Observations 09.13.2020

  • Feeling great about my new art studio. Transformed Aman’s music studio into an art studio.
  • Having a conversation about music with Aman and then he made a quick beat, just as fast as he makes the World’s Best Grilled Cheese sandwich.
  • Having a wonderful lunch with Gabbie and Aman. Tammy made a very tasty chicken pot pie and an apple cake for dessert.
  • Laughing so hard playing with Ollie the Jolly Doodle 🙂
  • Seeing Gabbie’s beautiful art she made for a Kindbrew client.
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Observations 9.9.2020

  • feeling cold blowing rain and temps in the upper 50’s.
  • watching a Breonna Taylor news story by NYT’s and being fully amazed at all the mess ups – by everyone involved.
  • finally finding a mistake in CSS after two nights of trying to figure out why the font size was 400 plus in my footer navigation.
  • tasting Tammy’s hot chicken potato soup on a cloudy, chilly evening.
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Observations 8.28.2020

  • Coldbrew’s song Boketto passed one million plays on Spotify, 1,000,006!
  • We had a celebration at Aman’s.
  • Tammy going all over to Stillwater to locate the balloons and then getting them filled with helium.
  • The sadness I felt as two of his number zero balloons went floating into the atmosphere before we could surprise him.
  • The happiness I felt as I saw his face when he opened his apartment door to his mom and I holding the huge balloons.
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One of my favorite photos of Jake and Trish.

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Observations 8.22.2020

“The best available option

That’s not the same as perfect.

The best available option is always available.

Perfect almost never is.

If you care enough to contribute, you can care enough to not wait for perfect.”

Seth Godin

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The faintest pencil is better than the strongest memory. Write it down.

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Observations 8.6.2020

  • our large buffet of nachos and all things sweet for the Big Brother come back – Covid addition.
  • watching Aman and Ollie play together.
  • feeling the 61 degree air as I walked out the door this morning.
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Observations 7.20.2020

  • Watched a hummingbird land on a dead Elm tree branch, take a break for a couple minutes, then fly off to a Rose of Sharon for more feeding.
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Observations 7.18.2020

  • Two wild petunias by the walking bridge at Boomer.
  • Watching a Northern Mockingbird giving a Mississippi Kite hell.
  • Hearing a Canada Goose honk honking under a bridge – echoing…echoing…
  • Listening to the leaves of a stately Cottonwood tree singing in the soft breeze.
  • Feeling the heat of a wood fire on a near 100 degree day – while cooking in a Dutch oven.
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Observations 7.17.2020

  • Read Elizabeth Gilbert’s theory that ideas are separate entities that appear to us if we’re lucky – but if we don’t do something with them, they will pack their bags in the night, and reappear to someone else instead.
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