Like so many creative people, I struggle with depression. I’m one of the fortunate ones in that I received help for the problem early on in my life and have been able to learn the warning signs of when things are bottoming out. That doesn’t mean anything’s been fixed. You don’t fix depression. You learn…
Some friends and I were talking about individualized education, which is a real passion of mine. That led to stories about our grade school experiences and those times when the teachers didn’t know what to do with the advanced kids (set them aside, have them self-teach, and assign extra work was my horrible experience). This…
I have a growing number of draft posts. It almost feels like I’ve been actively updating this journal because I have so many posts started that the interaction was initiated even if it wasn’t completed. I’ve been journaling in one form or another for a decade now, opening my first LiveJournal account in February of…
Wow, it’s been a long time since I posted. Mea culpa. I tore a tendon in my shoulder and the recuperation (ongoing) has really thrown my routines for a loop. I’ve been working from home a lot or not working and going to physical therapy a lot. It may have been a good habit to…
When I get up in the morning, I write. When I get to work, I spend all day in a cubicle on a computer. When I head home, I write. When I get home, I am often on a computer. I live the classic American sedentary lifestyle. I type 99 words per minutes according to…
My wife and I have resumed our Christmas tradition (after a year off due to the economy) of spending a few days up in the White Mountains at a bed and breakfast. Nearby is one of New Hampshire’s historical covered bridges. They’re historical because these things are over two hundred years old. And I drive…
We had a poor turn-out this year for Halloween, which means we have left-over candy, which means I’ve been eating left-over candy. Here are the best name-brand candies out there. You may have your own, different list, but it’s wrong. 😉 1. Reece’s Pieces/Peanut M&Ms (tied) 2. Twix 3. Watchamacallit 4. Snickers (the almond variety…
When I first started writing in a professional manner, I would have to take breaks every few months. I would take two weeks off and just read, letting my brain cool off and my creative juices to replenish. The more I wrote, the less frequently I had to do this and for shorter amounts of…
One of the perks of living/working in a major metropolitan area is that new technologies become viable in the marketplace sooner. For me, that means paying with my phone rather than cash/credit card. You might have heard of Square. It won best new technology a year or two ago. Rather than the standard credit card…