Happenings

Not too much is happening around old Astoria.

Rain has been coming daily. The coolness of early spring causes me to shut windows at night, though it is well into June.

Kyle is walking around with saucer sized eyes from staring at video games for far longer than I care to admit.

Joe is pulling 13 hour days with the aches and pains that come along with it.

I...well I have been quiet. My mind has been empty it seems. Or at least void of anything fruitful, imaginative or inspiring.

So easily our lives go on auto-pilot. In and out the days come and go without anything marking them memorable.

It actually is refreshing to be alone in my thoughts. Quiet, introspective. I am not always happy with the thoughts I have of myself. But I am taking those thoughts one at a time and looking at them through a magnifying glass, to see their purpose and use. I hope to weed out more meaningless and pointless things that come through my mind. One at a time.

Maybe that in itself helps make a day memorable. Taking captive thoughts that tear down, and transforming them into ones that build up or tossing them out completely. It's tedious work, but well worth it.

Similar to housework. Cleaning the ceiling fan, dusting the end tables, taking out the trash. Not big noticeable improvements, but ones that need to be done, nonetheless. And when it is done..well what a clean house we will have! Until the next window needs to washed..or the next thought enters my mind.