Time Bind is a book I'm currently reading (when I can find the time). The book was written by Arlie Russell Hochschild published in 1997. It's a sociological study of the then demand characteristics of work/home/life balance. It's fantastic, real journalism that foreshadows, but doesn't come close to realizing the bind we're in now. We … Continue reading Time Bind 2023 update
Category: Solo Living
Forty Below Zero
was not uncommon in the winter of 1971 in the woods of New Hampshire. I was twenty-one. How I came to be there is a story I'll not recount here, at this time. So for me, here now in the winter of 2022 on the north eastern plain of Colorado, at the age of … Continue reading Forty Below Zero
My Apartment
is who I am. Or, more accurately, reflects who I've been since being born 73 years ago come this Thanksgiving. The apartment is small, one bedroom - just 800sq. feet. If I include the balcony, which I do. The balcony serves as garden, as well as a place for reading, rest, and contemplation. (Oh, and … Continue reading My Apartment
Magpie Convention
It's spring, March 27th, 2022. I'm on my daily walk down Park Centre Drive and see my favorite birds behaving strangely. Though not really. They do this from time-to-time - congregate. Sometimes in a tree, other times in a field. Even on a road. This behavior has been called "Magpie funerals". I wonder why … Continue reading Magpie Convention
Resistance to Truth
is almost always because of threat. Real or imagined to one's well-being. Naturally. Well-being being with regard to ones's health. Meaning ones's state of: 1) physical; 2) mental; 3) psychological; 4) emotional; 5) social; 6) economic. Anyone or all. Unfortunately the truth varies. There is short-term truth and long-term truth. In the short-term truth often … Continue reading Resistance to Truth
Table Of Contents
THE GREAT DEBATE: Book one 2019: Living Solo POSTÂ / DATE Set Yourself Free. August 26, 2019 Living Solo. August 28, 2019 Living Solo, II. September 01, 2019 Writing is Thinking. September 03, 2019 Thinking of Drinking. September 05, 2019 Writing is Thinking, II. September 09, 2019 Thinking of Drinking, II. September 16, 2019 … Continue reading Table Of Contents