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  It must be a sign of a mid-life crisis, but a lot of my dispensable income lately has come into toys and games. Pokemon, collectibles, games, and Lego. Lots of Lego. Collectible Lego. Many of my woke babes out of concern often ask me if I want to reclaim my name or the partContinue reading “Reclaiming Lego”

 I know it’s not quite as romantic as one would imagine putting your husband and the pandemic in the same sentence. But hey, love transcends all grammatical barriers.  The past 15 months of the pandemic, job changes, global racism wakening, world ending, life-altering, earth-shattering events, the only constant in my life has been waking upContinue reading “The garden, the husband, and the pandemic”

 John Donne proclaimed “No Man Is an Island” in an uplifting saying that we so often stole without attribution. With Covid, and work from home, and bubbles, and the political climate that we are in now, I am not so sure.  The truth is, it feels increasingly like an island lately. I work from homeContinue reading “Men and Islands”

  People who know me in my youth knew me as a hopeless romantics who bought in way too much of the notion of “The one”, and who showers his love interests with needless affection and over-top-grand gesture. People who know me in my late twenties – early thirties knew me as a cynic whoContinue reading “My Valentine”

  So when I quit my job at a fast-growing start-up, after 3 years of solid struggling and after I finally hired a junior team member, and while we are growing both revenue and headcount, to join a much much smaller company, my boss said “Of course it makes sense for you. You are PureContinue reading “#PureAdventures”

I started a new job today. It’s an amazing feeling. The fear, the uncertainty, the challenges of starting something new in the middle of a pandemic. It’s exhilarating. I know I’m odd. But that’s in my nature to get out of my comfort zone and grow.  The last 2 weeks at my old work hasContinue reading “Old memories – New Beginnings”

  So, there’s no sugar-coating this, 2020 has been a clusterfuck of dumpster-fires. From the pandemic and delays to our major life goals, to my having shingles and had to miss work for 8 days, to our ceiling leaks with water, and a bird family lived in our vent. Small annoyances to life-altering life decisions.Continue reading “2020”

  “Waiting is wasting, for people like me” – Wind by Akeboshi In my anxiety-induced restlessness, there are always two versions of me. One that is restless, self-deprecating, and hating about the fact that I am falling behind. There is another, kinder, softer, but the more resilient voice I’d like you to hear from. It’sContinue reading “Hunger”

 “Look around, look around at how lucky we are To be alive right now Look at where you are. Look at where you started The fact that you’re alive is a miracle Just stay alive, that would be enough I don’t pretend to know the challenges you’re facing The worlds you keep erasing and creating inContinue reading “That would be enough”

 “What’s terrifying about praying is the loneliness of it. You show more faith praying for your first time more than any nuns. It’s so terrifying to sit alone by yourself in that silence” – Mary Karr I will never pretend that my life right now is not in a place of privilege. Considering where IContinue reading “Restless prayers”