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Monthly Archives: April 2021
Day 120; Footnotes of Work in Progress
It isn’t just hikes up a mountainside. I’m trying to be healthy. Well, healthier. Winter made me lazy even though I’ve been told that we don’t have a winter. And we don’t. Not like some places, but I have zero … Continue reading
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Tagged diet, emotional, exercise, healthier, healthy, mental, physical, well being
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April Thirtieth; Bitter or Better?
It would be so easy to be bitter. To scream and shout and argue with any and no one that we should not have had to deal with what ever it was that life handed us. We did not deserve … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, bitter, bitterness, calm, corrected, emotional, emotions, feelings, hate, lessons, peace, ugly
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Day119; Footnotes of What is the Wind and Other Scary Things
Poor Molly. She is going to be an absolute nervous wreck. The wind has blown almost constantly, all day today. Molly, for reasons unknown to me, is terrified of the wind. It has been rare in my life when … Continue reading
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Tagged afraid, brave, face your fears, fear, irrational fear, scared, strong, terror
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April Twenty-ninth; Peaceful Balance
Yesterday’s word was anxious. Today’s is worried. I have sat here staring at that for a while now. I even began a post, but even though I plan on finishing it at some point, I didn’t feel as if I … Continue reading
Day 118; Footnotes of What Am I Hearing?
What am I hearing? It was the oddest sound, what made it worse, I couldn’t figure out which direction it was coming from. I have a window open to the backyard, and the window is out of the storm door … Continue reading
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Tagged feral cats, marsupial, meal, midnight snack, noise, opossum, possum, sound, stray cats
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April Twenty-eighth; Anxiety is Not Your Friend, or Is It?
What a morning for this to be the word of the day. As my son was preparing to leave for work he told me they were having a group meeting around nine. Have fun, don’t hurt anyone, see ya maybe … Continue reading
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Tagged afraid, anxiety, anxious, bravery, fearful, overcome, overly anxious, trust, worried, worry
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Day 117; Footnotes I Want Him to Come Home Safely
Earlier I spoke of, okay, I ranted about the SUV that pulled directly in front of that eighteen wheeler. I thought since I did that, lets drop down quite a few sizes. Motorcycles. I do have a personal interest in … Continue reading
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Tagged bike, motorcycle, pay attention, safe, safe driving, safety, think
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Big Black SUV 0, Eighteen Wheeler 1
Come on people, please! It has been almost two hours since I witnessed the accident and I am still trying to come to grips with the entire thing. Bella and I were coming back from hiking the mountain. Bella stretched … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, attentive driving, careless, driver, eighteen wheeler, safe, safe driving, stupidity, SUV, truck driver
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April Twenty-seventh; Grieved Alone? I Hope Not
I’m not sure my reasoning, the prompt words for the last few days of this month are all on the negative side. Had I simply gotten lazy or was I in a really bad mood by the time I got … Continue reading
Day 116; Footnotes of Should Have, Could Have, Shouldn’t Have
I really had not planned on a trip to the mountain today. It wasn’t that I had other things planned, I didn’t. I had considered the hike, but not made any moves toward a decision. Then my son, took care … Continue reading
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Tagged climbers, Crowder's Mountain State Park, disobey, dogs, gear, hike, obey, people, physically fit, rules, trails
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Words from The Dirt Road 