The passing of Jimmy Carter has me revisiting my list of people for the ultimate dinner party. There was a time it would be a party of icons – music, literature, funkiness etc. but as I get older I find conversations are becoming fewer and fewer, shallower and shallower. Here
Month: December 2024
A Commitment to Humanity
There is a parlour game, of sorts, that goes ‘if you could invite 10 people to a dinner party, alive or dead, who would you invite?’ One of the first people on my list was always Jimmy Carter, though truth be told I always hoped to meet the man, shake
Desiderata Digitalis
I am not sure why Desiderata strikes such a chord with me, perhaps it is being a child of the 60’s, when flower power meant something and the world marched in the streets for peace. How times have changed… This is my last digital work for 2024; lately just have
A Season of Peace & Gratitude
No matter how you celebrate this Season, or if you don’t celebrate at all, it is a time for peaceful reflection on the year past and the year ahead. If I might be so bold now would be the time to consider how to be better in the new year,
A Lyrical List
Most people know me as a geek, this hermit guy with the shaggy beard who putters about in a set of camo crocs and a headset. I find that ironic, actually, I am a geek to pay the bills, what I do and really not who I am. I am
A List for Denise
My Sister in Law, Denise, posted one of those ‘fill in the blanks’ lists on Facebook for people to play along to. But being the S.O.B. that I am, I am not into identity theft spam that is usually how these lists start making the round. Soo instead here is