🧩 Today’s Puzzle Pieces 🧩
Writing🖊️
Whiskey and You🎶
Atherston Ball⚽
THE DAILY UPDATE
“I write because it makes me feel like someone’s listening – or I’m finally listening to myself.” — Anonymous
If you are listening, please reach out and tell me who you are and why you care. I’m Here. Still.
Something I’m grateful for today: When you see a person who means a lot to you doing the thing they are really, really passionate about.
Something I’ve (ghost)written: Life Lessons From Atherston Ball and a Boy Named Chestnut
Song In My Head When I Woke Up: Four Stitches, by Antje Duvekot
Meaningful Lyric From SIMHWIWU:
And the world was lit up then and the fairgrounds were shining
Your hand on my shoulder… That was enough
And my heart was so calm then, in the roundness of waiting
When love was innocent and slow
Meaningful lyric from the S.O.T.D.:
Come tomorrow, I can walk in any store
It ain’t a problem, they’ll always sell me more
But your forgiveness
Well, that’s somethin’ I can’t buy
There ain’t a thing that I can do
That’s the difference between whiskey and you
Something good from today/yesterday: We’re about an hour away from having new couches in our home!
Something I’m looking forward to in the next seven days: My 28th wedding anniversary on Saturday.
Fat-Ass Update:
- Starting weight: 230.6 on 2/12/25
- Goal weight (for now): 199.9
- Today’s weight 220.9 (-9.7)
- Fat-ass burn-off remaining: 21.0 fat-ass pounds
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