Dreams are strange and interesting — and occasionally frightening — things.Depending on who you ask, it seems that dreams can either be profound indicators of things going on within your psyche, or merely your brain's way of clearing up emotional clutter from the days and weeks before.

It was my intention to write a "Sunday Reflections" post yesterday several days ago, but now I find myself trying to gather my thoughts on Friday morning instead.In a sense, that is a pretty accurate depiction of life these days!

Around our house, we usually call the aging process "olding." We're olding. We're not getting yet, we're just olding.Consequently, we're often talking about "olding gracefully..." whatever that means. Of course, it's often not quite as graceful as we'd like to think, as various aching body parts let us know that we are definitely mid-60s, and not 29!

It has been a point of debate pretty much since the start of our community... how long is an ideal post? How long does a post need to be, in order to be considered "quality" content? Does quality even matter? Is quality the same thing as adding value?

Sometimes I wonder if I'm just unusually patient and diligent compared to most people on this planet.Following up — in my own particular direction — in response to a number of recent posts here on the Hive concerning "how to best promote our community to others," I've been slowly reaching out to some of my fellow bloggers from the early 2000s.

I've always found it interesting how many people purport to hate the ostensible status quo, and will go to great lengths to find ways — real or imaginary — to essentially "stick it to the man."And yet?Oftentimes these people who protest the way things are offer up virtually tangible and functional solutions as an alternative.