by Ira | Oct 29, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
What does it mean to be a kid at heart? It means one has successfully resisted jadedness. Or put in the positive, to not lose one’s sense of wonder. Above all else, I think that’s what children possess upstairs that we come to envy as adults. From awe comes adventure,...
by Ira | Oct 28, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
I have three magic genie wishes. What am I wishing for? Too much for my getting-ready-to-sleep mind to figure out right here right now, except to wish that my dogs would be healthy and happy forever. But, in the spirit of the question, I will share a very carefully...
by Ira | Oct 27, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
Making it a quick one tonight, but had exactly the Sunday I needed to. Nap brought me back to life, watched some sports, got the podcast up and a laptop back up and running, and coops had a cyst burst on his back but we were able to bandage him up and he fine. All is...
by Ira | Oct 26, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
What is my favorite form of physical exercise? Oh, man, that’s actually pretty easy to answer: anything competitive. Like, if there’s a score involved, even if it’s against myself (like, golf, for example), I’m in. I don’t even realize that I’m “working out.” I just...
by Ira | Oct 25, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
How much would I pay to go to the moon? I love this question. A lot. Now, I wouldn’t be the first to go do it, I don’t think. I don’t have quite that much devil-may-care in me…but I would go. And I would pay a lot to do it, if it was on the table. If it was a matter...
by Ira | Oct 24, 2024 | Challenge, Journal
What alternative career paths have I considered? Oh, man. I’ve considered SO MANY, lol. I think, probably, the most wild one I considered early on was nursing, and by that I just mean it’s so far from what I ended up doing. I went to school for it, actually, for a...
