In less than ten days and two thousand miles to the east I’ll be finding myself seeking shelter from a dear old friend while I take time to lick my recent wounds and then heal my hurt psyche shortly after. I don’t know what the future entails and for now I am perfectly okay with not wanting to find out. What I do know though is I will be taking some time to transform my temporary refuge into a healing space for both my mind and body.

“When we look back at earth, we don’t see borders, we see land masses. We don’t see differences, we see similarities” are words that will forever be imprinted into my mind. With the opportunity to look at earth from the perspective of an astronaut through the magic of virtual reality most certainly changes how one sees things, it changes one’s perspective. The wisdom of those aboard the international space station is truly one of a kind and I wish more of us down here would share, the world around us would be better for it.

There are at least two-hundred and sixty adjectives with generally positive connotations that one could use to describe the humans and the creations they bring forth and in regards to the preview below some that I would personally use are: hypnotic, immersive, magnetic, soothing, calming, somniferous when necessary (sounds like a word Sheldon Cooper would use), alluring, enveloping, enchanting, seductive (yes, seductive), captivating, fascinating, bewitching, dazzling and dynamic, and lastly but most definitely not least absolutely magical.

In between being investigate for his role in the January 6 insurrection, his role in attempting to overturn the election that clearly went in favor of Joe Biden, his role in hush payments and his beyond a reasonable doubt mishandling of classified documents there are endless scenarios that curiously enough end up with for former guy going to jail for a very long time.

With warmer weather rolling in allowing to resume the occasional night visit to the red rock canyon, the moments to disconnect from the world while breathing in the air under the starry night sky should soften the hard landing sustained  as a result of my recent apartment move. The home of four years was home no more and the feeling of bitterness as a result has felt quite overwhelming with the moving process being deeply traumatizing. A shockingly steep increase in rent paired with painfully slow pandemic recovery, increased cost of living courtesy of record high inflation and a few unfortunate events has severely limited the number of options available to me and my best friend. In between property taxes going up, fed rate increases to tame inflation and good ol’ american branded corporate greed the cost is ultimately passed onto the consumer, meaning you and me.

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For the families of those who were tragically lost in one of the deadliest mass shootings in US history a motive would most certainly help to […]

In less than ten days and two thousand miles to the east I’ll be finding myself seeking shelter from a dear old friend while I take time to lick my recent wounds and then heal my hurt psyche shortly after. I don’t know what the future entails and for now I am perfectly okay with not wanting to find out. What I do know though is I will be taking some time to transform my temporary refuge into a healing space for both my mind and body.

With warmer weather rolling in allowing to resume the occasional night visit to the red rock canyon, the moments to disconnect from the world while breathing in the air under the starry night sky should soften the hard landing sustained  as a result of my recent apartment move. The home of four years was home no more and the feeling of bitterness as a result has felt quite overwhelming with the moving process being deeply traumatizing. A shockingly steep increase in rent paired with painfully slow pandemic recovery, increased cost of living courtesy of record high inflation and a few unfortunate events has severely limited the number of options available to me and my best friend. In between property taxes going up, fed rate increases to tame inflation and good ol’ american branded corporate greed the cost is ultimately passed onto the consumer, meaning you and me.

“When we look back at earth, we don’t see borders, we see land masses. We don’t see differences, we see similarities” are words that will forever be imprinted into my mind. With the opportunity to look at earth from the perspective of an astronaut through the magic of virtual reality most certainly changes how one sees things, it changes one’s perspective. The wisdom of those aboard the international space station is truly one of a kind and I wish more of us down here would share, the world around us would be better for it.

There are at least two-hundred and sixty adjectives with generally positive connotations that one could use to describe the humans and the creations they bring forth and in regards to the preview below some that I would personally use are: hypnotic, immersive, magnetic, soothing, calming, somniferous when necessary (sounds like a word Sheldon Cooper would use), alluring, enveloping, enchanting, seductive (yes, seductive), captivating, fascinating, bewitching, dazzling and dynamic, and lastly but most definitely not least absolutely magical.