Animals are great, aren’t they? Seeing a wild animal doing its thing (one that won’t harm you or doesn’t annoy you) can raise the level of dopamine in your brain. That’s the feel-good chemical that we want more of. Having an animal as a pet reduces blood pressure and makes you feel better just […]
When we feel anxious or begin to doubt ourselves, insecurity is at play. The question then becomes why. Why does insecurity affect us in so many ways? We usually don’t know it’s happening, but something feels off. Insecurity has been with us since childhood. Unless you had a perfect family with perfect parents, you were […]
Artificial intelligence. AI is all the rage. Companies are clamoring to get out the latest and greatest gadgets or Robots that will change the world. Governments are investing tons of money in companies using AI to create things that will outdo another county (for safety reasons or bragging rights, i.e., a weapon or a cure […]
I saw this movie, A Jazzman’s Blues, written, directed, and produced by Tyler Perry, available on Netflix. It’s a terrific story of how it was living in the South for a black man in 1937. The ending was a disappointment. What is it about great movies that flub up the endings? I’ve written books […]
When I was a kid, there was this movie, “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark?” with these little gremlin/demons who lived in the basement and had it out for the lady of the house. I was terrified by those things! I was afraid to go down our basement for fear those demon things were there, […]
I was doing yard work, and I thought, what if I could speak to Jim Morrison about all this nonsense in our country? What would he say? I have no idea where that idea came from or why I thought that. So, I humored myself, thinking up all kinds of things that might come out […]
We want to believe that a higher power listens to us and that we receive what we want. We ask for good things. No one prays for bad things, right? At our core, most of us are good human beings. After a while of praying and getting no response or help, we want to give […]
I’m a bit irritable today. The air here is overcome with smoke from the wildfires in Canada and is affecting me poorly. I can’t even imagine how the people feel closer to the fires. I wish them well. It seems nowadays, things move fast. (I hope I don’t sound like an old fogy.) We’re moving faster. […]
This past weekend was busy. It was my birthday, and I wanted to do something special. And I did. And then we had a fundraiser to go to. So, it was busy. I didn’t have the bandwidth to write a blog post. So, here it is! Did you ever wish your life was different? I […]
Hi. I wish you a good mood. Today I got inspired by something my guy said about how everything heals. We had another beautiful conversation about philosophical stuff (which I love if you can’t tell already), and he said, “Everything in life, emotional or physical, can heal in time with care.” It made me think […]