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Disney continues not to score any points with me and I’m convinced that I’m not the only one that they continue to offend with their antics. Disney again wants to do that whole race swapping nonsense, this time with another Marvel p…
the past two guys i loved
https://youtu.be/IGXcWypVv1Q?si=D5fnL-JDaKrXb4Xa I often think about this part in the movie when I think about Mark. I think if we are soulmates it just not coming together, did I never fight for him? did he never fight for me? The truth is going back 2018 when the relationship start…
But that story is for another day.
Hey Boss, I am back. I don’t ever make new years resolutions but here I am, making one like the rest of the world. I am hoping I am not like the rest of the world where I drop off and don’t follow through. Alas. I need to journal again. Consistently. It is good for my soul and I haven’t been…
I had the weirdest dream ever!
So, this afternoon, I wasn’t feeling well and had to lie down because of pains in my stomach, and I fell asleep. I had the weirdest dream. Here is what I can remember of it : I was in a minivan with my older sister and some other people (who I didn’t know in real life but apparently knew the…
The year has just begun.
For many people the New Year will begin with loss of loved ones, unfortunately. 10 people have been killed in the truck attack though I thought a recent report said it was 15 now. Shamsud-Din-Jabbar was the man behind this terrorist attack and the FBI doesn’t believe he acted alone. He was k…
The eternal Now and the “sky of mind”
One day the sun shall shine…into our minds and hearts, and light up our whole lives with a great awakening light, as warm and serene and golden as a bankside in autumn. Henry David Thoreau There is something about the light in late autumn and early winter that you don’t normally notice, but …
The curious story of how we met, part two
Sometime in the late winter of 2014 I had purchased some old advertising brochures from an antique dealer online. On and off I have collected such retro items over the years, and I was adding to my collection at the time. Homemaker magazines from the early and mid 20 th century and related a…
Leaving 2024 In The Rear-View Mirror
That’s my ticket for tonight’s festivities. With the way that I dislike being around people and loathe crowds, this was the best ticket for me for just such an occasion. Consider me content. Not surprisingly, I worked today. I didn’t do much else after that. Actually, that’s not en…
2025 Visions and Intentions
Look back and looking forward. Time, within this journal, seemed to moved slowly back in 1999 and 2000 and 2001, and then faster and faster, with years skipped and months passed on by. Memory and experience have smeared out, across islands and deserts, mountains and forests, through the alle…
Happy New Year!
Lang may yer lum reek. Will