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Your Future is Not Your Past

  • Posted 2nd September 2025, 5:23 pm
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Your Future is Not Your Past

So, as I was saying in my last blog, which was more than 3 months ago, "Once upon a time… Things were good… and then they weren't." Funny how some passage of time, like a strong wind, can clear away the storm clouds over your head. 

I see again, that life is full of surprises with corners you can't see around with your eyes. I truly was in a panic, the…

Once Upon a Time…

  • Posted 28th May 2025, 10:16 pm
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Once upon a time…

Things were good… and then they weren't.

Lately, things have been tough. About a month and a half ago I could see that this time was coming. I wasn't sure how my wife and I would be getting through it.

I'm sure you remember that time in your life where you have to choose between important things. Which ones are most important from what is less so. Ever been there?
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The Long and Winding Road

  • Posted 17th April 2025, 9:21 pm
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The Long and Winding Road

Here I am, sitting in my chair, contemplating the future, while the shadow of the past, looms large over my head. Storm clouds gather while the wind blows and the rain is falling. The chilling wind, whistling through the meanderings of my mind.

Of course, if you look out the window, it's a beautiful Spring day where the flowers are blooming and the sun…

Round and Round

  • Posted 28th February 2025, 1:22 pm
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Round and Round

My holding pattern has not gotten better in the last month. That round and round feeling is still here.

I did pick up my brushes and work full on a persnickety detailed painting. So I know I can still do it. Even though I was wearing my old prescription glasses which I only need for reading and close up seeing, and by the time you read this, I will have had my vision
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