Generally, I am a creature of habit. I wake up and go to sleep at about the same time every day. Occasionally, that rule will bend this way and that. What helps is that I am retired and am not required to be somewhere at a specific time every day. …

For the Two of Us — I am interested in creating recordings that will accompany the pieces I write here at Medium and the pieces I write at my website, TalkingToSpirit.com where there are two of us. I’m talking about Spirit and me. I read a piece yesterday by Jenny Lane called, “Finally Trusting Yourself” I…

My Mother Always Said it was Yakking — I’ve been thinking about the pieces I write here. I’ve only written for one publication, Refresh the Soul, and that was only twice. I don’t know why I don’t lean toward being sociable. I’m fine with you all but get me into a larger group of people and I fade. …

What I’m talking about is my Sourdough In doing a bit of research for this piece I discovered that there is a difference between a sourdough starter and a Herman. A Herman is a sweet starter. It is also called an Amish friendship bread starter. The Herman is made from…

Dancing To My Own Music, or How to Start Your Day Off on the Right Foot — It is early morning. I did a bit of reading on Medium this morning and happened to come across a guy I’ve read before. His name is Burk and I told him I was going to worship at his feet for a while. …

The Art of Psychic Impressions or my 5¢ on the Matter — There is a psychic technique called psychometry. You hold something belonging to someone else and open your mind and heart to whatever impressions come to you about the person who owns the object you are holding. The thing you want to keep in mind is that everybody is psychic. It’s…

Hearts of Space — I am so into ambient music. No words because they distract me, but I like the way that writing to music allows me to go to places I don’t normally go to when I am awrite, as opposed to alight, or afire, or away. Some of it makes the writing…

It is a Roundabout Way — If you have a system of looking at specific things to divine the future and sometimes when those portents come true it might be you have found a system to rely on. A system to chart your course. …

Playing Around with Numbers Here’s a trick for addition I learned later in life. If you have to add something to a 9 it will always be that number minus 1. Like if you were to add 4 + 9 = 13. That 4 becomes a 3. …