Harold Being Harold – “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us” J.R.R Tolkien

  • Going Back to My Blogging Roots

    At some point in life, we all figure out what is important and what isn’t. It’s just taken me longer than most. I’ve been blogging since 2007 and I have written a lot of words over the years since that October day. It has been a big part of my life since then. Blogging still is…

  • Post-op Day 6 – The Little Things

    No, I don’t plan on doing a post every day with what is going on post-knee surgery. It’s more my intention to give some highlights on the progress I’m making and share some of the random thoughts that are clanking around in my head. The left knee is progressing as well or better than I…

  • Post-op Day 3 – Progress

    Three full days out from surgery and I think I am starting to make a bit of progress. The left knee is still quite swollen, but I am able to walk without crutches for short stretches. Which is better than it has been.  There is a little disconnect between my brain and my left leg.…

  • Post-op Day 2 – Embrace the Suck & Progress

    Post-op Day 2 – Embrace the Suck & Progress

    Yeah, last night rather sucked, and today while better has meant more than a few grin-and-bear-it moments. This morning I took a Naproxen to take the edge off and while it isn’t really comfortable, at the same time I don’t want the pain to be completely masked either. If it is I would have the…

  • Post-Op — Day 1 — About What I Expected

    It is day 1 of recovery from arthroscopic left knee surgery and I am already walking without crutches. I surely didn’t expect that kind of response to the surgery. That didn’t last past noontime – when the drugs that block pain and discomfort for a false sense of progress wore off. Patience Grasshopper Yeah, those…

  • My Thoughts on The Day Before Surgery

    Well…tomorrow is the big day! Arthroscopic surgery on my left knee. It isn’t a life-changing event, but this surgery gives me hope of getting back to running once again in 2023. Something that I love doing and have missed so much over the past seven months. May 9th — the day when my Mantis rototiller…

  • A Social Media Sabbatical

    At some point, social media sites like Twitter, Facebook, and all the rest start to become part of the problem, not part of the answer. In my case, I’ve used those two primary ones and a bunch of others since 2007 with varying degrees of success and failure. I am now at the point where…

  • The Abyss and Our View

    The Abyss and Our View

    I’ve been wandering around this wonderful blue marble for a while now. The longer I continue to make those circles around the sun, the more I am starting to ask the difficult questions. Over the years I keep coming back to this short quote and the questions it brings change, the more times I go…

  • Changes Are Happening

    Changes Are Happening

    Most of 2022 has been a year of exploration, experimentation, frustration, and discouragement. Thankfully, the last month has been a month where things have seemed to sort themselves out. Need I say – FINALLY! The Left Knee On the 28th, I will be undergoing arthroscopic surgery on my left knee to fix a torn Meniscus…

  • Mastodon – My Initial Thoughts

    Mastodon – My Initial Thoughts

    It has been a week since I started experimenting with using Mastodon and these are some of my experiences and thoughts about it during that week. Something I learned while using Mastodon made me realize I want more than what Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram are providing as my social media platforms. Especially, Twitter during this…

  • Less Than Thirty Days until Left Knee Surgery

    Less Than Thirty Days until Left Knee Surgery

    Have you ever had the feeling that something is going to happen, but it feels as though it is going to happen to someone else? Yet, at the same time, you know without any doubt that it is happening to you. That is the strangeness I am feeling about my upcoming arthroscopic surgery on my…

  • A Quick Left Knee Update

    In the month since I last saw my Orthopedic Specialist, not much progress has been made. The left knee continues to be grumpy, despite the Doc’s attempts to calm things down.  The Knee brace he ordered became part of the problem and made the knee feel worse the more I wore it. Then the Naproxen…

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