by PJColando | Apr 8, 2025 | blog post, Purpose
As a music lover who could have been doing productive things my entire life rather than playing albums and going to concerts, I revel in my avocation. Whether it’s the simple and sweet lilt of “Happy Birthday” or the powerful, uplifting strains of...
by PJColando | Oct 22, 2024 | blog post, In the Pink
I haven’t written a blog post tribute to miracles in my life in ages. That’s because I haven’t been feeling it. Too many aches, pains, and complaints. Too much tainted, foul air due to the tedium of rancorous politics. And, the personal worst: my...
by PJColando | May 2, 2023 | blog post, Purpose, sorrow
So, you think you’ve got courage, Constant Reader. Try this on for size: A friend who’d moved to Florida Facetimed me to tell me she was dying. She had courage. She loved me enough to let me know in person. Unable to fly the 3000 miles, she did the next...
by PJColando | Jan 5, 2021 | blog post, In the Pink, Purpose
Last year, we call can agree, was the pits. We all suffer, as this new year begins, from PTSD, previously the domain of warriors returning from battles in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. I have a unique variant of PTSD, one that I wouldn’t wish on anyone. For...
by PJColando | Oct 23, 2013 | In the Pink
Life is not a simple walk in the park, is it? There’s all those people and opinions plotting the demise of happiness from the vagary of their human nature. While “a walk in the park” is an idiom, people can just be idiots. As you know from my tag...
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