On the Road Past 50: My internal zephyr… from fluttery wisps to whirlwind tempests
The good news? My laptop works again. The bad news? I’ve been distracting myself for hours from this evil white empty page. Creating distractions doesn’t make it go away. Forming thoughts, words, sentences – that’s what helps. I’ve always felt I was a better editor than a writer. Give me a draft and I can […]
Read MoreYesterday I wrote about something that I handle well. Tonight all my attention has been drawn to one of my personal faults. I think Murphy was paying attention, 14 days of introspection and perhaps a stronger focus on the positives than the negatives has resulted in me being slammed with a major complication that highlights […]
Read MoreI do know this. I am not a digital native. I am not a millennial. I was technically born into Generation X. This occasionally bothers me when I go to a seminar where an expert rambles on about the defining characteristics of Generation X, as X rarely ever seems to mark the spot for me. […]
Read MoreI am an admitted workaholic. I’ve assuredly made it worse for myself as most of my career has been working almost exclusively for mission driven nonprofits. The end result being that I not only care about my work. . . I care about the work itself. Many years and several jobs ago. Early on in […]
Read MoreWhen I was a Junior in college, I went so far as to write the first two chapters of a novel. I had a plot and thematic idea that I actually still believe has merit. At the end of the second chapter, I hit a rode block. I crashed and burned. I totaled the vehicle of my authorship. I went back to poetry a few months later and have never gone back to attempting a multi-chapter story. […]
Read MoreWhen I was a teenager, I had a recurring dream. It was not a long dream. It was not in depth. But it was always the same. There was a house at the top of a hill. It nestled at the end of a sloped, long, and curved driveway. There would be ominous music playing. […]
Read MoreI was recently chatting with a friend about my belated birthday dinner date. When asked about how we picked the birthday restaurant, I mentioned that we usually base recommendations on friends we know, but that I always taken a peek at the menu. However, I spend more time looking at the specialty cocktails and the […]
Read MoreIt is March and I’m pleased to say that I’ve mostly kept my New Year’s Resolution. I resolved this year to plan a day off after every business trip to recoup and prevent burnout. Almost all the times I travel for work, my meetings are scheduled over the weekend. In the past, I’ve ended up […]
Read MoreI watched the movie Now You See Me today with the teens. It’s a fun flick including four magicians – a street illusionist, hypnotist, escapist, and a card trickster who all work together to create something truly magical. It’s a joy ride of a mystery with action, robin hood themes, teamwork and a bit of a thrill ride with the FBI. What it is not is an introspective analysis of what it means to be human. […]
Read MoreI’ve areas of my life where I track on a single facet of the whole festival that is me.
I’ve times in my life where I hunker down and focus deeply on one part of me.
My self-identity is a convergence. I’m fairly certain yours is as well. […]
Randi S. Sumner 