Writing is Therapy
I kind of tackle projects in spurts. I mean I go all at it for a while, producing and particpating… and then after a few months I settle back into a routine and let my project(s) sit a while. This website is no difference. I maintain four websites. One will get a lot of attention … Read more
So it’s official. I’m old. I am a card carrying member of the over-the-hill gang. With the new year I have made a major change. I started medicare. I bought up half the alphabet with Parts A, B, D & G (but alas, I forgot to buy an extra vowel). Anyone who’s been through the … Read more
They say “knowledge is power.” Power for what is left blank. In the case of coping with a syndrome that continues to progress, demanding more and more attention all the time, the power is in part to control the depression and anxiety new symptoms can bring about. I’ve written before about my having CMT. I … Read more
Every year as I age it seems time goes faster and faster. I’m guessing that is because a week or a month now is a much, much smaller proportion of the time I’ve been alive, so the brain just sees time spiraling out of control. Or not. I don’t know. What I do know is … Read more
2018 began this week. It’s hard to believe. When I started my career and family I remember clearly that 2017 was an eternity away – that was the year I would turn 65 years old and retire. It all seemed so far away. Nevertheless, 2017 became a marker for the end of time. Now 2017 … Read more
I survived my 65 birthday. It was good. Part of the experience was to take a minute to reflect on the relativity of my age. As an old man I have the unique privilege of having three teenage children. One of my friends says there is a reason God doesn’t give old people young children. … Read more
47 years ago, on January 30th, I was married in the front room of a rural home in California. I married Sharlene Fuller. We were 18. As a matter of fact, she had graduated mid-term from high school and I finished out the last half of my senior year in high school taking the one … Read more
Did you ever have a period when you fell sadly behind in your chores? I am going through that now. Too much to do and no time to do it. You can see this is my first post since May. And so much has happened since then I hardly know where to start. School got … Read more
A good friend of mine recently looked at my blog entries and concluded that my life is fodder for the making of some future country western song… you know, the kind where the washer broke, the car got wrecked, the girlfriend left, and the dog died. My friend is a wise man, and I’ve always … Read more
Happy New Year. It’s hard to believe. The past few months have flown by so fast at times it didn’t seem real. The weather in Northern Virginia, like the weather in so many places around the world, has been unusual this past season. It has been very warm and rainy. Christmas night I took my … Read more