As a child, I recall going on walks with my Papa along the trails of the Pacific Spirit Park. It doesn't occur to me that he was a man of many words on those walks, though it could also be the loose memories of that young child growing into a middle-aged man.Yet during one of those many walks, I recall him telling me once that if I were to ever find myself lost from him to look at the moss on the trees."Moss only grows on the north side of the tree, as the sun touches the other three sides and…
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Yesterday, Sylvia shared a few thoughts stemming from her post shared on Mastodon: I'm building a new habit here on Mastodon: instead of liking, I try to reply to at least 3 posts, especially on those that don't have comments yet and I love it. It's so much more personal! - @sylvia@social.lol And while I strongly encourage you to read the entirety of her post, she discovered that people who engaged with her fell into two distinct groups: Those who loved the idea and planned to follow suit Those…
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That's right.I am a walker. Or at least that's what I keep reminding myself. Photo by Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels With Atomic Habits by James Clear now fully read (which means I need to find a new book & update /now), I decided the one habit I'd commit to as part of my habit building journey was walking.So I am a walker.Wait. I read the book and know I should make clear my intentions so that is obvious.I will GO FOR A WALK in the MORNING around the NEIGHBOURHOOD after I WAKE UP MY DAUGHTER…
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Again.Again, again.I've lost track of the many different times I've started blogging writing. I'm a prolific starter; not a prolific maintainer.My first start was on GeoCities before the Yahoo! aquisition. We're talking the late 90s.Then at some point I started with WordPress.com before getting the moxie to self-host WordPress.org.And here I am again. Spinning something up to let me ramble out thoughts that don't quite fit into the social part of social media.For the umpteenth billion time.So…
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