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Jim Carrey Quote

With Christmas bearing down on us, I must confess that there’s a part of it I hate. Sure, the gift-giving and spiritual side of it is wonderful, but the hyped up in-your-face commercialism is worrisome. Are we teaching our children that happiness is about having “things”? Take it from a guy who knows a thing or two about having it all, Jim Carrey:

“I wish that everyone would find success,

become rich and famous, and acquire

everything they’ve ever wanted–

so they could finally realize that it

wasn’t what they were looking for.”

–AI generated image (had to try it)

Shot of the Day 11/6/23

I’ve been seeing a lot of trumpeter swans heading south lately. They fly in the same V formation as geese, but they don’t make that terrible racket that geese are notorious for. They’re more graceful in their flight and more gracious in their departure.

trumpeter swans

take to the sky

i wish them well

as they fly by

and in return

they wave goodbye

–photo by me

tangled

the whole day you’ve been on the go,

and you really just want to lay low,

but the lines someone said

are still stuck in your head,

and your all tangled up in them so.

i beg you to please call on me,

and i’ll give you my love tangle-free;

i’ll help you forget,

and we’ll watch the sun set

together–the way it should be.

–photo by me

Message?

I’ve always been a science-minded guy, but my studies have revealed that at the quantum level, the universe seems to operate on ‘some kind of magic’, so who knows? But I digress.

My niece, who I haven’t seen for many years, sent my son Aaron a text that she had a message for me from my late wife. It was so sweet, I thought I’d share it:

I’m not sure if the dream means anything, but it sure sounds like something Jody would come up with. I’d like to think she’s trying to tell me: don’t worry about me, I made it up to heaven.

Milli

I’m so proud of my granddaughter, Milli. She’s such a happy, healthy little ball of energy, in spite of all she’s gone through so early in life.

Her father abandoned her at birth, and she was quite sick for a few months, so I moved in with my daughter to help. Even then, I noticed something special about her: she could do things beyond her years. When she was barely three, she showed up riding a bicycle like a pro one day.

But then my daughter got involved with a meth-head loser, and everything started falling apart. He moved in with her (I moved out) and they started fighting. Finally, both Milli and her older sister Maddi were taken away and moved to a foster home. (Maddi’s father died of a drug overdose about the same time.)

It breaks my heart that she can’t be with her mom, but both girls are doing so well now, it’s truly amazing. They have piano lessons, trips other states, and so much more they would have never known otherwise.

And that’s why she’s running a 5k race today. That girl is going places.

–photo by foster mom