Month: November 2024

  • ODDS and ENDS: Still Cleaning, Thanksgiving, and Wrong Week…

    (You got to hide your love away…)

    I’m still processing Trump’s victory, what this says about us as Americans, and at the end of all of this contemplation, I am going to have the cleanest kitchen in The Five Boroughs. I know what I’m really doing; trying to put order back on the world of chaos I find myself in. It’s working, as any good therapy does, but it will still take time. Deep down, I sort of do hope that I am over reacting. That Trump’s term will be a big nothing burger of incompetence and gaffs, but the economy improves and we all go on with our lives. But I also know nothing is really over. And there always is a tomorrow to try again. Not the most encouraging thought, but it’s all that I got right now. That and I have some grout to scrub.

    Thanksgiving is not too far away, like less than three weeks. This is the holiday that I look forwards to the most. I love making food with my family, and taking it easy. The kid is old enough now to start making her own dish for the event. And it’s an all day event in our home; A special baked good breakfast of some sort, noshy lunch, and then the dinner when everything is ready. Each year it runs a little different, as we like to keep evolving our Thanksgiving menu, adding this dish, or retiring that side. But as I get older, it’s the time with my family that means the most. Planning together, shopping as a family, putting all the pieces together starting the night before and the day of. All that time shared together.

  • Still Cleaning

    I’m feeling better than I did yesterday. Still not great. Disappointment and a feeling of being lost is what I seem to be swimming in.

    And nothing is exciting me, nor am I feeling inspired, which is rather annoying. Like, when my life gets stressful or chaotic, or dramatic events unfold, creativity is a well spring outta me. I am finding the opposite right now. I can’t get myself to write, or work on some old ideas, or submit to publications that I know will never accept me. Even posting this blog feels like a bit of a chore.

    So I am sticking to what helped me yesterday; cleaning. I got half of my kitchen taken care of – cabinets and the pantry. Today will be the shelves, refrigerator. Not too much, as I am pacing myself, as I feel that I will need some cleaning on Friday as well.

    I thought about going to the gym, but the idea of being around other people I find discomforting right now.

    No, what feels good right now is cleaning my home. Making this apartment feel taken care of and safe.

    I am also listening to every Beatles album in order, including all of their singles, while I clean. That makes me feel better.

  • Waking Up This Morning

    Not sure what, or how this happened, but it did.

    Today, I’m going to clean my kitchen. It needs it.

    Then, I’m going to watch a lot of Great British Baking Show.

    And tomorrow, I’m going to start to figure out what I need to do next.

  • VOTE!

    It’s the day of the election, ya’ll!

    Go vote!

  • Earworms

    (I’m talking about music earworms. This is your warning. What follows may get stuck in your head.)

    When you say “earworm” to my wife, she immediately thinks of the ear bugs from Star Trek 2. The one that Khan put in Chekhov’s ear. Which is awful and gross, and not what I am talking about.

    NO, I am talking about the earworm of a song that gets stuck in your head, and for the past two days, I have had “The Real Slim Shady” playing, ahh, pretty much non-stop. Now, what I am hearing isn’t the album track. No, I keep hearing this:

    Which is kind’a weird, right? A piano version of the song, no lyrics or anything else; just piano.

    Then, from time to time, I’ll get John Tesh’s NBA theme bouncing around.

    Sometimes when I’m walking around the City, this will play in my head:

    Does anyone remember “Riptide?”

    I guess I’m just talking about tv theme songs now. I always liked “Taxi.”

    Back to the point… “Summer Breeze.”