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To climb steep hills
Many encounter the work of William Shakespeare at a very early age without being aware that they have done so. We hear and speak phrases like “break the ice” and “wild-goose chase” with no notion that they were originally introduced by the Bard. Later, we begin to hear “To be or not to be” and “Wherefore art thou Romeo” with credit given to the author but not context to the scene or play. In high…
Pursuit and Obstacles
It has been a year since I last had something to say.
I have addictions. Not drugs or alcohol or sex or anything I could seek help for in meetings and programs. I am addicted to media consumption. I am addicted to information gathering. I am addicted to mobile games. In other words, I am locked in to a dependent relationship with the internet. I realize this is a very common, very modern problem. I learned that from the internet. Once upon a time,…
How Do I Slow Down?
I did it. I turned in my final required assignment to achieve my degree in English Language and Literature. I will graduate with a 4.0 GPA. I’ve been working on this for eighteen months while working a full-time job, raising children, preserving my health, and carving out time to be with friends and family, including weddings, funerals, and vacations. I took a break from my personal writing and…
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What is Required of Us
I’ve just finished reading Beowulf for the first time. This was my third experience with the epic story after watching an excellent and memorable stage performance on a grade school field trip in the 1990s, then seeing the fascinating Robert Zemeckis film adaptation at the movie theater in 2007. Despite having a passion for literature and ardently consuming medieval literature from the likes of…
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Coming Attractions
I've been thinking about the fight we're in.
The future concerns me. I’m not alone, though it often feels as if I am. We see problems we know we will face because they are already here and will get worse without adequate intervention. Then there are problems we don’t see until they become a crisis, even though there were people telling us to do something about the problems before the crisis. Yes, I’m talking about climate change and…
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"How's the writing going?"
“How’s the writing going?”
I write a little bit every day. I do. I have an idea, I write down words to express the idea, and I rewrite those words to make them better. But you’re not reading them because I’m not sharing them with you. Not for any particular reason, of course, I’m just not writing much that I feel is worth sharing. How’s the writing going? To borrow a sports term, this might be a rebuilding year. So, what…
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I Get By
How much time should I invest in my private social media presence? Of the numerous social media platforms that I use, Facebook is the only one I try to keep private. Want to follow me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok? Head on over and find me at my professional name @CookerLives Want to be friends through my private Facebook account? We have to have met in person a few times,…
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When Books Aren't Enough
Even with enough time, do you ever lose the desire to read?
March is one of my slower paced reading months. I blame Spring. The exact year escapes me, I’m going to go with 2008, I read The Count of Monte Cristo for the first (and currently only) time. I started in January, planning to pace myself with breaks to read other books, and by March I came to a dead stop with all reading. No Count of Monte Cristo. No other books. I eventually got started with…
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A Few Thoughts on History
A Few Thoughts on History
I think about the past a lot. My past, my family’s past, America’s past, Humanity’s past. I compare my present to my past; our present to our past. This is not an endeavor in wistfulness. I look to the past and recognize that there were no “simpler times”. I see the four horsemen of the apocalypse throughout history and understand that the challenges we face today, while important and urgent, are…
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My Weekday Morning Routine
My Weekday Morning Routine
6:20am: My phone alarm goes off. Most mornings this would wake me. Some mornings, I’m already awake. Either way, I look at my phone for a few minutes before I’m ready to get out of bed. I check for any major news stories. I open two mobile games I play to start collecting my daily rewards. 6:30am: By now I’m out of bed. If I’m working early, I’ll get in the shower. If not, I’ll go to the kitchen…
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Bye Week
I’m taking a break from posting this week. Have a good one! Remember to drink water and rest!
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The Lost Boys Had It Right
Ready for adventure? No. Going anyway? It's necessary.
I’m 6 years old. My parents tell me we’re going to visit the St. Louis Zoo. They lead me to the car. They car pulls away from our house. I recognize the neighbors’ houses as we pass by. I know the main roads that lead from our house to school and back. We are soon off those roads. I see a few signs and buildings I remember seeing the last few times we drove to St. Louis. I stare in awe at the…
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man With No Name
If you don't know me, I understand. I'm still working on knowing myself.
During my childhood dreaming I had chosen to achieve two goals when I became an adult. Goal #1: Become a father. (ACHIEVED. Yay!) Goal #2: Make a name for myself. (IN PROGRESS) Oh boy. Did I really have to be so vague and unquantifiable with that second goal? Yes. I was a child. Of course I did. In many ways, to my childish naïveté, making a name for myself would always include a certain…
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We Don't Talk About Movies - No, No, No
The Academy Award nominees will be announced tomorrow. How many potential nominees have you already seen?
I have seen a lot of movies. A lot. My love for film and storytelling led me to study film production in college, and during those four years I discovered some of my favorites—Lawrence of Arabia, 8 1/2, The Godfather Part 1 & 2—and studied a significant amount of film history. Films tell spectacular and engaging stories that show us lives we’ve never known, foster empathy, and enhance our…
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A Letter to the Warriors of Life
I've noticed that you're struggling. I'm struggling too.
Dear Warrior of Life, We’re in the thick of it, aren’t we? The Battle of Life, I mean. We are here, we are existing, and we are fighting hard to stay here and keep existing. It’s difficult, of course, to fight invisible enemies that holds so much power over us. Anxiety. Depression. Sustained feelings of worthlessness. Hopelessness. Loneliness. Frustration. And all during unprecedented and…
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I was Deep in an Existential Crisis, Then the Internet Went Down
Join me on this journey of self-destruction. Er, I mean, discovery.
In the early morning hours of Thursday January 20, after I had successfully checked my email and received important news updates, our internet stopped working. This has become a bit of an old hat in our house, and other than one time last year, the simple solution was to turn it off and on again. But this time, like last year, that did not solve the problem. And this time, unlike last year, the…
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Why Parenthood Makes Me Feel Like the Greatest Success and the Greatest Failure
It's not easy being a parent, don't you agree?
Parenting is rough. Whether you have children or not, you likely agree. Birthing a child is one of the hardest struggles a woman can go through. Raising that child, along with any other children, is higher on the list. It is not for the faint of heart, woman or man, but even those with the courage to raise children until they’re ready to live on their own are going to have days (weeks, even)…
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