Uncertainty
Looking back at over 50 years of decisions I’ve made and recognizing how those decisions have brought me to the place I am now, I find myself wanting to second-guess every decision I am currently […]
91 is not too old for a new career
“Don’t let ‘old’ become your identity.” * http://www.today.com/money/age-not-barrier-tech-designer-91-lands-her-dream-job-t5691 How many of us would even imagine pursuing a “dream job” at 91? How many of us think we’ll be alive and functioning at that age? How […]
Happiness
And for me, the real secret to enjoying life, beating unhappiness, and beginning to reverse depression was all about playing more in life. Alexander Heyne, http://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-to-be-happier-without-really-trying/ The quest to find and be successful at a new […]
Living life in-between
“He’s a man in his glory a boy in his dreams And he’s living his life in between Tomorrow will answer yesterdays Dreams While today he is living in between” Pathway to Glory, Loggins and Messina […]
I’ll smoke again when I’m 90
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/09/21/leonard-cohen-smoking-again/16006311/ Leonard Cohen decided he’d start smoking again when he turned 80 and that seems to have stirred a bit of discussion. On one side are those that are babbling that It is not a […]
Welcome to This Next Step!
This Next Step is home to several creative works-in-progress that have evolved by slowly taking one step and then taking the next. What began as a casual suggestion by a friend to take a painting class turned into […]
On being a rental unit
This week has been colored by the thought that I trade my life, about 9 hours of time/life for 5 days each week, in return for money. I am a rental unit. Following that thought, […]
About Creating
The art, the writing, the poetry are all process. It, whatever IT is at the moment, does not have to be perfect, or even stamped as “good” by some outside authority. It is a […]
Choice thoughts
“Dwelling on the negative simply contributes to its power.” ~Shirley MacLaine Earlier this week a friend and I were talking about choices and how the statement “I want to do something” is quite different from […]
Clarity for the New Year
This holiday break has brought awareness to a new found sense of clarity and calm. Doing nothing has allowed me to take stock of this moment in time and I am very grateful for this […]