It’s Not An Every Day Thing

You cannot have peaceful means – peaceful means will have to be used to bring about peaceful ends. If you use destructive means, you’re going to bring about destructive ends.

African-American activist and author, Coretta Scott King, was born on this day in 1927 (died 2006).

True story: I once stood on the National Mall and held hands with Mrs. King and a few thousand of our closest friends for Hands Across America in 1986.

Observant readers know that I did not post yesterday.

Long-time observant readers will say “oh no, is he whining about his posting schedule again?”

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Perhaps.

I’ve gone back and forth over my need to have a blog presence on the interwebz. As a writer, I think that I do. The artsy-fartsy stuff can do just fine on Instagram and Pinterest.

Although my wife has expressed a desire for me to be less fartsy.

I digress.

Each day I get a little closer to finding that sweet spot of balance between the day job which I must do, and the creative side, which I also must do.

I’m closer.

Yes, I’m juggling the drawing, and the childrens’ books, and the Santa, and the serious writing…and you know the list goes on.

I would like to write brilliantly in this space every day. But it’s not just sitting down at the keyboard and typing out 500-1000 words. I do that every morning, but that’s not for public consumption.

I want to be like some of my favorite writers who publish every day. Or at least on a consistent basis.

But, writing is their full time job, they’ve been working at it for years. In most cases they’re not distracted by every shining new project squirrel that runs across the page.

Committing to a significant post here very weekday is time consuming.

Wednesday night I tried to write the Thursday post. It didn’t happen, so I set my alarm for 5:00 and vowed to get up and write it before I left for my Board meeting.

I didn’t come up with an idea for Thursday. I came up with the idea for this post.

When I got home from said Board meeting last night, I read this quote from Brett McKay at The Art of Manliness.

We only have so much time and resources to direct toward life projects. If we spend that limited time and resources on goals we can’t achieve, we’re setting ourselves up for massive frustration. We’d be better off redirecting our limited time and resources to a new achievable goal.

Spending time trying to write here every day has taken away from other projects.

There’s an “in this economy” meme in here somewhere but this isn’t just about money.

It’s about priorities. It’s about the flexibility to change things up.

The blog simply can’t be the number one priority.

I’m not going away. I’ll be here at least once week. And, who knows? Maybe in a few weeks I’ll change my mind again and be here every day.

For now, I don’t know about you, but it’s the weekend and I’ve got projects.

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I’ve added more designs to my ETSY shop and more are coming.

I’ve now finished the third in the Stations of the Cross series. This is The Sanhedrin Tries Jesus.

KD Kitties will soon be offering a shirt on ETSY. For now, check out their Redbubble site.

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There’s another CAT and PIG book in the works. Maybe two. For now, please keep buying and sharing these.

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Sound of the Guns runs June 22 – July 14, 2023 at Firehouse Theatre.

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At Mid-Week

On this day in 1607, the Virginia Company made landfall at Cape Henry, Virginia.

It’s mid-week and I continue to juggle multiple projects. I’ve given you the list.

What I haven’t told you is that, in the next five weeks, I have five, count ‘em five, board meetings at my day job.

‘Tis the season.

It’s all good. It’s what we do.

I’m not sure if I should tell you that, in addition to my retirement countdown, I have a side column of “number

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of board meetings left.”

But I should take my own advice and live in the moment. So I shall leave in each of those board meetings…one painful minute at a time.

Sorry, did I type that out loud?

I cannot let the day pass by without recognizing that the first born has a birthday today. I tell of his arrival here: An Interruption.

He is now older than I was when he was born. Seems like I’ve been talking about age a lot this week.

Much has transpired since that day when I was planning a small visit for 150 state legislators to meet with the President. I told the receptionist I’d have to call my wife back.

“Fletch, you’d better take this call.”

The rest, as they say, is history.

Very, very, expensive history.

Happy Birthday, son. May all your dreams come true.

Including the one where you buy your parents a beach house.

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WHAT I’M READING


WHAT I’M WORKING ON

I’ve added more designs to my ETSY shop and more are coming.

I’ve now finished the third in the Stations of the Cross series. This is The Sanhedrin Tries Jesus.

KD Kitties will soon be offering a shirt on ETSY. For now, check out their Redbubble site.

KD Kitties

There’s another CAT and PIG book in the works. Maybe two. For now, please keep buying and sharing these.

Available on Amazon

Sound of the Guns runs June 22 – July 14, 2023 at Firehouse Theatre.

June 22 – July 14, 2023

American actress, singer, and producer, Carol Burnett, was born on this day in 1933.