Family, Identity

Making Dreams Come True

April 29, 2019

Earlier today I watched a video of someone’s dream become reality. A great personal achievement that they got to share with a supportive crowd. This was a ‘creative arts’ kind of thing, although performance is not a necessary aspect of great dreams. Do you know [read more]

Family, Identity

Am I An Elder?

April 10, 2019

Last week I referred to myself as an elder- and was asked who had granted me the title of Elder. My first step was to check out what Mr. Webster’s (and some others) collections of definitions had to say. Some indigenous and long-ago ‘Western’ cultures [read more]

Family, Identity

I Love My Work

February 5, 2019

I love my work. Well, I really, really, really enjoy many aspects of how I earn my living. After some negativity in my life I need to post something more positive. But still honest. When I was a young warthog someone said (wrote?) that the [read more]

Family, Identity

Happy Bday To Me

July 9, 2018

I will complete my 60th orbit around Sol on July 25th. Mom said I finally popped out (I came out later) around 4:25pm. A few weeks later than expected. As a consequence I tend to either be noticeably late, or overly early, for things.

Family, Identity

The Fluidity of Time

January 10, 2018

A guest post by my niece Kayla. Started as a short post to celebrate a milestone, this post contains insights and wisdom on time, recovery, and ambiguity. Here is how this blog post came to be. I posted what I thought was a simple statement [read more]