Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

But it is tasty! I’ve been wanting to make a cake the past few days. This morning I decided I’d make a chocolate cake with strawberries somewhere in the mix. I gathered the ingredients using a King Arthur Flour chocolate cake recipe from one of their cookbooks. The recipe was for single layer, so I… Continue reading It Ain’t Pretty…

My internal alarm went off at 5:30 this morning. I guess my body had had enough sleep for whatever reason. Since I was already awake, I decided to just get up and get going. There was a full day ahead. The first task was reading over draft design guidelines for our HOA. I’m on the… Continue reading Get Up and Get Going

You all know how I have random thoughts and questions of a deeper nature, or at least seem of deeper nature to me. Today’s random deep question was about God and women. We know from the Bible all about Eve and her falling to temptation, and her temptation of Adam. She, and apparently all women,… Continue reading Forgiving Females

Protocols, policies, and procedures (the Ps), are all part of large systemic processes. These are things I think about each time a decision needs to be made. To decide, one must see what has been codified in one of the Ps. Those Ps are not always evident. Sometimes it is just a practice that has… Continue reading Protocols, Policies, and Procedures

Today I’m just too too tired. Tired of the daily reminders critical thinking skills are extremely lacking in too many adults. Tired of people not getting how words and pictures, especially outside of any contextual parameters, are offensive and highly inappropriate. Tired of people not taking their role in the shaping of young minds and… Continue reading Too Too Tired

We are going back to the office. Thankfully it is only for two days a week, which I hope becomes the new norm. Today was my first full day since March 13, 2020 of being in an office outside of my home. When everything shut down, we were instructed to come in to clean our… Continue reading First Full Duty Day

We’ve often had puzzles out on the table, especially during the winter months. Growing up, we had the same thing. When the pandemic hit, and not being able to go anywhere, we’ve had a puzzle on the table since Fall of 2019. Today, we are putting a pause on puzzling. A puzzle is great for… Continue reading Putting a Pause on Puzzles

Over the past five months, I’ve had five shots. That is more than I’ve had in the last twenty years. The tetanus shot was quite mundane. The first shingles shot was no biggie. The first and second Covid vaccines went off without a hitch, no real side effects other than a sore arm. This second… Continue reading Second Shingles Shot

The Stand, by Stephen King, is one of my favorite books. It has intrigue, drama, and an epic battle between good and evil. In the book, as in so many books and movies, good wins out in the end. I, as probably with most of us, want good to win. Even when we are sure… Continue reading Good and Evil

As I wrote about last week, I had an interview for a promotion at work for an Assistant Director position. There were several of my colleagues, all extremely talented, along with myself who applied for the position. Today we received the decision of who will be moving into the new position. The call I received… Continue reading Decision Made