That time I tried to compete with the pros; The Big Picture 2019

One day, in a bold attempt to ‘pull it together’ , I found myself venturing into the online world of Photography contests. I allowed myself to somewhat naively abandon all self-judgement that might have prevented me from putting it out there, y’know, in front of the real pros. I submitted at little cost to the…

The Bucket- Hustle; Mid-life to-do lists and a lot of unanswered questions about un-lived potential.

‘Side-Hustle’, the household term for making the dream-ends meet, is a paradox of both embracing the necessity to survive and rejecting the constraints of depending solely on one’s job to do it. The implication that you need more money for shelter and booze and stuff, but also need some fulfillment ‘damnit’, coupled with a strong overtone that…

How to boil an egg in 2019; 16 easy steps

Is there any protein purer and more egglike than an egg?  Maybe, I’m not sure, BUT eggs are great boiled and done other ways too.  The new year brings new beginnings and steadfastness for change.  As you may know, doing really simple things like making rice alluded me for many years.  Sometimes doing a really…

40 is the new 40

Was I supposed to feel bad about turning 40?  When I declared 40 to be the gateway birthday to a fun seesaw of alternating success and reward, a metamorphosis of self and mind, a wild jaunt of social-political liberty.  A few agreed, ‘yes, it is like that’, and then we never talked about it again.  …

For Bob: On what would be our 6 year anniversary.

When I was younger, I wished only to be in love. I searched for love down many curvy turvy roads, thick and woodsy, pushing my way through thorny unknown terrain with only a dim lantern, wondering if I would recognize it in the dark. Illusive for so long, an apparition, and a ghost, I thought…

Getting started; unprisoning my think rhino.

How do I get started with my promising new career as a money making super-blogger?  Why I must first unprison my think rhino! I went on FB to look at ideas and see what Kelly Slater was up to (PS. its nothing)  and now all I can think about is channeling my yesness into a prism…

Can you believe how stupid and afraid I’ve been acting about rice?

Let’s get serious.  Are you so stubborn that you will deliberately not learn a really basic thing so that you can stay afraid of it, while at the same time continue to do it incorrectly so that you can feel truly baffled by its utter failure to change in its outcome?  That’s how I am…

Cornbread that I made that was good

I have a difficult time following the rules. This is made especially hard with baking because you “have to do exactly what the recipe says” or else your baking will turn out like shit. ‘Nailed it! Baking fails’ are funny and hilarious but probably terrible and embarrassing to eat. With that said since I literally…

Seen by pigeon

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