Celebrate progress, not perfection
I heard that phrase recently in regard to a new podcast that’s out. With apologies, I don’t recall which podcast it is, but I loved the phrase becau...
Category: health
Progress is good
… by which I mean that progress is a good thing as well as that I’m making good progress. In this particular case, on the planned novel. I had anoth...
A funny thing happened on my way to quitting social media for a month
Social Medialess October isn’t a thing. But perhaps it should be. I finally quit Facebook a handful of months back after long intending to ditch it for go...
The indefinite pause on going to see movies
This morning I read with some happiness that various film publications are refusing to review Disney’s ‘New Mutants’ until they can do so safe...
I hit the magic number
Hmm? What’s that you say?“Congratulations”? Oh… oh, I see… thanks, but no, this isn’t a good thing. I haven’t won the ...
Summer camps in Covid times
I write this shortly after my nine-year-old has been dropped off at a summer day camp. Your reaction to that line will range from some variation of “Hey, ...
What I’m reading
**HERE THERE BE WEE SPOILERS*** I’ve was finally getting around to reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig, and was really enjoying it but then a couple of thin...
An empty Good Stuff Jar is a sad thing
I’ve written about our Good Stuff Jar previously, wherein you write down good things that happen through the year and then jumble them up and read them ou...
The Good Stuff jar
I’ve been intending to quit Facebook for coming up on a year. Because, as the kids these days say, reasons…
On Martial Arts For Children
I’ve long wanted to get into martial arts myself — I haven’t, for any number of reasons/excuses, although my brief dabble with a friend’s capoeira classes was r...