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Just when I thought I knew myself, I find out I was wrong. aka 'This is the Reset /Rēˈset/.'

An early morning epiphany brings 'The Reset.'

Sometime around one this morning, as I lay restlessly in bed unable to sleep, I gave into doing exactly what you’re not supposed to do, and picked up my phone and started to google (used as a verb, not a noun, hence the lower case ‘g’, as it is 2022 after all) some of the thoughts and ideas racing through my head. What I found started to bring the pieces of what I’ve been learning about myself…

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I never do anything half way...

Dmac catches COVID: 'Over the course of 14 hours, my COVID experience departed dramatically from what had previously been the equivalent of nothing more serious than a particularly aggressive, but exhausting head cold, to something far more serious.'

I’ve thought in recent times that the reason that I haven’t become a writer is because I felt that I had nothing worthy to write about.  Given some recent events, I think that excuse is no longer valid. ‘Over the course of 14 hours, my COVID experience departed dramatically from what had previously been the equivalent of nothing more serious than a particularly aggressive, but exhausting head…

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It only took a short while for Boil 2.0 to finish what The Boil started

A return from a writing hiatus, with a new promise.

To any of my non-bot readers, it will be clear that I’ve been away from writing for a very long while. Ironically, my last post was made when I thought I was ready to take the blog in a new direction and to add some new partnering into the project in order to hopefully turn over the creative leaf that I’ve been looking for that would finally see my process realized, the harvesting of creative…

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the end of The Pause

Dare I say it? the end of The Pause is upon us.

Opening the browser and clicking ‘new post’ is the closest I ever care to come to putting a loaded gun to my head in order to find the spark to motivate myself. Am I seeming a tad dramatic with that statement? I’m not intending to be, but I do want to be completely genuine in sharing the struggles I have with procrastination. I want to write, yet even when I’ve finally found the rare luxury of…

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COVID-19 endemic and endgames

COVID-19 endemic and endgames

It’s been a while since I’ve written an update on the state of the world, or even my little corner of it, as COVID-19 continues to influence our lives. The messages and the media and news outlets of the world are of the world are starting to align again, this time, however, the announcements are start to sound the reversal of imposed restrictions and a return to a live more open and…

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three messages: did the dam(s) just burst?

Thanks to three messages I recently received, I'm freed from the funk that accompanied the arrival of the New Year.

Its likely very evident I’ve been on another hiatus from writing since my last entry (I haven’t published since late November). I had hoped to end this hiatus with the arrival of the New Year, however the past two weeks have seen me struggle to write anything of a personal nature in what typically is has been my favorite time of the year to write. The signs of breakthrough starting to coming…

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truth and meaning found (found)

My latest post: A writing course delivers an unexpected, potentially life changing lesson.

It’s been a while since I did one of these ‘defining’ posts (I’ve decided that’s what I’ll call them.) This one has a twist, and perhaps if you’ve really been paying attention to the blog, you’ll see why. In just the past couple weeks I’ve started to feel as though my life had returned to the level of busyness that I had existed in pre-pandemic. While the busyness of the variety of my…

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an update from a suitably seasonally snowy now

an update from a suitably seasonally snowy now

It strikes me that getting in another post up in only just about six weeks since my last one really should be considered to be progress, if not yet qualifying in my mind as a victory.  Small steps toward victory (and whatever I decide that looks like for me) will have to do for this post from The Now. With my pre-pandemic lifestyle and routine now for the largest part a distant, dusty memory…

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Muse rediscovered? At what cost?

Muse rediscovered? At what cost?

As it should be abundantly clear if you’ve followed my posting history even slightly, I’ve only managed to write periodically I have been challenged in catching up with the ever elusive muse over the past few months.  I’ve not yet fallen back into the reasonable comfort and drive I felt last October when I started the blog with the goal of trying to find time to write, and post two to three times…

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a sunday of memories and hope

Life slows down enough to allow for my new post: a sunday of memories and hope

It’s the afternoon of Father’s Day and I’m lounging on our patio which continues to be our primary living space when the weather co-operates and allows us to relax in comfort. I find myself listening to Dire Straits’ ‘Brothers in Arms‘ album and thinking of my father, now missing for the second of these days. I now know I’ll spend all the Father’s Days ahead celebrating his memory and all that he…

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I've been numb before; there is hope in what rises from their ashes.

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Okay, a stretch, but not by much.

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i think i'm better now

At long last, my new post: i think i'm better now

Its been a long while since my last post.  I haven’t gone back and brushed up on my writings, to keep the flow going, so this will be a post from The Now. The hope that I had that I would get through the pandemic unscathed is now shattered. I didn’t catch COVID, had no exposures, and am now a member of the Zeneca club having had my first dose, I’ve maintained my isolation and social distancing…

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sad inspiration and reckoning

I return after a short writing break due to:

sad inspiration and reckoning

My struggles with finding the motivation to write have continued amidst some highly demanding work weeks and weekends spent actually being productive once again around the house. Sometimes I need a kick to help break me out of a funk, and sadly that kick can sometimes come with a heavy price tag attached to it, like the one that motivated me to end my writing break.

In the weeks before Christmas…

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sometimes you just need to open the editor; others, you need to ask for advice

This post: sometimes you just need to open the editor; others, you need to ask for advice

I have been struggling to come up with the theme of my post tonight. I’ve tried a couple drafts in my offline editor and been distracted in sending a text to an old friend by a brain doing it’s best to distract me from the mental work of writing. Apparently I’m a procrastinator through and through, and even I know that sometimes you just need to take the leap, brain, and login to the live-editor…

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a year later: COVID in Canada

My thoughts on January 25, 2020: a year later: COVID in Canada

From The Now: the stuff of nightmares A year ago today, an unwanted visitor settled into Canada and made itself at home. COVID-19. Not only did this unwanted guest settle in, it immediately started shoving the furniture around. It must be the truth that by now, so I dare say there isn’t anyone in this country that hasn’t had a taste of the COVID reality. For the majority of us, we’ve been…

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two passions start: journaling and music - with thanks to my moth·er/ˈməT͟Hər

Where two of my biggest passions in life found their origin: two passions start: journaling and music - with thanks to my moth·er/ˈməT͟Hər/

I’ve always been a fan of the start of a New Year, the arrival of my birth day, and Labour Day, but maybe more for the elements I incorporated to them that made them special, versus the days themseves. These occasions provide me the opportunity to indulge in a little retrospection of the recent past, and allow me to evaluate how I wished to move forward, personally, professionally, financially,…

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