Writing

Fifty-Three

Today is January 20, 2019. Yesterday, I turned fifty-three years of age. Level 53.   It’s been nearly a year since I wrote a blog post. I’ve worked on some stories, however, over the past year and hope to start sharing again soon. I’ve also worked on my business,...

Memorial for My Mother

This blog entry comes a few months into 2018 and the first blog I’ve written since my memorial to my dad and his passing last September 2017. Of course, this is a bit of a cheat as I’m actually going to share with you the memorial speech I gave at my...

Dad, RIP

Last Breath My brother, sister, and I sat around the bed our dad lay in watching each breath get more brief and shallow. It had been nearly six days of making sure there was no more pain, but that also meant there was no more ‘dad’ for us to connect with. I watched...

Heading Back to Elementary School

Helping Sometime between sixth grade elementary and seventh grade junior high, my father brought home a tape recorder that was designed for hearing or vision impaired students. It was bright orange and all the buttons were colored and had braille on them. But besides...

Hot Air Balloon Photo by Austin Ban

Theme for a New Year: Creativity, Profit and Adventure

It's 2015 and most people start all their New Year's Resolutions, lofty goals, or otherwise map out how the coming year will be better than the last. I've tried it lots of times and one year made a resolution not to make any more resolutions. Two years ago, I set out...

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Anger Sharks

Anger Sharks

Some days, you just get pissed off. Something little might even trigger you and send you into a spiral.
The biggest thing is not to react in the moment, but respond. It’s also good not to stew for too long if it’s something that needs to be addressed.

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Tasty Vegan Chili

Tasty Vegan Chili

Trying to eat healthier and living with a person who has vegetarian to vegan tendencies is a challenge sometimes. I THOUGHT I craved and missed meat…, but a lot of times, it's just the feeling of having comfort food, familiar flavors, and textures I miss from growing...

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Talk Previously Titled “Creating Your New Life”

- 1 min read - (Original talk at Unity of Fayetteville 2/1/12) Today’s Message was going to be called, “Creating Your New Life.” In it, I was going to share some of the tools, thoughts, and lessons I’ve learned getting to where I am today, and moving to where I want...

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Twinkies™ and Global Consciousness

Twinkies™ and Global Consciousness

- 1 min read - (Originally a talk given at Unity of Fayetteville on 7/21/13 about manifesting) If you’re here, you’re obviously wondering, why Twinkies,™ Global Consciousness and Manifesting? I know that nearly everyone here has studied manifesting. Most of you...

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Any Man's Death Diminishes Me…

Any Man's Death Diminishes Me…

Tomorrow would have been my mother’s 70th birthday. And while I can celebrate the 10th of October, I still have a tendency to grieve a bit. Today would have been my grandmother’s 114 birthday (if my math is correct). I celebrate and grieve as well.

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Cheese Sauce/Dip – Vegan Style

One of the biggest adjustments, for me, becoming vegan (or at least more healthy) was NO MORE CHEESE DIP!!! In fact, nearly all the creamy dishes always contained milk, butter, or cheese in varying proportions. It’s only been a year since I’ve made the...

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Once Upon a Time, there was _____.

Once Upon a Time, there was _____.

Stumbled across this little gem. Apparently, one of the story artists at Pixar, Emma Coats, tweeted a whole series of ‘story basics’ that she learned on how to create appealing stories from her senior colleagues. This article is a little old from May 2011...

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Of Gods, Temples, Shopping, and Football

Of Gods, Temples, Shopping, and Football

Why is it that so many archaeological discoveries are automatically attributed to be temples and places of worship? Gobekli Tepe, a HUGE area of buildings, predates Stonehenge by 6000 years (messing up general historic timelines for human development) and they say...

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Quotes 365 | Day 048

Quotes 365 | Day 048

In a move I haven’t made since the very first day of the year, I’m using my own quote. It has often been suggested that while, as the human race, we have learned more as we focus intently on subject, it’s possible that we are completely blind to...

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Quotes 365 | Day 045

Quotes 365 | Day 045

If you have the creative urge, it isn’t going to go away. But sometimes it takes a while before you accept the fact. – Hugh Macleod Downloadable PDF Hugh Macleod on the Creative Urge (8″x8″ PDF) You are free to print and share, but not to...

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Quotes 365 | Day 043

Quotes 365 | Day 043

Love is not consolation. It is light. -Friedrich Nietzsche Downloadable PDF Friedrich Nietzsche on Love (8″x8″ PDF) You are free to print and share, but not to sell.

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