Author Archives: nmi
To My Person
To have you for a day?A moment of contentment, soft and sweet. To have you for weeks?A depth of pleasure, rich and complete. For months in your presence?Bliss-like sunlight, warm and unending. For years?A joy so vast, beyond all-comprehending. For a lifetime by your side?Heaven itself in this world, forever abiding.
Trauma Response
Your Word
The world is truly upside down these days. The passing of RBG was a terrible event for this country. I could not think of a more perfect storm. I do not believe that this country is great because of its perfect vision or that it will ever be perfect. What makes this country functional, truly …
Life Choices
Throughout my life, I’ve become very aware of the damage that has been done to me. I’ve often heard the phrase: Hurt people — hurt people. This turn of phrase encapsulates a very deep choice each of us to a greater or lesser extent must participate in. I’m sure there are some people out there …
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Musings on a Difficult Time
An Opinion on Gun Control that will be Disliked by All
I’ve been watching the extremists that now occupy my country and silently I watch as the echo chamber of opinion continues. It’s unfortunate. It’s unnecessary and it’s frankly un-American. So let’s begin. Violence is a symptom, I think we can all agree that for the large majority of persons in the “normal” range that violence is …
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Love Is Not Enough…
Being married for a second time has been a journey and a learning experience. I honestly never thought I’d remarry and nothing on the horizon post divorce indicated differently. It was quite the shock to find myself smitten by a former coworker, whom I went out with on a lark for a nice evening of …
Painting with Happiness
This last week has been one of the epics. I myself remember my first marriage, the births of my children, my divorce, my real marriage, several deaths, several romantic encounters and going back further a host of childhood memories. Most of the time these epic events happen one at a time. The most epic events …
Home Automation Bug
For Christmas I received a Nest Thermostat. This thing is a little bit of awesomeness that I have fell in love with…. Of course now I can control the temperature of my house I’m off on a kick to automate my whole home! To that end, I’ve ordered these cheap little bad boys: Sonoff WiFi …