April 30, 2020 - 230 - "Toxic Work Environment...Of My Own Making"

The Razor's Edge Between Aimlessness and Overwhelm

April 29, 2020 - 229 - "Stalking Artists Series-Installment 2: Ernest Hemingway in Key West"

     First...a few important messages...

April 28, 2020 - 228 - "The Magic...of Carpet"

I Hear Azerbaijan is Lovely This Time of Year

April 27, 2020 - 227 - "Oh How I Miss Excuses!"

Week 3 of Captivity Opportunity

April 26, 2020 - 226 - "Leave of Absence Weekly Check-In: Week 3"

Hello Australia!

    Before I get to my standard (Okay...starting last week) weekly check-in, I wanted to say hello to whoever happened to accidentally click on my blog my new ardent fan in Australia.  Thank you Ardent-in-Australia!  I am very flattered.  

April 25, 2020 - 225 - "Wild Nights/Mellow Mornings"

April 24, 2020 -224 - "How to Lose Friends and Influence No One"

If You're Done Talking to Someone at a Party

    (Heh heh...party.  Right.  Remember those?  Anyone?  Anyone?  Yeah, me either.)

April 23, 2020 - 223 - "Happy Birthday!"

And speaking of birthdays...

Happy Birthday, William!

     There are plenty of people whose birthdays I don't remember.  Some of these are even people who actually mean something to me.  But I never seem to forget William Shakespeare's birthday.  

April 22, 2020 - 222 - "Covid Declares War on Little White Lies!"

What's Your Excuse?

April 21, 2020 - 221 - "Decluttering Heaven"

Is There Clutter in Heaven?

April 20, 2020 - 220 - "Signs of the Times"

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      To compensate for yesterday's long, boring, and wordy post, today I thought I'd share a quick post of few words...hopefully slightly less boring.  

     Here are some signs (literally) of the Covid times from when I was still flying, and a couple of world-as-we-now-know-it signs. 

April 19, 2020 - 219 - "Leave of Absence Weekly Check-In: Weeks 1 and 2"

My 6 Month Covid Leave

     I am very fortunate to be able to take this leave from work.  Now that it's a done deal I've had time to notice that the timing couldn't be better.  I've had a lot on my to do lists, and have (finally) developed some routines, habits, and skills that keep me on track and motivated.  (I hope, I hope, I hope.)

April 18, 2020 - 218 - " Eradicating An Ear Worm"

Method 1:  Ebony and Ivory

     I have it on good authority (my sister-in-law) that a sure-fire way to get rid of any ear worm is to start singing "Ebony and Ivory".

April 17, 2020 - 217 - "Living on Covid Time"

(*I know I alluded to doing a Weekly Check-in on Fridays, but I've decided to do that on Sundays instead.)

Making A Plan

April 16, 2020 - 216 - "Be a Creator - Not a Reactor - A Book Report on "Creator" by Steve Chandler"

     Arr arr arr...just thought I'd encourage some healthy immunity with this silly hilarious joke.  

April 15, 2020 - 215 - "A Writer's Best Friend"

No Illusions

      Ella and I play this little game.  I think I've told you about it.  She's been playing it for years, but recently I did actually figure it out.  Of course, by the time I knew it existed the score was something like 32 gazillion to zero-Ella's favor.  

April 14, 2020 - 214 - "Spring Cleaning / Covid Captivity House Project #1"

Covid Captivity House Project #1

     Well, as Einstein suggests above, I'm trying to find the opportunity in the middle of difficult times.  In addition to my regularly scheduled ways to make myself nuts, I'm adding  'work on a house project' to my weekly plan.

April 13, 2020 - 213 - "Time Off For Good Behavior"

Too Much Work and Not Enough Play

     ...would make for a very long Covid-19 captivity.

April 12, 2020 - 212 - "Time Capsules"

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Goin' Through Some Changes

    Things are happening so fast lately it feels like we're building time capsules for the future all the time.  

     But we don't have to wait a hundred years to dig them up and examine the strange relics inside.  A day or two later will do.

April 11, 2020 - 211 - "Time To Get Organized"

You Say Quarantine Like It's a Bad Thing

April 10, 2020 - 210 - "Thank you, John Prine, for Giving Back a Mile"

Original background photo by Karl Fredrickson on Unsplash

Selfish Prayers

April 9, 2020 - 209 - "Braindead, Word-free, and Probably Very Sick"

Not Working is Hard Work!

April 8, 2020 - 208 - "A Series of (Temporary) 'Lasts'"

Just Another Day

     On Friday when I went to work I thought it was my first trip of four for the month.  96 hours later I'd gone from assuming I'd just be flying less in the next few months, to knowing this one was my last trip for 7 months.

April 7, 2020 - 207 - "Not Just Another Covid Conspiracy Theory. You Heard It Here First, Folks!"

Batshit Crazy 

April 6, 2020 - 206 - "Let Sleeping Cats Lie"

Original background photo by Kate Stone Matheson on Unsplash

Nodding Nearly Napping*

April 5, 2020 - 205 - “One and Done”

Original background Photo by Glenn Carstens-Peters on Unsplash

Adjusting My Mania For Habits

April 4, 2020 - 204 - “If Things Weren’t So Bad…They’d Be Great!

So Many Things Are Just GREAT!   

April 3, 2020 - 203 - "Hard Times. Hard Choices."

Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash

Should've Seen This Coming

April 2, 2020 - 202 - "True Confessions: Amazon Made Me a Hoarder"

A Delicate Balance

April 1, 2020 - 201 - "The Little Cat Who Cried Wolf"

Why Cats Have to 'Talk'

    The short answer to why cats have to 'talk' is:  Because we're stupid.