Monthly Archive: June 2016

tempering mastery

When the preferred solution is impossible, the goal instead is to temper one’s need for mastery. This means being able to accept an imperfect situation. It requires immense flexibility and the belief that one...

when to speak

blank pages seem to be a form of silence the friendliness of silence like a bed of soothing pillows silence in the morning mid-day evening missed phone calls, no voice mail lost the blazes...

sprint 4

focus this week at work sprint 4 functional requirements lots of review comments to resolve “we get a better product” have to admit my imagination fails me at a certain point but having to...

things I’m coming to realize

The power of delusion I am really in love with colors I always wanted to just sit one-on-one with my mom, no chores or children interrupting I could have hired a landscaper to redo...

things I never did before

use baking soda and vinegar to clean the stovetop take the drawer under the stove out for cleaning vacuum underneath the stove through that hole put the huge cast iron grates from the stovetop...

cleaning the cupboards

apply a paste of baking soda and a bit of Dr. Bronner’s soap then scrub and wipe around the knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob knob...

out, in

around the windows on the second floor every crevice in the frame enjoy looking out through the pleasure of clean glass inside the cupboards in the kitchen some with a layer of crumbs (vacuuming)...