What's the story behind your nickname? I have never had a nickname. As a performer/writer/artist I have had stage names and nom de plumes. I had someone give me an epithet as an insult once. The Ginger Menace. I told the whole story, with an extensive background, in a post not long after it happened. … Continue reading Answer the Prompt
Category: GREEN — I Ponder a Vermonter
Answering the Prompt
What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being? well, I should do better on sleeping, seldom have trouble remembering to eat what I need (I listen to what my body craves), but for my wellbeing talking to my wife and really pondering her opinions is either first or second to keeping my … Continue reading Answering the Prompt
When I see bureacracy fly …
They say bureacracy moves slower than molasses in, well you know ... but I think we may be in for a surprise, now that the bureacracy itself is under attack... something even more unbelievable than a flying elephant... https://youtu.be/_v2exWrsGOc
Listening Checks
I sometimes feel that there should be a required course in school called "Listening Checks". Someone just said something important, and I asked someone to write it down for me, so I could quote it, and the notes didn't even come back as a quote. I was having a vehement discussion with someone on the … Continue reading Listening Checks
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Whom men shall revile, and persecute, and say all manner of evil against, falsely, for Christ's sake. So what does a peacemaker do? Let me recommend following the words of the below Benediction: Go forth into the world in peace, Be of good courage, Hold fast to that which is good, Render to no one … Continue reading Blessed are the Peacemakers
Watching grass growing
I need to write. I want to write. I want to write about ordinary things because they are significant. I find it hard to write about ordinary things. My life keeps throwing non-ordinary (as opposed to extraordinary) things at me. My writing keeps crescendoing into a cross between a symphony orchestra and a screeching cat. … Continue reading Watching grass growing
When you just can’t win
I'm sure all of us have felt this way. Doesn't matter where the line is: grocery store,vsecurity check, ticket counter, you choose a line that seems the shortest and best for getting through the quickest, and you end up waiting a long time, while all the other lines get through long before you do. Jasini … Continue reading When you just can’t win
Just offend everyone
In a conversation with Jasini once, I made the observation how we have done our best to work with people and not make waves, but that in hindsight we should have just been disagreeable -- the result would have been the same.
Repeat the Resolution; Double Down On It
Well, I have to consider that attempt a failure. Was that the first year, or the second year in a row, that I made that my New Year's Resolution? Ah well, the example of what happened last year is evidence that I didn't try hard enough, that I need that resolution more than ever. BE … Continue reading Repeat the Resolution; Double Down On It
Ain’t it the Truth!
"All are Welcome" "I wish 'all' included us."
At The Rainbow 