Speak Spanish to Spanish speakers, I have been using Duolingo and currently on a 191-day streak of consecutive learning. I can now read and most sentences and paragraphs and use context to figure out words…
Write more
Writing is like any skill you want to improve on, you have to practice and put in the work to be good at it. I was very excited about one of the gifts I got…
2023 Intentions
In 2023 my mantra is “Thoughts become Things”, I mentioned that I was hesitant to post my list of Intentions and although I’m still struggling with it I think I’ll post them periodically with insight…
2023
I’ve done resolutions and think for the most part, if it was a statistic like baseball batting average, I’d be somewhere in the .450 – .500 range. If it was baseball, I’d be in the…
Baby Seals
This was an old post from 10 years ago that I forgot about… Food for thought – If we were talking about baby seals certain segments of the community would be in an uproar, there…
11/22/63
I was fortunate enough to have a stay at home mom during my formative years, my mom talked to me like an adult so I was talking around 10-11 months old (some may say I…
How Does it Feel to be 60?
It’s the odd question people ask you, especially at the milestones. My quick answer to everybody that has asked is, just like I did when I was 59, a couple of minutes, hours, and now…
Birthday Missive ’22
As always thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! For those of you that know me this is the day I recount, relive, and reflect on the year since my last b-day. As always it…
I Got Next!
Last weekend I had the chance to spend some time with some old friends as we came together to celebrate Ron’s 60th birthday. One of our neighborhood heroes, Jesse Floyd started talking about the “old…
Will Smith vs. Kanye West (+Hershel)
Will Smith slapped Chris Rock, another Black man, in front of America. For that, for weeks and weeks he was excoriated in the media. People on all sides had an opinion, people wanted him punished,…