Coming to Terms with Age

Some thoughts about becoming a full-fleged sexagenarian. I can see it's time for some things to change.

Talbert Nature Preserve

πŸ“· My first post-CABG hike is in the books. It wasn't a killer, but I've got to start somewhere. It felt good to put one foot in front of another in dirt again. I even made it up the ten flights of…

Rather than a simple walk around the neighborhood for exercise today, I’m actually getting out on a real hiking trail, even if it’s classified as easy with very little elevation gain. It’s time to get some dust on the trail runners again…

Okay… I pulled the trigger on moving my Fediverse presence back to Micro.blog. If you followed me on my β€œdot social” instance, you should have been automatically moved here. I’m going to try hard to keep it this way. ✌🏻

I woke up a couple hours earlier than usual today, so I spent the time reorganizing my Obsidian vault and tweaking my OmniFocus setup.

I feel accomplished.

The date has been set for my TCAR surgery. Of course it’s the Wednesday before the Monday I was supposed to return to work. That means I’ll have to take a little extra time off for recovery. Dang it! I’m so ready to get back to the day job already.

I’m in a β€œsimplify all the things” state of mind, which means I’m once again giving serious thought to moving my Fediverse (Mastodon) presence back to Micro.blog and spinning down my single user instance… πŸ€”

There's a Word for That

I never knew there was a word for the smell of fresh rain on the ground. When it happens, I stop, close my eyes, take a deep inhale, and let the fragrance of nature move my soul.

Clouds

Fluffy white clouds are scattered across a vibrant blue sky.

After a day of coding and house chores, it’s time to fire up the smoker to try a new smoked chicken recipe.

Life is good…