Here’s to the Ostrich

Relaxing. I wish I could. I don't know why I can't. The internal dialogue in my head is just waiting for someone to find me out, accuse me of something I should have done or done better or done before or faster or whatever. So I stay tense, and unsure of myself, and it's really... Continue Reading →

For the Birds

I'm slowly becoming a birder. A lot of my childhood was spent with my father shushing me while he looked at something through his binoculars, so there's history behind this. However, one of the things I really got from my dad was not a love of bird watching, but just the idea that all things... Continue Reading →

Stealing a Joke

So many things make me happy, but sometimes there's just a joke that catches you off guard and you can't stop laughing all day. This is from a social media post attributed to Paul Kline : A man walks into an ancient Greek tailor with a ripped pair of trousers. Tailor says, "Euripides?" Man says,... Continue Reading →

Quiet

Just for a moment, from time to time, I am able to find quiet in my head. It’s barely an instant (and usually not while meditating, which just shows how much I rather suck at meditating, in spite of a regular practice). This last week I’ve had it twice. Once while walking in the mountains... Continue Reading →

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