On Self-pity and determination

I had planned to go on a long run this afternoon. When you have a child, you have to plan such things because if you do not, they will not happen. As the saying goes for diets, exercise and anything else that can be easily sublimated by the whims of others, failure to plan is…

Alive

One of the perks of working at home is being able to do things like wander out into the greenhouse on my lunch-break. In Newfoundland during February, this is not a perk to be sniffed at. Today there wasn’t much to see. A few dead grapes, some hot peppers that didn’t get picked last year…

Trying something

Recently I’ve had to spend much more time at the computer than I’m accustomed to and I’ve noticed that my recreational usage of the computer for things like Facebook has started to blend more seamlessly with my legitimate tasks than I would like. I also noticed that my posture at the computer was starting to…

Every time…

… I prick my finger (which happens pretty often in this land of skewers, needles, scissors and blades in which I live), right after that “Ow! Damn! Did I get blood on anything that matters?” reaction, my first thought is always of this image. Like just now. Odd.

Light is where you find it and….

… I found this in 2006. Doesn’t look like I’ll get a chance to find any contemporary light today. It’s a grey old day out there now and I’m tied to a computer anyway.