Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Consecutive winter mornings waking up to my Al Green playlist alarm which starts with "Let's Stay Together" have convinced me those aren't the best lyrics to coax me out of my warm bed

Friday, January 11, 2019

Great story

I smile contemplating the same in the moon up above, a bright white crescent hovering near the roof of my building, redirecting the light for all the people hustling about on Broadway.  I am thinking I'm the only one really looking, and that it's fitting that we get such a grin on 11119... and then I (really) found twenty dollars!

Monday, January 7, 2019

Won 7/19

I am still finding clues while doing my best to enjoy what they will bring as I make them dance and sing

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

Welcome, New Year!

Monday, December 31, 2018

I am thankful for all the people I have found in 2018.

Also, I loved meeting and spending lots of quality time with my nephew, chopping wood with my father, laughing really really really hard with friends in the city and my hometown, floating in a canoe among the stars, reading more books, writing, visiting Europe and some new countries, enjoying whiskey in an Irish tavern and singing along to traditional ballads, and my four months (thus far) journey listening to all the best rock music from 1965 to 1974 in chronological order, which, thanks to Wikipedia and Spotify, has greatly expanded my knowledge of the genre, if there is such a thing.

I look forward to 2019 and what enthusiasm I will bring
My favorite experience of 2018:


I've got to run for some New Year's festivities, so I'll share more of that day in the New Year...






About a year ago my friend decided to invite a bunch of us over for a poker game, and we had so much fun that we did it again at another friend's house in October.  This is no small feat, as four of the attendees have children, and the fifth bought a house with his girlfriend this year.  I have the most flexible schedule of all of them, although I don't live in the area anymore.

There's a line from that song where they say "I lost my money playing poker..."  Thing is, I haven't.  We had another game Saturday night, and for the third straight time, I finished second and got my money back.  As Seinfeld would say, "Even Steven!"

I wouldn't say that I'm always Even Steven, as I did win the one poker game I played with my friends in the city in November.  That time I got frustrated early and went all in on a mediocre hand because one of my friends kept harassing me and criticizing my every move.  But they let me buy back in after my other friend went out, and I had more patience, rallied and somehow managed to come back to win.