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There is a great Texas (ok Southern) thing called, “Fixin’ to”. Now, the actual duration of “Fixin’ to” can be anywhere from a few minutes to a few years, to possibly never. Texas women have held “Fixin’ to” over Texas men’s heads since the state formed I imagine. I can frustrate and confound the devil … Read more

I am in a season of life where I am, by both desire and demand, doing a lot of rethinking. I have written about simplification and minimalism a bit before, but from the stance of wanting not needing to really do that much about it. The reality is that rethinking things right now is right … Read more

I have begun working on a writing project around joy and no project like this would be complete without starting where joy does not exist. Or at least does not exist in measure. This does not mean that there are not moments of joy, but sustainability becomes difficult if not impossible. Life is a complicated … Read more

I am sitting in what I guess we call our sun room reading. I call it our sun room because it has a skylight and is sunnier than the rest of the house and I am not sure what else to call it. The wicker chair I am sitting in is across from a curio … Read more

I sit here today on the 4th enjoying the day off. I have spent a little morning coffee time doing some reading and writing. A little time with the family putzing around the house and this will lead up to burgers this evening and maybe a little fireworks watching. I work hard during the work … Read more

The world is an exceedingly busy place. Each year it seems to get even busier. We continue to pile on a unending mountain of electronic minutia into our lives. It is no longer good enough to respond to the electronic buzz of business and society a portion of our day, but it must now be … Read more