Am I a Poet? and Squirrels on Shiny Bikes

Thoughts on paper

Snippets of conversation from the room next door

Good news upcoming, life in limbo

What am I doing? Where am I going?

Grounded in love

Wow, that was super random and I’m not a poet. But there you go!

My journey, it seems, has never been a path between A and B. It’s more a start, stop, roll forward and backtrack, go again in a different direction. Talk to someone and go that way. Wait, maybe not. Hopeful that the four steps I took forward are the right direction and then… brick wall! Sigh…

I had a friend a few years ago that helped me figure out direction in life. We need those kinds of friends. Ones that you know, you can bet your life on it, have your best interests in mind. Ones that will tell you when you’re full of crap and ones that will tell you when you’re justified in feeling like crap but there’s a time limit on “living” in that crappy place.

When you’re blessed to have that person in your life (even if it’s a transitory relationship), cherish it. You may hate in then. It’s hard to be held accountable especially for your own thoughts and feelings. I’ve always figured (at least in my own head), that I took responsibility for my own actions. I’m a big girl like that… but my thoughts and feelings? No, there is a justifiable reason for my flagrancy.

I have irons in the fire. I have thoughts, like rabid squirrels racing around my brain, peddling their shiny bikes so fast that when they deposit their ideas in the far corners of my mind it takes HOURS to find them and put them in some kind of order.

Children’s books – I finally found an illustrator

Writing – blogs and stories

Insurance – I have my life and health license

Job? Do I have time?? I do have a proclivity and an addiction to electricity, eating and living indoors. Plus Punkin is getting to old to be “camping” full time.

I was asked recently what my “passion” is. Without too much hesitation and thought, I said, “nourishing people.” Years ago I had a business, Once a Month Cooking where I would put together a menu, the family would shop and I would go to their home and cook for 8 to 10 hours and put together 30 meals and put them in the freezer. It was before it’s time. Fast forward 25 years and now we have “Hello Fresh” and “Blue Apron” expensive meal prep services and people are buying them. And all they are getting is some killer recipe cards and expensive and portioned groceries.

To help a couple friends out, I have put together a couple of menus and recipes with a shopping list. Basically the same thing EXCEPT you do your own shopping. (This is one of those ideas that that squirrel on the shiny bike left for me.) Please let me know if this is something that YOU would be interested in and we can “give it a go!”

WOW – nearly 540 words and I started off with nothing to say.

Have a wonderful Father’s Day weekend.

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