Not Really About Bugs

I am sure you have all been chomping at the bit to know if I survived Brood X, the Cicada invasion of 2021.  

The media hype was justified, but not so much in my neighborhood.

Yes, I heard them!  I walked outside and heard the constant buzz of nature’s once-in-every-17-years event.  The experience was awesome, I will admit.  But the anticipated ‘close-the-windows-because-it-will-be-like-a- weed-whacker-gone-wild?  Not even close.

However, I did notice a few things. 

The Octopus and the Shark

Sandals and a Stick is designed to keep me focused and maybe provide some examples of how I see the world around me.  It is designed to remind me of how I should live while recognizing God’s gift of life.

Since we have only recently begun to explore our environment again, the only experiential input for the past number of months consisted primarily of passive electronic stimulus.

Although I am still not wandering around much, I visited the traveling replica of the Vietnam Memorial last weekend.  This personal tour proved more than adequate in producing emotions that bubbled up from deep within.

Perhaps the excursion to the "Wall That Heals" had exposed a few raw nerves preparing me for the viewing of Short Term 12 (2013 Movie).

One Room Living

Imagine this, if you will.  

You are empty-nesters and have downsized.  Or you are a college student experiencing life on your own for the first time.  Or you ran into some financial trouble mandating a lifestyle contraction. Maybe you are considering the new tiny house trend!

Whatever the explanation, you are now living in one room.  

Yup.  The new living room includes a television room, a dining room, a bedroom, an office, an exercise area (well...) and, maybe even a kitchen.  We will assume that you want a door in the bathroom.  In fact, we insist.

You can appreciate the benefits of this new space.  Vacuum time is less than 5 minutes even when you are invested in deep cleaning.  Utility bills will become an incidental expense.  Your in-house traveling distances will be nearly zero!  (OK – that doesn’t work well for the 10,000 steps a day people, but for lazy-us, it works nicely!)

Imagining what a day might be like starts with rise-and-shine!  

Looking Back - Looking Forward

There has been quite a lot of work to do lately.  I have been diligently creating a backup of each posted article.  There are hundreds and when adding those to partial, non-posted 'ideas', well you do not really want to know the final number.

I have also discovered that embedded videos do not transfer well. (Read, at all.)

And neither do hyperlinks.  This one was a surprise.  Apparently, copied links from this platform include a full HTML address rather than the specific link to a video or an article.

During this process, I have had the opportunity to experience small 'snips' of reflection when reading just a few of these older musings. I am looking forward to having the time to read all of them.

First, let me thank you for hanging in there!