As I ease off another teaching contract this week and wait to see if a new one comes my way, I'm once more at a point where supposedly I've got more time on my hands to work on my "favourite things." Put another way, now's the time for me to reckon with how I'm to, … Continue reading Time To Reckon With How I’m Showing Up For Family
Ideate. Create. Recuperate. I've thought long and hardExamined my lifeAnd I've decided it's timeTo compartmentalise Nights are my time toConsider. ReflectAnd to Ideate Mornings will see meProduce. ActivateIn short?Create Afternoons methinks I shouldLuxuriate. ResuscitateAs inRecuperate. These times are the bestFor each of these stagesOf my whole creation processIdeate. Create. Recuperate. If you enjoyed reading my … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #297
Yea I know. I talked about almost the exact opposite a few posts ago. That reading as a habit is pretty much dead nowadays. But c'mon, you didn't really think I'd resigned myself to that notion, did you? No self-promoting, self-respecting writer would ever want that, or say that. Other than in a moment of … Continue reading I Need To Rebuild My Reading Habit Once More!
Remake This World! Let's imagine for a minuteWhat the world could be like?If you and I joined handsIf we each took a side Of the wars now still going strongOf the pains their striving's brought onAnd just stitch these sides together againWith love and patience and renewed connections Yes, let's remake this world now!Let's show … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #296
Over the past week, I've had the opportunity to sit in on the meetings of two other men's help groups in my country. Invariably, as someone who has been coordinating a men's group since 2023, I would come to know of other such groups too. More so recently, when I joined up with a men's … Continue reading Building A Community #3: Sometimes The Best Way To Build May Be To Downsize!
20 Reminders That Health IS Everything! 1. Urine & Saliva Collection -- Fluid flowing like a river 2. Stool Collection -- Passing motion that's solid not water! 3. Blood Sample Collection -- Let the platelets fall where they may 4. Skin Health -- Saggy true, but in the pink at least like my young days? 5. Visual Acuity … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #295
It happened again. My youngest misplaced yet another one of the standard things he daily brings to school. This time, it was his wallet. This was three Wednesdays ago. I remember it well because Wednesdays were my rest-from-work days since I started my temporary teaching contract in April. (My classes happen Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays) … Continue reading This Is Not A Post About A Missing Wallet. It’s So Much More!
When I Was But A Lad There were trials aboundBut he saw them offGrab them by the hornsAnd launched them overboard That's the hero in my dreamsHim that I could count onSure as a rod and steadfastLike the God of the Old Testament I think we all hope our trialsWill never surpass our inner SamsonThat … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #294
One of the things I marvel about my eldest sister (she's 72 years old) is her ability to rattle off hard numbers from memory effortlessly. These include prices of things she purchased, from travel packages to health supplements. She can accurately recall phone numbers, as well as the year various events took place. Or how … Continue reading Are We Truly Seeing The End Of Reading And Attention?
I "Fell" To Let Go It finally happened to meAfter months and months of revelryCycling pathways with my sonWas wondering when or even ifWould it happen all at once? There was a young audienceSo my embarrassment was obviousToppling onto the pavementLike an overflowing bird feedI was a grass blade away from chewing weed! Yes there … Continue reading My Monday Metrical Musings #293
