Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
No resolutions this year, just simple definable goals. Health Goals: Lose the last 20 pounds (be The Guy) Keep my blood glucose within ADA ranges and work toward the lower ranges Maintain a minimum of 150 active minutes a week Creativity Goals: Add six more songs to my guitar competence list Finish a writing project... Continue Reading →
Six Months. We have just passed the six month mark. Seems like we've been here longer. We have definitely fallen in love with Richmond and the surrounding area. Great selection of food, entertainment, historical sites, places to get out and enjoy the great out of doors. Fabulous people too. This is a truly wonderful area.... Continue Reading →
Don't know that I can say it any better than this, so have a wonderful Thanksgiving doing whatever makes you happy.
NaNoWriMo update: I am just slightly behind the goal at the moment. I started off very well, getting as much as 3,000 words ahead of the timeline (we call it "the curve" in my family). Then I had a couple of things get in the way - The Kid got sick for a day, meetings,... Continue Reading →
It's November. And once again I have dedicated myself to a month long ordeal and creative experiment. It's NaNoWriMo. That's National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write 50,000 words of a novel in the 30 days of November. This is one of the great passions of The Kid. She is, of course, an... Continue Reading →
"My candle burns at both ends, It will not last the night, But ah, my foes and oh, my friends, It gives a lovely light." -Edna St. Vincent Millay It has been almost six months since we moved to RVA. In that time we have gone a little crazy with all the options of places... Continue Reading →
Temperature is much on our minds these days. The temperatures recently have been "cooler", meaning we are no longer near 80. Daytime highs are in the low 70s with overnight lows just dipping below the 50s this week. It's the middle of October. My northern born and bred seasonal timeline keeps thinking it's September. I... Continue Reading →
Aging Hippies to young hipsters. Grandparents and grand children. Masters of Industry and Working Class Heroes. Tens of thousands of people all in one place because they love music. Welcome to the Richmond Folk Festival. I really had no idea what to expect. First, when you say "folk music" I automatically think Peter, Paul and... Continue Reading →
As we continue our intentional exploration of our new home I will, from time to time, offer these special posts. I suddenly realized that we had done a whole bunch of exploring and I was falling behind. Part of the challenge in living in the Richmond area is trying to choose among all the various... Continue Reading →
Well, it had to happen eventually. Amidst all the fun and games something bad had to happen. It was inevitable. The weather continues to be beautiful so I decided to get out and explore on Wednesday. I haven't had the bicycle up and running all year for one reason or another. So I inflated the... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 