I don’t know about you, but I’ve encountered many things that I thought would be easy turn out to be difficult. Like recommitting to working out or starting my daily writing habit. Today, I realized just how hard it can be not to work. To set the stage,…
Did you ever have a moment where you were looking around your room and just decided it was time for a change? That happened to me today. The day started with waking up at 5 AM with a migraine. I knew I wasn't going to be able to…
This is a poem / prayer I wrote this evening. I just felt moved to do so. It's not flashy, and certainly not correct poetic form, but it's from my soul. Jesus is my rock. I do a lot of messing up while trying to get it…
I have been trying to use my time without a day job as wisely as I can. There is the job searching and resume posting that I have been doing. Those two tasks are no small feat. I have also been honing my skills as a writer, as evident by…
I have been struggling to get a good morning routine in place forever now. I have gone through so many iterations of it, I couldn't begin to list out all the tweaks I have made. And I'm at it again. Why a morning routine, you ask?…
This is fiction—a quiet scene that unfolded in my mind this morning. Not my story, but one I couldn’t shake. It’s the first glimpse of something larger I’m letting play out. More to come. The darkness surrounded me like a warm cocoon. My mind began to…
Today I am tired. Living in the northeastern United States, we had a ton of snow dumped on the region from the superstorm that rolled through this past weekend. I measured about 10 inches at my house. Today was the day to dig myself out, and that was no small…
Well, I finally decided on the next Linux distribution I’m going to try. If you’ve been following along, you know I’ve been having some issues with my current system. They’re more annoyances than deal-breakers, but there are enough of them to make a change worthwhile. The…