Blog Summary
Thoughts and Musings
2021 - Present
How do we cope when our bodies and minds aren’t what they were? How do we find purpose in life? Is adventure still on the horizon? Can we cope much less thrive in today’s chaotic environement? How might adventure change as we sprout wrinkles?
Buckshot not Bullets
"There is no silver bullet—there is silver buckshot" is the biggest lesson in the June 24, 2021, New Yorker Climate Crisis Newsletter. Wow! What a refreshing and simple language for solving problems. And, the more complex the problem, the more important buckshot becomes.
First Kiss
I was in sixth grade. After school we often gathered at CH’s house, hiding from adult supervision in the recreation room (aka basement). One time, six of us, three boys and three girls, sprawled across old couches and chairs, thumbing through CH’s older brother’s 800 comic books, trying to be cool. Couples you might call us, but in sixth grade, we didn’t call anyone a couple until they either kissed or held hands in public. We were still innocent.