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Dogs and Friends
I’ve never had a dog who could be reliably compatible with other dogs. Even Ash, who is not my dog but is Falyne’s, is only trustworthy around other dogs while he’s geared up and working. Dog parks baffle me because people just bring their dogs and let them loose with full trust and little to no introductions ( Read more... ) -
My Year on the Coronado Neighborhood Association Board
A year ago I was enthusiastic. I was optimistic. I had large dreams and visions for where I could take my community. I didn’t want to run for office, not originally. I had run in the previous election because James Hogue, then director of Block Watch, had strongly encouraged that I do so. At that point, my involvement with the neighborhood was ( Read more... ) -
Endings
I don’t handle change well. I never have. Change is, however, probably the most important, inevitable, and ever-present part of life and so it’s one of those things that I’ve taken decades to train myself to deal with in a way that somewhat functions but mostly just mimics normal human behavior ( Read more... ) -
Mindfulness and the Confusion of Vague Definitions
My neighborhood hosts a weekly group meeting called Questions, Ideas, and Conversation in which neighbors come together to discuss predetermined topics generally related to some sort of philosophy or social issue that might be of interest to us. This week's conversation was about the commodification of mindfulness and how that affects the value of ( Read more... ) -
The Ugly Side of Humanity: An Adventure in ADA and the General Public
We went to Main Event Entertainment for Ethan's birthday celebration today. I was sitting at our two booths watching everyone's stuff, using that as an excuse to avoid the crowded and overactive other areas of the place. The rest of our family was off bowling and then playing laser tag.
When Falyne wanted to do laser tag, knowing that it's not ( Read more... ) -
2015 and 2016
Apparently I've skipped a year on my annual updates. Two, if you count the fact that it's twelve days into the new year and I have yet to do the update for 2016. It's likely that this is because we've had some major losses in the family these two years and I just didn't want to go back and review that. Yet, it feels like there's this gap I need to ( Read more... ) -
Don't let the past remind us of what we are not now
I've been thinking about Judy a lot lately. Judy's been dead for about four and a half years now and I've mostly been numb-nostalgic about it the whole time. The past couple of weeks though she's been refusing to leave my mind. Judy Blue Eyes came on the radio the other day, but I was already thinking about her ( Read more... ) -
He's Kicked the Bucket, He's Shuffled Off His Mortal Coil... This is an Ex-Uncle
When I was a small child, I went through unpredictable phases switching off between being in awe of my cool uncle John and being utterly terrified of the man who claimed to have spiders living in his beard. As I grew I learned a lot from him, like how the best fish is always the big one that got away... which at the time I thought was just a ( Read more... ) -
2014
My new year's resolution for last year, which I just had to look up, was to update LiveJournal more often. I even gave it a limit of "once a month if possible". So of course I had absolutely zero entries during the year of 2014. That's actually pretty descriptive of how the entire year went though, so it works ( Read more... ) -
2013
Alright, here it is, time to review my year again. I'd say that 2013 was better than 2012. Well, I'd say any year was better than 2012 but... moving on. I had resolved to stop and think about whether I really wanted to be doing something and start saying 'no' to things I really didn't want to do. I also said I was going to finally graduate ( Read more... )