Second Thoughts # 12 – Close Your Eyes While You Read This

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That one spot along the way home where you ran as fast as you could every single time because of that story…

A Shade of Ash # 42 – The Silence Was Strengthening

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A rocking chair and the gap between your stories. I hung in that quiet and on your every last word. Your voice for my heart, your silence for my soul. Then, it was time for tea…

Second Thoughts # 11 – Life Wharf Living

Stop and take notice or end up missing everything. – Ash

Earth to Ash Podcast Episode # 12 – Happy Days!

Welcome back, join me and my continuing conversation about my thoughts, feelings, and emotions to the world around me.

In this episode, I discuss being happy. It is a simple concept, but sometimes hard to execute. Listen to my story and strategy of trying to inject as much happiness into my day as I can. Plus I talk about how age is only a number when your inside is forever young. And, as always, I throw in a quote and a poem for good measure.

Enjoy!!

Second Thoughts # 10 – Winter’s a Breeze

On My Walk

A mild winter’s night walk makes me grateful for my lungs. – Ash

Journal Entry # 246 – Keep the Change

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Change must be a want, or it’ll always remain a won’t. – Ash 

Earth to Ash Podcast Episode # 11 – He’s Alive!

Welcome back, join me and my continuing conversation about my thoughts, feelings, and emotions to the world around me.

In this episode, I discuss being finally back behind the microphone and continuing the conversation. No rhyme or reason for my sabbatical, just an abandoned podcast and zero excuses. I talk about where I have been and what I have been up to as a writer and some friendly banter. And, as always, I throw in a poem for good measure.

Enjoy!!

Post of Christmas Past # 11 – A Christmas Spirit

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Ah, Christmas spirits. Not those three ghosts that visit if you forget the true meaning of Christmas. No, these spirits are the alcoholic drinks we share with friends, family, and strangers during the celebrations of the holiday season. This is time of year that brings annual opportunities to take part in a festive spirit or two, or three, or maybe four, or…

By the way, I use the word spirits loosely to encompass all things drinky-drinky during December Yuletide. That also includes non-alcoholic spirits. Because you don’t need alcohol to enjoy the “spirit” of the moment. Good times being had at restaurants, pubs, bars, house parties, office parties, all over the place. Immersed in awesome atmospheres wrapped full of special cheer and merry wishes. Who’s round is it?

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Post of Christmas Past # 8 – The Office Secret Santa

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Ah…the office Secret Santa. An annual festive get-together with your fellow coworkers. The people you spend a big portion of your daily life with. A second family, some would say. It’s a chance to enjoy a holiday break with that family, away from the weekly grind, and to take part in a little giving and receiving. I’ve been a part of a bunch of Secret Santas in my day. Most if not all of my former places of employment have practised the tradition and it’s no different at my current job. My law firm partakes as well. Each time, a fun experience. This year’s Secret Santa email dropped in my inbox last week. I picked my person to buy for yesterday. It was my first sign of Santa’s coming.

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Trailing Behind – Haiku

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smell of evergreen  
in a November forest 
can take you back home