Morning Musings Magazine

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a poem

Lent Day 39

How many times have you assumed someone was going to complete a task but didn’t? The more middle people involved in a project, the more…

My Beyond Heart Mountain memoir project was 30 years in the making. The process has been incremental, and I didn’t dream a newspaper column…

An appendix to The Lizard of Oz

Just because I was in a chat session about a question about website domain names doesn’t mean the advice I received was accurate. I’ve been…

I’ve been spending quite a bit of time in my car driving around Wyoming to “Beyond Heart Mountain” book gigs. The life of an indie artist…

I never know what to expect. Last night I was at the Sidekicks Books and Wine Bar in downtown Rock Springs, Wyoming, giving a “Beyond Heart…

Over the years, I’ve met thousands of people and worked in various capacities with hundreds. Out of all those, two have rubbed me the wrong…

I don’t ask for second chances.

Winthrop

I’m writing a new book entitled “Beyond My Bed Pan” (working title). It’s about my experiences with the health care system spanning 69…

I’m an introvert, INFP, to be exact. The acronym stands for (I)ntroverted, I(N)tuitive, (F)feeling, (P)erceiving. Generally, that…

My first job was in Gillette, Wyoming. I had no job skills when I graduated from Hastings College in 1975 with degrees in environmental…

There’s been a lot of banter among the economic talking heads arguing about whether we’re in a recession. My takeaway from all that is the…

When I first came to Boulder, I was a short-timer because the project I completed was supposed to be a one-time event. I worked with a…

The Great Dragon of Ome

Michelle Obama tweeted on July 22nd that she had a new book out. On the first day, she sold 877,000 copies. I have this wild dream that one…

What’s unfair? The better question is, “what is fair?” I heard Kevin Costner’s John Dutton character in Yellowstone say, “Let me tell you…

I wrote yesterday that driving an electric vehicle (EV) slowed down my life. Breaking the speed limit was one bad habit I left in the…

I’ve been figuring out how to slow down my life since I arose from my deathbed in 2014. That was when I had an “aha” moment about my…

I like political thriller movies. There’s one called Power (1986) with Richard Gere and Julie Christie.

I can think of many bits of music that take me back to life memories. The most prominent are associated with stressful situations. When I…

Everything Matters

If there’s any general advice I give if asked is “always hit Soft-17.” That’s a card game hand. In Black Jack, the object of the game is to…

I sent the first draft of my Beyond Heart Mountain memoir to Winter Goose Publishing in October 2019. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of…