It is 7:52 AM on Sunday January 30th, 2022. I’m sitting in my la-Z-Boy recliner in the second floor reading nook. The rising sun illuminates this small space with a young light promising a beautiful day. For the past decade I have preferred the early morning to late at night. The start of a day…… Continue reading The Sun as a Metaphor for Life
Category: Journal
My life journal.
Journal Entry – 1.23.2022
It is 2:47 PM on Sunday January 23rd, 2022. I’m sitting on the back patio on the new porch swing our neighbors gifted us as they moved away. There isn’t a cloud in the sky and the California sun makes it feel as though this is the middle of summer even though the temperature in…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 1.23.2022
Journal Entry – 1.16.2022
It is 7:29 AM on Sunday January 29th, 2022. In the past year I continue to wake up early, around 4 AM but I don’t actually get out of bed. I’ll peruse though my usual apps on my phone until I’m sleepy then get another hour of sleep before actually getting out of bed. The…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 1.16.2022
Putting the Tree Away
It is 11:47 AM on Sunday January 2nd 2022. The temperature is 55 degrees but feels a lot warmer with the bright sun. Stepping outside to put away the Christmas wreath I had a flicker of the feelings and emotions I would have on a summer day at the Grandview pool. The warmth on my…… Continue reading Putting the Tree Away
Journal Entry 11.20.21
It is 6:34 AM on Saturday November 20th, 2021. The mornings are now chilly, there is the possibility of some sort of precipitation and the Thanksgiving holiday approaches. This is the first day of a two week break after two pandemic years of not taking more than a couple days off here and there. I…… Continue reading Journal Entry 11.20.21
Journal Entry -11.13.2021
It is 8:57 on Saturday November 13th, 2021. It is a beautiful, clear morning with the sun shining and a warm 63 degrees. This is November weather in Pacifica. Speaking to my parents I hear the weather is cold with freezing rain and snow in the forecast. It has been 20 years since I lived…… Continue reading Journal Entry -11.13.2021
Journal Entry – 9.26.21
It is 7:38 AM on Sunday morning on the 26th of September 2021. I’ve often written that life had sped up an an incredible pace once I reached the mid-30s. Well now it is about three times the speed it was and months really do pass as quickly as I perceived days to pass when…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 9.26.21
Blog and computer updates
I haven’t written as many entries as I would have liked over the past couple of months due to some big projects in regards to this blog. After many months I finally finished yesterday evening. The project was to go through each post – all 1,825 of them- and do the following: 1. update all…… Continue reading Blog and computer updates