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Things I Carry
On my way into the gym yesterday, I thought, “Man, my gym bag feels heavy.” So after I coached a class and had a moment to myself, I decided to empty out my bag and see exactly what was weighing down my Walmart duffle. Once I took inventory, I couldn’t help but snap a photo,…
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Keep Climbing
Lately, I’ve been doing a few handy projects at work – you know, changing lightbulbs, organizing things, hanging decorations. Simple stuff. But this week, the task on my list was to hang a 4×6′ banner high up on a concrete wall. Not as simple, but certainly doable. Yesterday, I got out the drills, measuring tapes,…
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Feed Me
Well, it’s been a busy week and I’ll be sitting through a three-day training this weekend, so I’ve had very little time for creativity. However, even on busy weeks, my brain likes to chugga chugga choo choo through problems, whether I have time to solve them or not. And so, I’m going to take advantage…
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An Introduction
“Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.” Isaac Asimov It has come to my attention that wehave some new faces around here! New readers, I suppose we could say. Although I prefer to think of you and I as fellow travelers, taking a few moments away from this strange life to talk about…
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In Nonsense We Trust
I have just decided that it’s time to introduce more nonsense into my life. “Querd?” you say in response. “Yes, exactly,” I say, as I puff on my seafoam and lavender pipe. Here’s the deal. I love nonsense. Everything is nonsense before it makes sense. (So, technically, nonsense is everything at least once. But let’s…
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An Unwillingness to Surrender
I am an incredibly lazy, slow-moving person (more on this another time, but please don’t argue, I promise it’s true.) And yet, paradoxically, I possess an innate unwillingness to give up on certain things. What’s interesting about that sentence is the word “certain.” I do easily give up on some things. It’s not uncommon for…