Locking myself away in a small AirBNB for 48 hours. To write. In silence…
It was difficult, uncomfortable, productive an amazing. Read on for a little more detail, and what to do (and not to do) should you decide to try this.
Hustle and grind — the only way to success?
I’m not really a quote guy… Scroll through your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or any such feed and you will see quote after quote posted. Some funny, some sad, some thought-provoking, some just stupid. I don’t post a lot of quotey memey things, but I do read a metric shit-ton of them. My friend Valerie Garcia recently […]
Sexual Assault Hotline Training
As part of the process of becoming a volunteer for the National Sexual Assault Hotline hosted by RAINN (the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network), I have to complete some training. A couple of days ago I wrapped up the online portion of the training. 24 hours of training that was enlightening, educational, powerful and […]
Knock Knock. Anyone Home?
There were no posts made to this blog in March, April, May or June. Huh. It’s not like I haven’t been “pondering” during all those months. I ponder something or other on a daily basis. Some of it is quite profound. Most of it is meaningless drivel. So why no posts here? Beats me. I […]
Look Ma, a shiny new theme!
Welcome back to the woefully neglected Now Pondering — “Jay T’s Other Blog”. Given how long it’s been since the last post here, you probably don’t even remember what this site looked like. No worries. Now, however, it’s sporting the wicked-cool “Wintersong” theme powered by Genesis (affiliate link). Why Wintersong? Because my friend Brian Gardner uses it. Makes sense for […]
Movies for a Deserted Island
Years ago my friends and I would pose “Deserted Island” questions to each other. Questions like, “If you were marooned on a deserted island and could only have two things to eat, what would you want?”. And since we were in our late teens the, “If you were stuck on an island and could have […]