Always listen to your gut…

Always listen to your gut…

Always trust your gut… I was 15 or 16 years old. I was in 9th or 10th grade. Athletes had to get a yearly sports physical done in order to be able to participate in sports. I missed the sports physical that year when they 

Tattoos and Best Friends

Tattoos and Best Friends

I was 17. I thought I was 25. I thought I was a badass. My best friend and I and our best friend at the time, Jack Daniels, took a little road trip to Rapid City, from our hometown of Pierre. Tattoo time, because we 

Burn It Down

Burn It Down

I hit send. The email notifying my clients. It was time to burn it down. Bittersweet. Then I went and bought a necklace, a crystal stone. Time. I gave myself the gift of time. Time does not stand still. Time flies. We usually don’t get 

A glimpse, cemeteries and birthdays.

A glimpse, cemeteries and birthdays.

April 18, 2020 Coffee, thoughts, music and birthdays. The coffee is strong this morning.  The thoughts are coming fast and furious.  The music is mixed. The birthdays are happy and sad.  The coffee has half and half The thoughts are contemplative and disordered The music 

journal entry – april 16, 2020

journal entry – april 16, 2020

Today’s random thoughts — April 16, 2020 The silence is loud. The only things I hear are the furnace, the birds and the words in my head. The words are formed but not in any readable order. They are just there, rolling around and banging 

But are you really bored?

But are you really bored?

But are you really bored?  It’s a crazy time for a lot of us right now. So many are working from home. So many are home schooling their kids. So many changes are taking place. It’s a new normal. It’s not what we are used 

How Was Your Saturday Night?

How Was Your Saturday Night?

Oh, and what do we have here?  So, if you didn’t know and you live under a rock – hey some of us might right now – but season 3 of Ozark was released on Netflix Friday. So, naturally we had to binge watch. Five 

Three Birds

Three Birds

I watched them. Three little birds. Chirping and making noise in the beautiful sunshine of the day. I thought about them. I thought about the situation going on in the world right now. Carefree and unscathed, they flitted around the small bush in front of 

56 Eve

56 Eve

56 eve. Tomorrow is my birthday. Tomorrow is March 12th. Another year. Did I waste it? Did I use it wisely? We don’t get much time. We may feel like we do, but we don’t.  As I sit here and look back on my year, 

Work Ethic and Levis Jeans

Work Ethic and Levis Jeans

I was 12. I thought I was a big shot. After all, how many other 12 year old kids had a job? It was technically my first job, because taxes, but I had done a ton of babysitting before that. I babysat from the time