It is strange to be back in Cincinnati this week. I still own a house here (at least until someone else buys it). And I still have friends here. But I don’t feel like I belong here any more. All my stuff is now in San Francisco and as the song goes, so is my [...]
I just spent a weekend with some dear friends of mine. It was great to see them again. Even though we have not seen each other for a while, when we get together the bonds of friendship and deep caring for one another remain strong. Some friends are like that – no matter how long [...]
I am headed back to Cincinnati for a week. Two weekend workshops, some appointments and a few remaining to-do’s there require my attention. When I lived in Cincinnati, I was always looking forward to traveling, but now that I am living in San Francisco, traveling away seems harder. Maybe it is all the boxes that [...]
Sorting through boxes seems to have become a semi-permanent aspect of my life. I understood (from a thinking standpoint) the significant reduction of living space that I was undertaking when I made this move. However, like many things, reality is often somewhat different than my mental picture. On one hand, the task is a bit [...]
The unpacking and sorting I am doing now is actually easier than the sorting and packing I have been doing for the past year. First, there is a lot less stuff to go through. Second, my sorting and releasing “muscles” are well developed and I know what it is like to have a large clear [...]
Well, I made it across the country and am now officially a full-time resident of San Francisco. There were times over the past year when I was not certain that this day would ever arrive. Some of my friends thought the same thing. But when I set my mind to something, I can get very [...]
I rented a van to move the last few boxes of my stuff and I am on the road – driving from Cincinnati, Ohio to San Francisco, California. Given that it is winter, I am taking the southern route, down through Memphis, over to Dallas and then west to Tucson, up through Phoenix and over [...]
About a month ago, I bought a package of blue ribbons from www.blueribbons.org – the website for Difference Makers International, an organization that Helice Bridges started that honors people for who they are. The blue ribbons are printed with the statement “Who I Am Makes A Difference” and are presented by people to individuals who [...]
It is New Year’s Day – the start of another year, full of promise and potential. Who knows what the New Year will bring? No one really, but I choose to believe that it will bring good things to those who expect and await such things. For myself, I believe it will bring the sale [...]