Morning Haiku

An innocent tubeThis small white bottle of lubeA snicker profound!Mateo de Colón

Nanea Hoffman quote

"None of us are getting out of here alive, so please stop treating yourself like an after thought. Eat the delicious food. Walk in the sunshine. Jump in the ocean. Say the truth that you're carring in your heart like hidden treasure. Be silly. Be Kind. Be weird. There is no time for anything else." Nanea… Continue reading Nanea Hoffman quote

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Journal Entry 5.10.2017

The time is 6:11 AM; I have very little time to write in peace before everyone wakes up. An interesting thing happened the other day.  I’ve been stressed and anxious for many months about work.  This is normal for an Account Manager because there is always the fear of losing accounts, of management restructuring yet…… Continue reading Journal Entry 5.10.2017

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Journal Entry – 5.8.2017

It is 5:56 AM on Monday, May 8th.  It is a little later than I’m used to for a blog post; the household is going to wake up in about thirty minutes so I don’t have too much time. The weekend went quickly.  Friday was Cinco de Mayo but we stayed in and did nothing…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 5.8.2017

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つみきのいえ (The House of Small Cubes) – ‘One Life’ and the brevity of life

Last night I saw the short film つみきのいえ, ‘The House of Small Cubes.’  It is of an old man whose village has flooded over may years and so he continually must build another level to his house to stay above water.  In the middle of every cube is a trap door leading to the lower,…… Continue reading つみきのいえ (The House of Small Cubes) – ‘One Life’ and the brevity of life

Journal Entry – 5.4.2017

It is 5:42 AM on May 4th 2017.  Life has been a blur recently and I haven’t had time to write a journal entry. This is the month where I turn 40.  This significant birthday has been looming on the horizon for some time now and made me feel as though I had turned forty…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 5.4.2017

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Meditations – Marcus Aurelius

Meditations – Marcus Aurelius I just finished Meditations and have written down quotes from it that I wish to remember.  As I’ve described in this post, I’m absolutely astounded at the knowledge of the Ancient World and just now realize what a disaster the fall of the Roman Empire was for the progress of human…… Continue reading Meditations – Marcus Aurelius

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The Ancient World, Middle Ages, Christianity and Modern Times

LTMD: I address this to you as there really aren’t many people with whom I could speak freely regarding this subject. So, as I do with many ‘difficult’ topics I’d rather write it to you. I’ve recently become fascinated with the ‘ancient world,’ which is defined as the time before the fall of the Roman…… Continue reading The Ancient World, Middle Ages, Christianity and Modern Times