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… learned on TUCKER today that he claims to go camping every week. Going this Thursday – alone, just him and his dogs.

big HMMMMMMM

When I’m power puttering around my house, getting this and that thing done, I occasionally notice an empty area of a room — maybe with a chair or two arranged haphazardly — and my imagination leaps to some conclusion about what could occur in this space — who could be gathered here, or what daily activity could occur here. Same with a few toys scattered around — noticing the way a room has changed order or contents — ghosts of what has occurred here recently. “What if this random arrangement of toys or a pair of shorts on the ground or a discarded slip of paper on the living room rug were all I had left of a person” my imagination wonders.

It saddens to see parents (dads and moms alike) lead their online bios with the quantity of their offspring – much like academics lead with their list of earned titles and degrees. It turns me off and signals to me that This individual wears their quantity of offspring as a badge of honor deserving of praise and awe. You have 6 children? Or 2? Or 12? Great – but don’t wear one of the most ordinary and basic pieces of what humankind has always done as a badge. At least don’t lead with it.

I found a giant old TV antenna mounted on the rafters in my attic. After finding the right connection adapter, and running the wires down to the living room, I can pick up all the local station. Watching Wheel of Fortune became appointment viewing again – and free live sports is a bonus. This is how I grew up – on 5 over the air channels.

There’s no replacement for just Showing Up – to whatever you’ve committed to do. Finding a way to be there and to give your best toward whatever goal is at hand. It might always not feel worthwhile to remain committed to an organization, a cause, a community – whatever your thing is. But your committment will shape you, and those you work alongside.

Got sappy there for a minute. But it’s a plea to hang on, out there. Stay in it.

Decided to renew Apple TV and dive back into Silo. Then Widows Bay. Then the latest LASSO.