Dean Nelson

@nelsoda.bsky.social

Follow of the teachings The Dude, lifelong Stephen King fanatic, lover of the short story, atheist but a Unitarian Universiaist, writer who never wrote, local government, housing & healthcare is fundamental right

As a kid I naively thought there would be more of a sense of well being when you reached adulthood. But I find myself asking, Is this what I'm doing? Is this how I'm spending the next 20 or so years?

Cleaning and deleting old text messages and found a series of messages from my nextdoor neighbor who passed in April while hiking the Appalachian Trail. Technology is haunting.

Visited my hometown over the weekend. Saw my mom's house sitting empty and the vacant lots where my grandparents house and my old junior highschool once sat. It was great to grow up there but it's not the same place. Time moves on and I guess I did too

Unbelievable. So sad. We just found out our neighbor passed away from a heart attack while hiking the Appalachian Trail. He was a good neighbor and always kind to our family.

Been watching YouTube videos of Larry Bird and 1980s Boston Celtics thinking what were the odds of being alive at that exact time? What a time to have been alive!

My senior Chihuahua (18) wandered around the kitchen last night until she cried for someone to find her. So I'm tired from holding her until almost 2:00 this morning until she settled and went to sleep.

Due to various things -work insurance open enrollment, retirement presentation, kid's birthday, anniversary of parents death - that I have about 16 possibly productive years left. If I'm lucky and my body doesn't start breaking and cancer doesn't decide to take another shot at me.