I’m feeling strong, but I also feels like something is lurking. So there is no alternative but to keep moving forward. I have my work cut out for me today, more than I’ve been doing, but I can adjust.

Life

• Every time there is a holiday now I get kind of giddy. Because I don’t have to work them anymore.
• There is nothing fake about a dogs affection towards you.
• I miss the voice of my granddaughter this morning.
• If your not extremely comfortable in your home. Think about moving.

Plumbing

• You’re always working in a space meant for a person half your size.
• You always need a tool you don’t have.
• The odds of having a leak are pretty good.
• The odds of leaving some of my skin on a pipe, wall or beam is good.

Sports

I think I hit a wall last night. I passed out at the kickoff of the National Championship game. That’s about how much interest it held for me last night.

• Congrats to Ohio State. It looks like money well spent.
• Only 18 days till pitchers and catchers report for spring training. So says the countdown counter.
• The problem with the NBA is the games aren’t close anymore and they look like they are going through the motions till they get near the playoffs.
• College Basketball will help me survive the cold months of February and March.

Politics

I didn’t watch a minute of yesterday’s Inauguration or its coverage. I’m changing the way I handle the next 4 years. The contrast in the two men at the forefront of attention yesterday is remarkable. I don’t want to waste time and energy listening to all the babble. Just what he does and doesn’t do.

• I don’t agree with the pardons of the Jan 6 rioters and it disgusts me.
• Pausing the ban on Tik Tok, proves again national security means nothing to him.
• I don’t agree with ending birthright citizenship.
• I don’t agree with implementing Scheduled F affecting federal civil servants.
• I disagree with the withdraw from the World Health Organization and Paris Climate agreement.
• The mandate to have federal workers return to the office 5 days a week is shortsighted.

Creating

• I like to create each day.
• Creating, makes me feel alive.
• I love when I start something and then it spins off several other ideas.
• I didn’t do art for a long time because I was concerned what other people would think. Stupid
• Life creates restraints that you should ignore as an artist.

Random Thoughts of the Day

• It’s cold
• It’s too cold.
• I can’t think when it’s this cold outside, so I stay inside.
• If I had a temperature gauge I bet it wouldn’t register this morning.
• But remember, its never too cold for a bowl of ice cream. Just put some hot fudge on it if your chilled.