Fear of the unknown, is it warranted? Executives say yes. The Terminator's Skynet and 2001: A Space Odyssey HAL 9000 put our fears on the movie screen, showing that technological advancement may be our demise. Did you know that "Good Morning Dave" wasn't part of the Script for A Space Odyssey? It was made famous... Continue Reading →
Snow in Nashville, The Funk and a New Year.
It's more than chasing the negative monsters from enveloping our soul, but to find the muse, the courage, the confidence to reach for the impossible when thoughts of I'm not good enough are overwhelming.
Rain, words, motivation and “Murder your Darlings”.
Fires continue to burn the west, hurricanes along the coast with rip tides colliding with vacations. It's raining again in Nashville, TN, like tears draining my self-confidence in each puddle.
Tropical storms, wild fires and good chairs, oh my.
Weather Mt. Juliet, TN 2020 Tornado I'm concerned about climate change, no matter who's at fault. As I write this post, Fred has made landfall along the Florida panhandle, passed over GA, threw some at East TN and now heading north. Grace has been upgraded to a hurricane, but hoping no US impace and so... Continue Reading →
La Nina Shuts down Nashville
I'm an oxymoron. I'm a positive person finding the silver lining in every situation; but in my imagination, I see murder in the subtitles.
Reinvention
"Real courage is moving forward when the outcome is uncertain."
TransAmerica Trail, Self-Reliance and writing.
“All great and honorable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and both must be enterprised and overcome with answerable courage.”
Sunday at Starbucks!
A great writing session at my local Starbucks in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee and finished Chapter One of my new series. Saw an old friend after ten years and great to catch up after all this time. Waving to April! Takes me back to the days of inline hockey and the travel team, TN Inferno. Miss... Continue Reading →
Serial Killers, Severe Weather & Bully Sticks
Today I am background noise in the periphery of their day.
Cedar logs and eggnog.
Hard to believe Christmas is in six days. Youngest drove down from Michigan yesterday, son number three and two, live near and we will miss son number one and his beautiful fiance Laura, during the holidays. I am one of those people who never seem to start their decorating or shopping until the week of... Continue Reading →
Imaginarium, Michigan, and Starbucks
Persistence shall be my savior and again, I will step in front of strangers wishing for Xanax as I help them find their muse.
Risk
We are born storytellers, sometimes we just don't realize we are our own hero.