Category Personal

Embracing the Power of the Pen: Write It Down

In moments of boredom during a few days off with vertigo and “flu-like symptoms” the past few weeks, I engaged in a long overdue task of recovering posts from various former sites and archiving them here on my blog. In…

Mowing The Lawn

Two years ago today I wrote “Writing, Drawing, Creating” about how I was going to attempt to reengage with blogging. Given I posted a total of four posts in the two years, I think it’s safe to say that was…

A Grey Zone Life

Watching an old 2019 episode of ABC Foreign Correspondent about the growing intolerance of Danish society, The State of Denmark, Ellie Jokar, a Danish Muslim comedian/rapper/actor said something that really resonated with me… something that made me think of my…

Beaches

In a binary world, a world were the only options were thumbs-up or thumbs-down, I’d have to give beaches a thumbs-down.  Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot to like about beaches… the beauty, the serenity, the sound of waves…

Planes Aren’t Stocking

Michele suggested that I invent something that will keep up her stockings that doesn’t irritate her skin. I told her, I’m not that type of engineer. “Hey, you can keep planes up in the air, why can’t you keep stocking…

Hairy Legged Toddler

The other night, I awoke with the feeling that I had something under my chest. I look beside me and noticed that our youngest was in bed with us, and figured that she must be sleeping horizontally, as she’s been…

At The Beach

Was out with the clan a few weeks back, and went into a store to buy much needed replacements for my torn, tattered, patched jeans… I had no problem with them but someone was sick of patching them and said…

F-22 Raptor

Managed to get down to Avalon Airshow of Friday for a few hours, and I have to say that I was disappointed… disappointed because There were very few flying displays while I was there.  Compared to last time, where the…

Happy Binary Day – 10.01.11

There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those that don’t. Today is the second binary day of the year. The second of nine. There were nine last year too. There also were nine…