Families
Watched My Kid Play Tetris
I just watched my kid play Tetris, a game I used to play as a kid with my siblings. First he showed me a video of an older guy, a 7-time champion, vs a 16-year-old kid. Watching the video, and Read more…
mental health
Cleaning the Clutter, Clearing My Brain
I cleaned out the refrigerator today, really cleared it out, scrubbing and wiping until everything was clean. There was old mayo I had made from scratch now covered with patches of furry mold from when we first moved into our Read more…
writing
Don’t Forget to Press Save Draft
Just one of the many lessons I keep having to re-learn: Don’t forget to save your draft! I just spent almost an hour writing a post here in WordPress, and when I clicked on another tab to search for photos Read more…
Misc
Which Path to Take?
One of my favorite things to do in the world is to meander on paths. Where will they take me? Where will they go? Which path to take? Photos of paths serve as portals of possibilities, an invitation of sorts, Read more…
rv life
What I Miss Most About RV Life
After living in an adventure RV full-time for over a year, now temporarily stopping our RV Life so our kid can attend high school, the thing I miss most is opening up my front door to a different landscape and Read more…
mental health
Love and Compassion
It’s easy to forget to feel love and compassion, especially for yourself. I went to a free wellness circle today in Austin where you sit in a circle of strangers with your eyes closed as paper-thin needles are inserted into Read more…
Families
Dysfunctional Family Stories
I’m a huge lover of stories about dysfunctional families. Maybe because I grew up in one that was all at once nonsensical yet overwhelmingly loving. Maybe that’s why I’m in love with stories by George Saunders like “Sticks”, David Sedaris’ Read more…
keto
Salvation and Living Forever: Different Interpretations
You are obsessed with longevity and health span and the title of your novel is called The Forever Life. She writes you emails, and almost every call ends with advice on how you — and your family — can live Read more…
keto
My Blog Tracker
Tracking What I Care About I’ve been successful, more or less, tracking other areas in my life, especially related around eating keto (i.e., tracking my fasting glucose, ketones, GKI), exercise and meditation. So recently it dawned on me, why don’t Read more…
mental health
Showing Up
I’ll be honest. I really didn’t feel like showing up today. At all. I almost talked myself out of blogging just now. But I had made a promise to myself to show up, whether or not anyone reads this or Read more…