December isn’t quite like other months, is it? It feels like there is a whole bunch of “Hurry up” going on, especially after Thanksgiving. It seems like I’ve only just made the last cold turkey sandwich and scarfed down the last of the mashed potatoes and here it is, almost halfway through December. Adding to …
Welcome to another Installment of Five-Thing Thursday! Here are Five Things that I want you to know: Thing #1: We have officially entered the time of the year where it becomes nearly impossible to keep my glasses clean. Thing #2: Better later than usual than never Thing #3: Emma Newman is doing a “Tea and Sanctuary” …
Welcome to the first Sunday of the last month of 2023. There are only four more of these in 2023. Kind of hard to believe isn’t it. Like where did the time go? It’s a rainy, bleary, day in my neck of the woods, custom built for bundling up (not that it’s all that cold …
Welcome to another Installment of Five-Thing Thursday! Here are Five Things that I want you to know: Thing #1: Investing in yourself – an honest investment – is never a bad idea. Thing #2: Despite my prior stance, there was a part of me that wasn’t ready for the arrival of snow. Thing #3: It’s never …
As I was composing this years Five-Thanks Thursday I noticed that it was practically identical to the Five-Thing list I’d posted the year before. I suppose that shouldn’t have surprised me. It was, after all, a list of the five things that I’m most thankful for and, while 2023 has had it’s moments, none of …
Welcome to the Thanksgiving Installment of Five-Thing Thursday! Here are Five Things that I am Thankful for: Thing #1: My Health and the Health of that of my Family. There were potentialities earlier in the year and they passed without much incident. Thing #2: My Friends. After a really long dry spell, I’ve started reconnecting with …
One of the many things that I enjoy about Fountain Pens is refilling them. I enjoy refilling them because I can recognize that I’m not just loading ink into a pen – which I most assuredly am. More importantly, I’m loading that pen with Potential. I could write anything with that ink. Go anywhere. But …
Welcome to another Installment of Five-Thing Thursday! Here are Five Things that I want you to know: Thing #1: Hamstring Injuries are a downer. This one appears to have been blessedly short-lived. Thing #2: Ease back into the routine, lest you redamage yourself – ask me how I know Thing #3: One of the many things …
I don’t think it’ll come as a surprise to any of you reading this that I’m not the biggest fan of Daylight Saving Time. Primarily due to the whole messing with your sleep thing. You have about half a year to get used to the pattern after the last change, only to go back again. …
Welcome to another Installment of Five-Thing Thursday! Here are Five Things that I want you to know: Thing #1: The person who thinks they can, and the person who thinks they can’t – are both probably right. Thing #2: Don’t be the person that someone will be happy to never see again. Thing #3: Be more …