Sorry. Again.
As usual.
See, I tend to start thinking that this blog must have Finely Crafted, Very Important Things.
Otherwise it’s ‘Dear Diary, today I went to the grocery store….”
So rather than small news, I offer no news.
Because I’m too busy with “real news.”
Bleh.
So I’ll try to break that infernal habit and … just say it’s been a busy 4 months since I last talked here.
My eldest brother, Dave, came to town and … without bothering you with all the mess, let’s just say it’s been an unexpected … adventure. Some rewards but bizarre twists and turns and headaches.
He had a stroke in late September, but is doing better now, at a local assisted-living center. Driving them crazy a bit with his ways (don’t I know it), but … I love to make him laugh. I see a bit of my late brother Pete, and hear our late father’s laugh.
I’m easily prone to melancholy (I found a 1985 bottle of window cleaner and thought back and … almost went to tears. Over window cleaner.) So I thought I’d wait to blog until the situation family-wise resolved itself.
Like they ever really do in a neat package. This ain’t (yes, I said ain’t) no movie.
I will always try to make things enjoyable. Like the recommendation of the Nook Tablet from Barnes and Noble. Also sold at other stores that are hyping the only slightly cheaper Amazon Kindle Fire. Nook is better, but spring the extra $50 for the latest, not last year’s model. It’s worth it.
What a wonderful way to read my Time, Newsweek, Readers Digest, The Atlantic and great books like “The End of Business as Usual” by Brian Solis (I could link this but hey, you have Google too;-) or one I stumbled on thanks to WordPress, ‘Mindfire: Big Ideas for Curious Minds” by Scott Berkun. Check ‘em out and get to thinking of new things. What fun.
(Ooh, WordPress has moved up the simple scale even farther, with live preview no less. Coolness.)
Anyhoo, thank you for reading this, and you have a wonderful, semi-stress-free, healthy holiday season.
I’ll blog more, I promise. And one way to do that is to give myself a 10-minute limit for typing so I don’t think I have to Tell Something Monumental. I post lots of links to things I find interesting on my Facebook page, but … blogging has its own nice lil benefits.
I’ll try not to be a stranger;-)
Posted by Barefoot Baroness on December 5, 2011 at 4:36 am
Welcome Home Barney! It’s nice to see you back. I am very sorry to hear about your brother’s stroke. I know a bit about this experience myself. Our youngest daughter (35 yrs) also suffered what her doctor’s refer to as a mini stroke. We are lucky in that her stroke seems to have resulted in severe permanent deficits, but it has been a frightening time. My heart goes out to you and your family. These are not easy things to write about, to share publicly. But know that by doing so you are always teaching. Always sharing life and what it brings. Both Good and Bad.
Your thoughts shared here need not be revelations of great magnitude. I enjoy reading quiet musings from the soul.
I’m glad you’re back!
Posted by barneyl on December 5, 2011 at 8:49 am
Thanks Toni! It always helps to hear someone out there’s reading/listening, and the supportive words are icing on the cake. Take care, have a good week!
Posted by Ron on December 5, 2011 at 8:35 am
Barney – well, “welcome back.” Good luck with all you are doing!
Posted by barneyl on December 5, 2011 at 8:48 am
Thanks Ron! I’ll try to keep it up:-)
Posted by Jake on December 5, 2011 at 10:11 am
“Otherwise it’s ‘Dear Diary, today I went to the grocery store….”
That’s what twitter’s for
Seriously, glad to see you back writing online in a non-official capacity.
Posted by barneyl on December 5, 2011 at 10:14 am
Well it is tucked into KTVZ.COM so it’s sort of a semi-quasi-still-gotta-be-careful capacity. I never write anonymously anywhere – slippery slope to Lord knows what… so this is an outlet but I still have to be careful:-) Thanks Jake! I finally got back into Bend Blogs, which seems to work better though some folks still manage to block somehow the nice drop-down read the blog element.