On the Road Past 50: My internal zephyr… from fluttery wisps to whirlwind tempests
“Time spent in sharpening the axe may well be spared from swinging it.” ~~ 1901, Josiah Strong As a follow-up to last night’s blog mention of Michelangelo, I had an entire plan early this afternoon to write about famous quotes that are often misattributed. The ideation on this one was a moment of clarity during […]
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50. That’s what started this entire project. The excitement and meaning of the halfway to 100 milestone. While it seems far more meaningful as an age, it also feels meaningful that I’ve made it every day to now. I know that most of my posts have not been deeply meaningful or moving, but the act […]
Read MoreI watch almost no television at the time it is broadcast. This has been true since my kids were little … so let’s take a wild guess and say for about 15+ years. There are a few exceptions of course. The news on weekend mornings. The Today Show while shuffling kids out of the house […]
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All we can do is move forward. Checking off one item at a time.Take mental breaks.Go back to the list. The work list.The home list.The parenting list.The personal list.One step at a time.One foot in front of the other. Get it done.Get it done.Get IT done! 321 Days to go.#OTR50
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Every year in the late summer or early fall, I plant several new flowers or plants. Last year, it was bushes: two hydrangea, two roses, two lilacs, and one hybrid something I can’t remember. Winter then covered the yard in a snowy blanket, freezing rain, and bitter cold. […]
Read More42 The meaning of life, the universe, and everything.Jackie Robinson.An asterisk in ASCII.Molybdenum. There are wiki pages for every integer up to 999. I knew the four items above before looking up 42. OK. Ok, I’ll admit it. I couldn’t remember what element was 42, but I did know one existed. One of the many […]
Read MoreToday was a big day for adulting. I spent the morning shuttling the kid that is on spring break around to appointments and then the afternoon cleaning and waiting on a furniture delivery. It is not so much “real” cleaning that absorbed the time. There was some of the traditional, sweep, swiffer, mop and vacuum […]
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Randi S. Sumner 