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Getting Burned... and Staying Optimistic

Ever have that experience of sitting in front of your screen, watching the cursor blink, knowing that you have all sorts of ideas but you're thoroughly stuck be...

I Was a Runner, but I Don't Like Rushing!

I sometimes ponder the irony of the fact that I was an active runner in high school and well into my 40s and yet I hate running and rushing. In fact, if you loo...

Memory's Vault: Stranger in a Strange Land

I was 12 years old when my mother decided to pack up all our earthly possessions and move us across Europe, from Denmark to the south of Spain, so that we could...

Signs of Early Spring in the Laughing Dragon Garden!

Since February has come to a close, and we had a nice sunny day today, I thought I would take a quick walk around the garden to take stock of things before gard...

A Rare Moment to Sit Still!

Much as I often sing the praises of wanting to sit still and do as little as possible, I also have to confess that I very seldom take the time to do so! Around ...

Life Seems Surreal, Sometimes!

Earlier today, I watched part of a recording of the President's recent "State of the Union" address, and I found myself thinking that life just seems more and m...

A Look at PeakD's New "Store" Feature — A User's Out-Of-Box Experience

Back in December, I was excited to learn about a new initiative from @peakd, which is basically a "store" feature integrated into the UI for those wishing to ac...

New Geography, New Life — 20 Years Later!

This year, it will have been 20 years since I packed up my life in South Central Texas and loaded it all into a Penske truck with a trailer and headed for Weste...

Managing the Thought Cloud

There are many days when I get a little bit into the day and I just find myself wishing that I had fewer things to think about. Even though I have definite ADHD...

Mental Health and Understanding: For Better or For Worse?

These days it feels like everyone is involved in some aspect of mental health and understanding themselves better. The whole "woke" thing notwithstanding, it se...

When Life is Calling...

Funny how much things (perspectives) change when you add the passing time factor into the daily ongoings of life. I remember when I first got Internet service —...

Bloggers, Writers and "Synthetic Content"

Maybe I've been living under a rock, but today I encountered the term "synthetic content" for the first time. In a world increasingly taken over by AI generated...

The Art of Saying Goodbye...

For most people, the act of saying goodbye is difficult. Not goodbye as in "I'll see you when you get back" or "I'll visit next time I'm in your part of the wor...

The World's Changing "Background Energy"

When I was a kid — maybe seven or eight years old — I remember how often the adults would sit around and have discussions that involved the phrase "the good old...

Different Strokes for Different Folks

In this era of extremism it often feels like people have completely forgotten that old saying about different strokes for different folks. I know I've been talk...

Memories: First Superbowl for a Foreign Boy

So today was Super Bowl Sunday here in the us, and our local team the Seattle Seahawks won. Woo-hoo...! But this is not a post about today's event, but watching...

Garden Journal: Winter in the Laughing Dragon Garden

The winter winds and driving rain seem to be taking a break today, and that felt like an invitation to have a quick walk around the garden. It has been a while....

Modern Living: EVERYTHING is a Hoax!

I'm sure we've all seen our share of "fake news" and hoaxes go through our social media feeds. While it would be easy — and tempting — to just dismiss it all wi...

Algorithms and Echo Chambers

There is an old truism that "birds have a feather flock together." It speaks to the fact that we humans tend to gravitate towards others who have had similar ex...

When Did Difficulty Become a Negative?

I remember a while back, talking to a friend who was struggling with something and they were constantly trying to find different ways to come up with shortcuts ...