Dealing with down days
I have a lot of days, possibly the majority of my days, when I feel more negative than positive. Lyteforce has a post wherein they talk about their own experiences…
The day to day aspects of life: what is happening around the house and in our family
How many blog posts left?
I was going through my notes from a year or so ago and came across a reference to this post from Axxuy on the topic of longevity as measured in…
A trip to Radium
My best friend Chris reached out to me at the end of June with a plan to meet up at a midway point between his home in Edmonton and our…
Am I bored?
Roger over at Contains Moderate Peril wrote a nice piece on boredom and what it means to him. I've had some time to ponder and developed some of my own…
Purpose
I read a post by Toby on the topic of purpose as a general concept in life and found it very insightful. His post is far more insightful than this…
On being mortified
There was a post over on the DivergentRays blog about mortifying things one has said or done. The example given of seeking out a kitty to pet at a social…
First rain…
We have had no rain in the Castlegar region since early in July: almost a month of totally dry weather. This was made worse when a high pressure zone moved…
Quarterly health checks
My wife Irene has cancer. It is stage 4 breast cancer, so we have a lot of things to worry about despite the excellent care and good results she has…
Introducing myself
This week in Blaugust has the theme of Introducing yourself. I haven't really done that this year, so here goes. Who is Kelly Adams? I'm a 62 year old man…
Throwback: Big Beaver Homecoming- 2003
I came across this post from the 2003 Big Beaver homecoming event back in 2003 after chatting with my brothers Ron and Colin and sister Connie on the topic. I…