After completing the Buffett biography last week, which I savored with a relish that epitomizes why I love reading (I loved this book!), I didn’t miss a beat in picking up another…
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Day 349: Stay the Course!
A long time ago, back when I still lived in the Bay Area and before I met Charr, I had a most unusual housemate at the place where I was living. He…
Day 348: Pivot Your Way to Happiness (Part 2)
Okay, so now is definitely a time for me to practice pivoting. I am feeling some strong negative emotion, and this indicates that there is something off in my focus, in other…
Day 347: What I got from writing “Charlie’s Dog”
Writing the “Charlie’s Dog” short story (read it here) over the last few weeks was completely unique in my experience, at least as far as this blog goes. Prior to that, all…
Day 346: A Big Mind is Open!
Chris, we know that you are feeling a little disconnected right now, so we are going to write this for you. Everything that happens in your life happens for a reason. Would…
Day 345: Thoughts on Alice Schroeder’s Buffett biography
On Friday I finished the Buffett biography “The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life” by Alice Schroeder. In all, it took me just over two months, at the pace of…
Day 344: You Just Can’t Trust Your Own Brain!
The last few days have been very busy. Let me count the ways: I taught a Music Appreciation class for ballet students (a first for me) I played a piano show for…
Day 343: Ten Merry Men (original poem)
I am performing for a poetry slam of sorts tonight, and I was asked to write a poem given the theme “Walking Barefoot.” Yes, you heard me right. Did I mention it’s…
Day 342: The Power of the Nap
I am a big believer in the power of the nap. I admit feeling a bit self-conscious writing this, as if I’m breaking the number one cardinal rule of “productive” and “worthy”…
Day 341: Don’t Just Do Something… Sit There! (Part 3)
There are so many things I would love to want to do. Do you know what I’m talking about? It’s those things that seem like great idea, where I have genuine enthusiasm….