When you start to slide into drama
all in the name of good health
call a time-out, take a breath,
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Practice makes…more practice
I enjoy public speaking. But I don’t get to do it enough so I have set about creating ways to practice. My hope is to one day find a way to make a living using the skill. Until then, I keep thinking of ways to develop the skill. One way I have started this summer is by doing live video chats and other video spots on social media. I don’t expect anyone to notice the videos but when they do I’m not sure how to follow-up.
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Story behind the Post – The Hitman’s Phone
July was a 5-Saturday month. Which means in June, I was scrambling for a story. I had a few ideas but which one to pursue? One day while on a break from work, I took my daily walk down the sidewalk. There in the gutter was a phone. It was cracked and had definitely seen better days. Instead of picking it up, I left it there thinking someone may come looking for it. Of course, I took a picture of it. Then I forgot about it. It was gone by my next walk the following morning.
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Party of the (half) century!
Yep, that title is totally misleading but it is clever so I’m keeping it. Today is my birthday and I am turning 50. While I have been wrapping my head around the idea of entering my fifties I am going to share a few thoughts that have crossed my mind.
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Every year we earn a feather.
Every ten years our feathers weigh a pound.
At age 10, our 1 pound of feathers are weighty but we have enough energy we don’t notice.
Continue readingThe Hitman’s Phone – Chapter V
V. The Retrace
It hurt to open his eyes but Tony knew he needed to open them.
“Hon,” he heard a woman’s voice say from somewhere in the distance. Was it an angel? He couldn’t say for certain but he guessed that if he were, in fact, dead there would be no angels greeting him.
“Tony,” he heard the voice again. It was a familiar voice. It was his wife’s voice.
He opened his eyes and sat up but wished he hadn’t done either.
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The wind came for a little chat.
I said, “Okay, but I’m a bit busy for that.
Sit in a chair
right over there
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Chapter IV: The First Complication
The next morning, the two of them were on their way. It had to appear like they were actually on vacation so Tony planned a two-day driving trip. Whenever Cheyenne complained about not stopping to see something he would just say, “We only have a week.” Which was his timeline for completing the job before someone else would be sent in to clean it up. And technically, the timer started yesterday. This was day two. He should have the assignment completed by the end of day 3. That gave him a little cushion time of four days but he never liked to bank on cushion time. Best to get in and get it done.
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