I think of this level of task as the rabbit hole in the weeds. The less high-level a task is, the more likely I am to stumble over it, fall and get mired down in sticky, recursive gunk-filled rabbit-hole.
Over the next year(or so) you can ride along with me
IT IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL, COLORFUL TRIP with things we’ll do and that you can watch me either accomplish or not accomplish — so you can feel happy for me or enjoy some schadenfreude.
October 1st
The last quarter of 2023. For some it means that student loan payments with their sky high interest rates which accrued more debt even as the students finished up their studies will start again. For others this day signals the beginning of preparation for the coming holidays. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are the big three […]
I’m Aging, with Strawberries
The things that once seemed important to me, as measured by the amount of time dedicated to them, have shifted over the years, with most of them falling away. How I spent the last few days, last weekend, illustrates the shift. I will get to that after I explain what I mean by importance. Learning […]
Contrarian, I Am
Yes, a nod to Yoda. My brothers regularly announced I was the most pig-headed person they had ever met or could imagine. They just did not understand that I was an alien species. Almost true, that. I used to believe there was no way I was related to these people. Aside: How I came to […]
Slipping into the Solstice
June is zipping by with the Summer Solstice only a few days away We are indeed slipping into the future. Structuring Time I have a timeline in my mind that I visualize when I think about the 20th Century. It has a “physical” structure. I think it may reflect a calendar that I saw and […]





