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Day 90: At Home with “11/22/63”

Posted on November 1, 2018

So tonight at home I got a bug in me to re-watch the Hulu mini-series “11.22.63,” inspired by the Stephen King novel of the same name.  As I have alluded to in…

Day 89: “King Sugar Cane,” a Halloween Rhyme

Posted on October 31, 2018

Happy Halloween!  No doubt the fact that I haven’t been eating processed sugar (or grains) for 2 1/2 weeks had something to do with writing tonight’s rhyme 🙂  I hope you like…

Day 88: Allowing the Rough Edges

Posted on October 30, 2018

This post is about allowing things to be imperfect.  First of all, let me define what “imperfect” means.  In this discussion, imperfect is anything my mind deems to be “out of place,”…

Day 87: Reaching for Satisfaction (Part 5)

Posted on October 29, 2018

I know I have written an awful lot about Satisfaction.   I find that this is an ongoing focus of mine that just continues to be interesting!  I am committed to mastering it…

Day 86: Re-Living (and Relieving) School Woes

Posted on October 28, 2018

My wife is an amazing photographer and digital artist, and she loves working on her iPad or iPhone making art.  She has become a specialist in using apps for this purpose, and…

Day 85: Three Raps from the Past

Posted on October 27, 2018

My first year here in Sacramento was the year I got married.  During that year, each week I wrote and recorded raps.  Thanks to regular Skype calls with my friend, English rapper…

Day 84: Performance, a Force to Be Reckoned With

Posted on October 26, 2018

Tonight I will be playing piano with a troupe of comedians who will be improvising an entire, complete with story, characters, and musical numbers.   The only thing we will know ahead of…

Day 83: Going through my process

Posted on October 25, 2018

So I got to Day 83 on this journey.  That’s closing in on 1/4 of the way through the year-long project.  Hurray! That means I can type words up daily and post…

Day 82: Staying Grounded in the Middle of the Turmoil

Posted on October 24, 2018

I got a little bit of a shock today when I checked my phone and saw that the stock market had gone down 3%.  And not for the first time in recent…

Day 81: How Dissatisfaction, Food Poisoning, and a TV Show Brought Me to Intermittent Fasting

Posted on October 23, 2018

So I have been doing Intermittent Fasting for over seven weeks now, and as you might guess from the rhyme I wrote about it a few days ago, I couldn’t be happier. …

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