Site Note: This is my little corner of the vast internet world. It’s my space, my face to the world, it was created to…to? To, what exactly? What was my intention when I purchased the site’s name, registered it, rent cyber space for it, spend time on it?

I first came to the internet to figure out how to get published and ended up a reviewer, copy editor, editor, blogger, writer, still reviewing.

I don’t know who all sees me and I’ve been asking the question – does it matter if anyone does?

The truth is…it doesn’t. It doesn’t matter if 1 or a billion sees me, or you, I’ll/you’ll always see myself/yourself. What’s that line…wherever you go; there you are. We all carry our own baggage.

There’s no escaping who we are…I don’t want to escape myself. I want to be me and with that, here I am, all of me.

January 14, 2025

Today’s Word is: Read

What one thing do I want to accomplish today: Read and write my reading

Daily Hello: Reading is dangerous, there are some who are afraid we will read more than we do because we will learn and discover more than what they tell us….go read.

Evening Word:

Today’s Accomplishment:

Goodnight:

January 13, 2025

Today’s Word is: Celebrate

What one thing do I want to accomplish today: no arguing, relax, read,

Daily Hello: May you all be safe, today and always

Evening Word: Wishes

Today’s Accomplishment: A family birthday

Goodnight: Hoping for fun dreams and may all your dreams be fun, too.

January 12, 2025

Today’s Word is: Quiet

What one thing do I want to accomplish today: Read, maybe some drawing, writing, laughter

Daily Hello: Given that I’ve woken up from too deep a dreaming sleep and too abruptly I’m looking for a simple day of reading and maybe a movie or two. Hope your day is what you need and want.

Evening Word: Contemplate

Today’s Accomplishment: cleaned out the fridge, re-ordered the freezer, watched movie with family

Goodnight: Today was one of those days when the hours flew by and while I am tired and worn out I still wish it was earlier than how late it really is. Here’s to a slower tomorrow

January 11, 2025

Today’s Word is: Light

What one thing do I want to accomplish today: A clear direction

Daily Hello: Anyone else experiencing the after holidays chaos? Feels like I’m going in every direction accomplishing nothing. Keep trying.

Evening Word: Peace

Today’s Accomplishment: I muddled through the day

Goodnight: Wonder what dreams there will be today, last few nights have seen some way too real ones. Maybe not quite nightmares, but uncomfortable. Sweet dreams.

January 10, 2025

Today’s Word is: Focus

What one thing do I want to accomplish today: Discover something new about myself

Daily Hello: It might be Friday, but it’s not the end of anything…go discover

Evening Word: Centering

Today’s Accomplishment: keeping control of my mood

Goodnight: hoping for no nightmares tonight and taking early time tomorrow

January 9, 2025

Today’s Word is: Concentrate

What one thing do I want to accomplish today: I want to feel calmly steadier mentally

Daily Hello: I hope there is is some silence for you today to find your unique voice

Evening Word: Release

Today’s Accomplishment: this, that, and something else

Goodnight: Will I make it to bed before 1am…what’s your bed hour

January 8, 2025

Today’s Word is: Change

What one thing do I want to accomplish today: Feel positive

Daily Hello: You’re okay, even if you don’t feel it, you will be okay.

Evening Word: Accept

Today’s Accomplishment: I updated the website with Meditation page and how to share my pulled cards. And accepting that not all plans go as desired.

Goodnight: There is no map to any given day or life, sometimes it’s a matter of swinging at the curves.

BLOG NOTE: I’m hoping this will show up where I expect it to and considering it did not, well, here it is. You, if you scroll through my many posts, may come across pages that have their topic without any content. My intention is to write these in and share them as able. The mechanics of posting is my downfall…too this, too that…the writing is what excites me. I hope this explains the blankness and peaks your interest in revisiting. Thank you

This week’s conversation…

Mundane

January 7, 2025 – Life Becomes Understanding

Baby Chris, life becomes understanding

I had a whole set of written points I was going to write out into some semblance of insight, but that’s gone out the window, so instead I’ll just move on to a new thought.

January 6, 2025 – Everything Writer

Me
Chris, writer

I could talk about the holidays and their beforehand and after, but that’s old, let’s get to the nitty-gritty…the mundane of writing. Who’s tired of using quotes in dialogue, the word ‘said’ ‘and’ plus all those ways of describing how something was spoken. It get’s boring. Read past them is one thing, we forget they’re there, but writing them out…ugh. Yes, the bane of my writing life.

Refresh

January 5, 2025 – Creativity

Creativity

A writer will hear and say it themselves – the story is in the edits, the rewrites. The rough draft, first draft, is tossing everything out there and finding the treasure map. Now we search and dig for the treasure. A very well-known artist, who of course I can’t remember, said he carved the marble until the form showed itself. A slab of clay is waiting to be remade. One stitch leads to another and then more until it has unravelled the ball of yarn. Our creativity is always refreshing itself and the more we do the more we are refreshed.

January 4, 2025 – Indulges & Reflections

We all mess up and deserve a refresh. Just like I did today messing up my own order of mind-hats 🙂

January 3, 2025 – Theadora Mitchell, heat with humour

Theadora – Heat with Humour

So, Fridays are for the Theadora mindset, the heat writer, that which contains passion, today I’m just worn out. The holidays are a fantastic time, for most and mostly they are, they’re also stressful and tiring and chaotic. This is the first Friday in this new year and the first Friday after the holidays. Time to refresh the passion of…everything everyday.

January 2, 2025 – Melody Hews, romantic heart

Melody-Romantic Heart

Started writing notes for this morning’s conversation when I realized it was more a blog thought than a quick insight. Sometimes that’s what happens when we allow ourselves to ramble around with direction, we stumble into a clearing.

January 1, 2025 – ChrisChat Reviews

ChrisChat Reviews

It’s that time again where everyone makes resolutions and promises. I stopped making these on January 1st because the pressure is just one more thing to add to the balancing beam of life. Everyday is a refresh, a new day, a chance to begin again. Since this is a new year, new month, new day, and falling on Wednesday – my review hat day – I’m looking at my list and jumpstarting where I’ve fallen behind. I wish you a Happy New Year and that all the challenges a new year eventually brings be small and manageable.