So here’s a funny situation about being human: when we’re kids, we want time to go faster, so we can be older! We can’t wait to be allowed to do older kid or grownup things. For me, I couldn’t wait to get to access to the non-children’s side of the public library because the booksContinue reading “Time? Faster! Wait—Slow Down!”
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List My Work History
Buckle up and get your reading glasses–this is a long one. Recently someone insinuated that, since I spent my life in academia, I didn’t know anything about working real jobs. (It was phrased in terms of never wearing steel-toed shoes.) So I thought I’d compile a list of all my work experiences in and outContinue reading “List My Work History”
A Positive Prescription
I heard an interview with the outgoing Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy during which he spoke about his parting prescription for Americans. When faced with a choice between “the status quo, marked by pain, disconnection, and division” and “a different path—one of joy, health, and fulfillment, where we turn toward each other instead of awayContinue reading “A Positive Prescription”
I Hereby Resolve…
A few years back I read an interesting article on New Year’s resolutions. The author suggested that, instead of resolving to do more in the coming year, one should do less. It’s like the scene in the movie Birdcage when they are turning the apartment into a straight-looking residence, and Val says, “Don’t add; subtract.”Continue reading “I Hereby Resolve…”
You Haven’t Got a Pray-er
I recently had a conversation with someone about the power of prayer. Actually, that’s not accurate; it wasn’t a conversation, but more of a monologue. He had two stories on this topic. Honestly, there may have been more, and I may have forgotten them in the amount of verbiage coming out of this guy. TheContinue reading “You Haven’t Got a Pray-er”
I Left My Heart…
Describe the last difficult “goodbye” you said. For most of the people I’ve said “goodbye” to over the years, it’s really been more of a “see you later.” We mostly still keep in touch, however sporadically, and I’ve lost only a few whom I’ve really cared about. But California, now… Well. That’s different. I leftContinue reading “I Left My Heart…”
The Equation of Perception
How do significant life events or the passage of time influence your perspective on life? Warning: Math Alert! I’ve often heard the question, “Why does time seem to go so slow when we’re kids but so quickly when we’re older?” While pondering this a few years ago, I arrived at a possible answer. At theContinue reading “The Equation of Perception”
Telling Tales Out of School
What could you do less of? When I announced my retirement, people asked, “What are you going to do with your time?” My answer was always, “Travel and creative projects.” Since retirement, there’s been a little travel, but I thought there’d be more, and I’m hoping there is in the new year. Also, I haveContinue reading “Telling Tales Out of School”
Instincts We Trust
Do you trust your instincts? I always try to embed a joke, hidden meaning, or odd allusion when I coin my post titles. Get it—“coin”? To address this prompt, I have to first define instincts for a human. Are they some sort of manifestation of extra-sensory perception? (That’s “spidey sense” for you Marvel fans.) OrContinue reading “Instincts We Trust”
The Fragility of Health
One of my favorite and most often-quoted poems was written by Richard Brautigan and included in his beautifully-titled collection, Loading Mercury With a Pitchfork. I can’t find my copy at present so I will have to rely on my fragile memory to recall it. Please forgive any errors, and I put XX since I don’tContinue reading “The Fragility of Health”
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