Just Say Yes
In March of 1976, I rented an industrial sewing machine for $36.00 per month. Rental applied toward purchase if I decided to continue and continue I did. This week I am celebrating…
Having it out with Melancholy
Melancholy. Not a friend, exactly. Quite familiar though. I’m trending towards befriending it. What surprises me is what triggers melancholy. And how long I have to hang in the holding…
Entering the Void
My pre-Christmas time was a frenzy. I wasn’t shopping. I was creating. Fortunately, I had started back in October and my ideas were steadily gaining momentum. They were ambitious ideas.…
More about Efficiency
In the time it takes to boil a pot of water and brew a cup of Teechino for my morning commute, I can wash and dry the breakfast dishes, put…
Magnificent Obsessions
Eric Maisel is back with a new book called “Brainstorm” which is about encouraging the mind’s natural talent for obsessing. Maisel differentiates between productive and unproductive obsessing. Basically, the difference…
Baby Steps
I don’t know about you, but in my childhood, the game “Mother May I?” was all about power and favoritism. There were giant steps and scissor steps… saying “Mother May…
Time and Motion
It’s 5AM and traffic is building on Bush Point Road. The cars come in waves every half hour, most of them heading for the Clinton ferry and long commutes into…
Fall
Temptation to fall toward the dark side of dawn the rain a tease across thirsty beds equipment standing still dollars shifting sorting disappearing in the wind. Fierce conversations waiting in…
Stella Sunday Afternoons 