by PJColando | Jul 5, 2023 | blog post, Featured
Ninja Captain Alex J Cavanaugh created IWSG — because Alex understands we need a place to congregate, insecurity is part of our creative nature, and together we’re stronger. Today I’m fortunate to be one of the co-hosts of this blog. The other co-hosts are Kim...
by PJColando | Jun 26, 2023 | Adventure, blog post
A late evening text on Sunday, June 18 altered our lives. It was Father’s Day, which is an empty holiday for us, celebration constrained because our dads are gone from this life and we don’t have biological progeny. Each of us sustains a mutually...
by PJColando | Jun 20, 2023 | blog post, Featured
Throughout my adult life, I’ve hobby-hopped. Do you share this seemingly flighty habit? Envision a series of stepping stones scattered across the rivers, creeks, and streams one must cross to get to the sane side of life when the insanities assail. The problems...
by PJColando | Jun 13, 2023 | blog post, Purpose
Most languages include “Uhm”, a pause filler that allows one to compose, alter, and stall speaking while in conversation with another. So don’t be so quick to count the use of this phrase to disparage the speaker. Toastmasters’ rules for speech...
by PJColando | Jun 6, 2023 | Adventure, blog post
The recent passage of Tina Turner prompted this post. She’d always seemed ageless and powerful, possessing a vibrance that few others on stage possessed. In fact, she sold more concert tickets than any other single female rock-and-roller until Beyonce! When Tina...
by PJColando | May 30, 2023 | blog post, rant, sorrow
To write this blog post, I had to take a moment to empty my brain. The modern era of social media, morning and night news on nearly a dozen tv channels, radio, and podcasts ad nauseam has cluttered my head. It’s an infodemic, I swear! Technology has wired us to...
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