Category: Randomness – Poems, Haiku, and Other Stuff

Key West. It lived up to the hype in my head. Warm. Beautiful. Sunny. Great way to spend a week in December. I managed to find a time that wasn’t too crowded and a quiet hotel. My wife and I walked all over that town. I would love to go back.

1. Writing. Not very successful at it – monetary or fame wise – but I can craft a good story.
2. Creativity. My brain overflows with it constantly. Always searching for the next thing to create.
3. Dad and Husband. Not perfect – who is – but I think I do fairly well in these roles.
4. Procrastination. If I am creating something then I am quick to do it. Rarely do I procrastinate there but when it comes to adult things I am slow to get it done. I do – eventually – get it done but not on the fastest of time lines.
5. Cooking. I am not a five star chef but I can make a solid meal that covers all food groups.

Morning – another easy one to answer.

Currently laying in bed – wide awake at 4:30 AM – writing this.

If you enjoy meat then great. I am not going to police your eating habits. I have enjoyed my fair share but as of late I am leaning more towards being a vegetarian. Still not there – chicken and fish are still in my diet – but less and less chicken as I get older.

Easiest question so far.

A Pittsburgh Steelers hoody that I wear constantly. I’ve even replaced the zipper because I wear it so much.

My Hey Dude shoes. Constant companions on my feet.

I’d like to say my phone but I am writing this post on it so without it I couldn’t do that. Plus there are many benefits to a phone – creative benefits – that are nice to have for a mind like mine. Very useful so I’d be lying if I said a phone.

But there is one thing I would be better off without. Streaming media. I could learn to live without streaming and go back to records or CDs or DVD’s if I had to.

I loved the idea of streaming everything a few years back, seemed simpler, until greed took over.

Now, instead of one app for many things you have many apps for one thing, and don’t even get me started on exclusive series for one service or the price. It’s just getting out of control. I think that’s the bit of technology I could lose and I would not miss.

1: Traffic. Ridiculous amount of it where I live. Takes forever to go a mile if you don’t find the right time of day to get out and get your errands done.

2: One train that always runs when I am trying to get my daughter to school early. Once a week she has to be at chorus by 8 and I think only once this train hasn’t interfered with my routine.

3. Climate change deniers and flat earthers. People need to stop believing social media so much. Do your own research and form your own opinions.

I was reading through some of the other posts for this prompt and someone said bees which is a great pick. Bees really are the backbone of nature. Dive into what they do for all of us on this planet and it will amaze you.

Guess that’s one pick and pick two has to be cats. As I lay in bed writing this on my phone, not good, I know, I can hear our two young cats running wild. They bring so much joy to our home and responsibility which is great for my kids as they grow and turn into teens.

Maybe a third pick could be snakes. I think they get a bad reputation in this world and yes I know they can be dangerous and deadly but they can also be beautiful.

He just sounds like an interesting guy. Might be nice to hang out with him for a bit.

I try too because they usually are right. I have regretted it many times when I haven’t.

Kindness and positivity. I try to put those things out into the world when I encounter people or meet someone for the first time. I feel like this world needs more of both of them especially now.

If you’d asked me twenty years ago, before I aged, it would have been somewhere warm and tropical like Tahiti or Bora Bora and part of me still loves that idea. A small shack in the sand with endless warm days.

However.

These days I am also starting to think about living in a little more Northern climate on the coast. A place you can take strolls on the beach or long hikes. Not sure where that is. Maine or Oregon or maybe Canada or maybe somewhere overseas.

Those are my places. What are yours?

Does anyone remember Curt Gowdy? My parents have a picture of him holding me when I was a baby.

They provide – comfort, warmth, love, companionship, laughter, joy, smiles, etc.

And they add a positive vibe to any space you bring them into.

Does a plane ticket count? I have been to multiple places around the globe and I know that was always an expensive personal purchase. I also bought a video camera for one of these trips and dropped it in a lake in Italy. I was able to retrieve the camera but it was no longer working.

Don’t we all need 26 hours in a 24 hour day?

Best way for me to combat this is to stay on a schedule and somewhere in that schedule carve out a little time for myself. Taking a walk, reading, watching a movie, doing something creative, etc. That’s the way I find a bit of time each day.

Zero Day

We take a day off work and pretend we are on vacation. Listen to some music, hang out with friends, read a book, listen to music, sleep, make your favorite drinks, take a hike, ride a bike, etc.

To participate you have to wear a Hawaiian shirt and do absolutely nothing for the day. Only those few chores are allowed that are truly necessary – like cooking and cleaning dishes. No social media is allowed. In fact technology will be invented to prevent you from accessing any of it. The rest of the day is about resetting your soul to zero back to your calm warm center.