My phone just pinged, startled me a bit, its 1:10 in the morning! My best friend, my brother from another mother, just sent me a text. It read, “Happy birthday you’re 65!”. I smiled, not because its true, but because it was one of those TAG YOUR IT moments between two brothers who have known […]
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Let The Games Begin
Softball in the summer, as American as hip hop, fake news, and apple pie, right? Well, maybe a slightly different version of one of our favorite past-times, in today’s virus infested reality… We start the day following a familiar script. Its early Saturday morning, as we walk towards the field. The dew on the grass […]
Less Talk More Poop
Many years ago, on a family road trip, can’t remember our destination, we had to make the normal rest stop. For those with small children, or remember when you had small children, you know the drill. You see the rest stop marker two miles away and you ask, does anyone need to go to the […]
Black Lives Do Matter
Black lives matter, no all lives matter. Confederate statues are symbols of oppression and hate, no they represent history and should be preserved. Shot dead while running away, well he shouldn’t have resisted arrest. These debates have been exhausting, and, what’s worse, they have been with my friends. Facebook debates typically. I guess the easy […]
My Morning Walk
I normally start each day with my bathroom ritual, morning coffee, and 20-minute meditation. This is then followed by a trip to the gym. Thirty minutes on the elliptical while watching the news and sports mindlessly as time passed. Well that all got thrown out the window in April. How can I possibly get through […]
The Awakening
I started the new year, 2020, unemployed. That January I was already three months into my job search, feeling the stress for sure. I was also entering my 65th year on this planet. So, on top of trying to find my next gig I was also feeling that time was up and ageism was now […]
