When times are dark, cold, and scary, having fun is even more important for our mental health.
That’s why I looked up these “having fun” quotes today.
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I’m a big fun fan and I was definitely having fun when I recorded my “Technology” song yesterday:
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I hope you’re having watching that and also looking at my other images for today. I’ll be having fun deciding how to arrange them.
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My son — who (like the Daily Bitch) doesn’t seem to enjoy answering questions like “What do you like to do for fun?” — is flying into Boston this evening and I’m sure we’ll be having fun at dinner tonight.
Thanks to all who are here for this having fun post, including YOU!
Joan is our very cool cat who often shows up in this blog.
Yesterday I posted two videos about Joan on TikTok.
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Joan also inspired two questions I asked yesterday on social media:
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My husband Michael, who has very definite ideas about what makes a good name for a cat, suggested “Cheryl,” “Rachel,” or “Joan” for our new kitty three years ago, and my son Aaron and I chose “Joan.”
Do you see Joan in my other images for today?
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Joan and Harley may have smaller brains than us, but can we agree that they are not always stupider than people?
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Joan is letting me know, here and now, that she wants to be fed, so thanks to all who are here for this Joan-heavy post, including YOU!
At this point, life can seem like a bad movie. That’s why I’m watching movies these days rather than the news. However, bad news keeps happening, no matter how many movies I watch.
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Last night, after yet another school shooting in the USA, I asked a question about bad movies.
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Do you see any aspects of bad movies in my other images for today?
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On Clean Air Day, I believe that the next US administration’s bad moves on the environment are going to be like a bad movie.
Here’s what I find when I search for “bad movies” on YouTube.
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Thanks to all who help me get through the bad movies of life, including YOU!
In the midst of what seemed like global confusion yesterday, I found this interesting quote about confusion.
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What helps me deal with confusion is spending time with those I love, including my dear, life-long friend, Barbara.
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Among many topics we discussed yesterday, Barbara and I shared our confusion about online technology, which inspired me to write another verse for my latest song:
Do you see confusion in my other images for today?
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Even though I’m pretty familiar with YouTube, I still had to deal with false starts and confusion when I posted this live performance there:
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In case there’s any confusion about the meaning of that song, let’s try to let go of caring what other people are thinking about us. Who needs that kind of confusion?
Thanks to all who help me deal with confusion every day, including YOU!
When I was a kid, my father got exasperated with my mother once and said, “I don’t understand why she has to make a big deal of such little things.”
Now that I am grown, I understand that many of us make big deals of little things, sometimes out of fear and anxiety, sometimes out of curiosity and joy.
I’ve been dependent on medical technology (including cardiac pacemakers and now an artificial heart valve) most of my life.
And if it weren’t for technology, I wouldn’t be able to connect with you through this blog, here and now.
At the same time, I experience myself and others feeling lost and frustrated about technology that we have no choice but to learn and use in order to survive in today’s world.
Yesterday, when I was getting an echocardiogram at the hospital, the sonographer and I spent most of the time complaining to each other about new computer technology we need to use to get our work done.
That inspired me to work on a song about technology, to the tune to Billy Joel’s “Honesty.”
In all honesty, changing technology sometimes gets in the way of me creating and sharing my songs, because I feel unsure about the best way to proceed. I need to learn to use technology to my advantage, and let go of my insecurities about my abilities to keep up with the latest and greatest technology (whatever the heck that is).
Do you see technology in my images for today?
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Do you agree with me about technology?
Thanks to all who are here for this technology post, including YOU!
