Archive for the ‘Life’s Ups and Downs’ Category
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Don’t Let The Old Man In!
28 Apr 2017I often recall the words of Clint Eastwood. When asked how he stays so young, he simply replied, “I don’t let the old man in.” Yesterday, the old woman knocked on my door. She arrives silently with her crotchety, destructive attitude. Of course, my resiliency is waning since I’m in the process of slaying a […]
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Moving Along – Dealing with Uncertainty and Change
18 Nov 2016It feels like a boxing match, a cage-fight – though I’ve never been to either. Maybe it’s worse than that. After a year and a half of sustained attack, brutal defamation, taking up camps – the U.S. Election is over. It always amazes me that people are so uncomfortable with ambiguity. We all know, we […]
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See(a) Life
04 Nov 2016Sometimes, I ‘m a sucker. Like an sucker mouth catfish, I suck up the energy of the stuff around me. Maybe it’s part of being an artist, or maybe it’s part of being a human…but, I don’t particularly like it. Especially when it’s not good stuff…it…well, sucks. Let’s assume, for the sake of conversation, we’re […]
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This Unholy Mess
21 Oct 2016Ever notice how when you get all caught up in the world you’re in tangles and dreadful and unhappy? I think I speak for a lot of us in the U.S. when I say this election has taken a toll on our personal relationships, our faith in our country and any semblance of inner peace […]
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Remembering What I Don’t Know
07 Oct 2016Sometimes, you have to remember what you don’t know. Sometimes, you have to sprinkle a little trust dust on the world and go with the flow til it all shakes out. We’re dog people. We have dogs because we have big, fur-lovin’ hearts and weak minds that thrive on endless, extra work. Dog people. “Some […]
