Me First!

Me First!  I’m the stomach that will keep distracting your mind until you feed me… Me First!  I’m the task you’ve been ignoring for weeks, and you can’t move forward until I’m done… Me First!  I have a lag time, and the deadline’s looming… Me First!  I’m the project you’ve postponed until the last minute, …

Forty Days (#4-7)

Forty Days of Praise…  and as with any other ‘do this daily’ thing I set about to do, I’m in catch-up mode…  Yes, I even do that with sleep and food – anything that’s not screamingly urgent like, well, disposing of food. I am thankful for the people who believe in me.  There is a …

Forty Days (#1-3)

It’s actually about day #7….I haven’t taken the time to build the brain-port that will grab my thoughts and feed them to the computer.  Some days, that’s a good thing.  Other days, when my mind is on a roll but my hands are doing other things, it would be so convenient… On a long overnight …

Things… (!)

from Scott Wesley Brown, half a lifetime ago… Things upon the mantle Things on every shelf Things that others gave me, Things I gave myself Things I’ve stored in boxes That don’t mean much anymore Old magazines and memories Behind the attic door ….things…. Things on hooks and hangers, Things on ropes and rings Things …