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I don’t know if nothing broken…all at once…will ever happen. I fix enough to keep the wheels rolling. I work hard at maintaining homeostasis. I work hard at understanding what homeostasis m...

https://morenormalthannot.com/2024/02/29/nothing-broken-all-at-once/

This was a busy Christmas season at the Post Office. I don’t know when it hasn’t been busy at the Post Office at Christmas, but this season seemed busier…heavier…than usual. Maybe I am ju...

https://morenormalthannot.com/2023/12/24/lemonade-and-a-good-christmas-tradition-redux/

When I get to stop…no, when I choose to stop….working at the Post Office…I will be doing this dance as I escape out the back door on my last day. That’s the way it’s going to be. That�...

https://morenormalthannot.com/2023/08/13/when-i-stop/

I know someone who grew up in the San Luis valley… The Valley. What a wild place. Here’s Gregory Alan Isakov singing about the San Luis area of Colorado. … Continue reading → The post ...

https://morenormalthannot.com/2021/10/18/down-in-the-valley-valley-so-high/

I can hear the trucks on the highway when I get down to the little Baptist church on our road. It’s halfway to the end of the road, and that’s where I turn around when I’m walking before th...

https://morenormalthannot.com/2021/10/16/long-haul/

I haven’t been running lately. I haven’t been walking lately. It’s just not something that I’ve been doing lately. I haven’t been getting enough exercise. Lately. This morning, I went f...

https://morenormalthannot.com/2021/10/15/bobas-rock/

If I see a man running through the snow with a fully-grown wolverine, I trust what he has to say. I’m just like that, for some reason. It’s one of my “rules for life”….”trust the man ...

https://morenormalthannot.com/2020/11/24/down-to-the-ground/

If a designer were to come into our home…and I say “if” because it would be terrifying for me and unnecessary for my wife (because she’s a good designer)…anyway…”if” that were to ...

https://morenormalthannot.com/2020/11/19/greasy-shop-manuals/

OK. So….here’s the recent order of events: Go to the doctor after work to find out what the weird groinal popups are….find out they’re my new hernia that I got earlier in the day loading ...

https://morenormalthannot.com/2020/11/16/wishful/

I had a book when I was younger called “Winners Never Quit”. Published in 1970, it was a book about different athletes who persevered over an assortment of obstacles and succeeded in their va...

https://morenormalthannot.com/2020/11/14/winners-never-quit/