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Gin Tomatini

Abundance is a tricky thing. Just what do you do when there is more than you need? Well, assuming you are not a grasshopper, you can always plan for the future and lay up stock against times of austerity. You can share your bounty with friends and neighbors, that is always a good policy. Or, you can go the more bacchanalian route and gorge yourself in a celebration of overindulgence and fully sated regret, like I often do. They’re all viable options, some better than others, but each with its own price and reward. Personally, I like all three choices and I hate being limited so let’s just push forward and see what happens as we stand and make the Gin Tomatini.

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The Waiting Room

It’s all about patience. Sometimes it has to be. I get excited about things. I really look forward to them. That is pretty much how I get through life. I always have something coming up, some goal I am working toward. That’s been sort of problematic over the last year. Let’s be honest, this has been problematic on so many different levels for most of my life, but this last year has ben harder. Having nothing on the schedule, no concrete goals I am working toward, nothing to look forward to has left me adrift at times. I end up falling back to my perpetual side quests like, reading books I have had sitting on the shelf for too long, making art and building things or waiting for the basil to get big enough to harvest. So, in the interest of being productive while we are killing time won’t you join me now as we stand and make The Waiting Room.

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