1. At Sunnyside Elementary School, instead of shooting a basketball into a hoop, I remember shooting through the triangle opening of a brace helping to secure the stability of a fire escape on the south side of the building. Remembering that, and period in our lives that Stu called a golden time, I responded that I have fun and enjoyable flashbacks to those years and have ditched the negative ones. As the day progressed, I realized I've ditched a lot of negative flashbacks along with the accompanying painful feelings that used to rise up inside me. Those old feelings have, for the most part, dissolved. Being free of these feelings and focusing less and less on past grievances helps me live a lighter life.
Almost all of my grievances these days are ones I direct at myself.
Ditch those and I could join Scrooge and say, "I am light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man."
2. This afternoon at The Lounge, Ed told a great story about how he and his son Darren teamed up to conquer all comers at the Clearwater Casino in Lewiston and win last Saturday night's beer pong tournament. I could have told those challenging teams that when it comes to darts, pool, horseshoes, cribbage, poker, and now beer pong, Ed simply does not lose.
3. When I began sometime in 2025 listening in earnest, like daily, to classical music, I hoped that I'd eventually start hearing different passages from different compositions in my head and be able to enjoy them even if the music wasn't playing.
That's happening.
Now I hope to go the next step and be able to identify the composer and the composition.
Today I had what I think was a passage from Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major play in my head, but I'm not sure.
One day I hope to be sure.
And, one day, I hope to have instant recall of passages in different pieces when I hear or read them mentioned or be able to instantly identify them when they come on the radio.
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