I don’t feel like writing a whole lot tonight, so here is a rhyme I wrote a few years back that I’ve always liked: “The Curtain” You’re tall and chique, a cloth…
Day 204: I’d rather look for what’s right [with the world]
I spent a lot of my childhood feeling indignant, even upset and angry, about things I didn’t like “going on in the world.” I was told about “big problems” of the world,…
Day 203: Onward into the Night!
It’s Friday night. 7:17pm reads my computer. In about 30 minutes, my wife and I are going to head over to the Comedy Spot, where I will be performing with the “You!…
Day 202: Whole Hog (original rhyme)
When life is a lemon, it’s time to make juiceOtherwise the fruit gets old, and what’s the useIn old fruit that’s rotten and grey?Man, you shouldn’t let that shit decayYou hear what…
Day 201: Adopt a Friendly Attitude Towards What Matters
My recent efforts at introspection have yielded many valuable insights that are shifting how I experience each day of my life. For one thing, I am catching a lot of the old…
Day 200: Description Post #2
I am leaning back against the chair as I stare at the screen, watching each word emerge as I type. There is a light humming sound from the center room of our…
Day 199: Accept No Substitutes!
For all the noise in this world about who people should be, what they should be doing, what they shouldn’t be doing, and for all the different voices aiming to influence, cajole,…
Day 198: Our Challenging, Incredible Minds
Our minds are awesome things that give us powers that are completely unknown to the other life forms on this planet. At the same time, our minds pose considerable challenges for us,…
Day 197: What if you could live guilt-free?
What if you could live guilt-free? How would you live if you could be free to be, have, and do what you want without making yourself wrong? For a few months now…
Day 196: The Journey to Happiness is Not a One-Time Event!
Sometimes the search for happiness can seem like a long journey, that “long and winding road” the Beatles sang about, a continual unfolding experience with a moving target for a destination. For…