes it. Continue reading A New Category of Artsy At RJsCorner.
Singlehood is a new term for me, but I have lived much of my life in that mode. I have coined a phrase “LOMO – Life On My Own” to describe it. In my prime days, it was called being a bachelor. Continue reading About Singlehood….
My 2025 goal for RJsMosaic of Life is to fill in important holes in my life experience. To that end, here is one of those times. But, it absolutely needs a life story to explain it. One of the things … Continue reading Mosaic of Life #155 – Snowbound
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