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  • Create a Habit of Writing on a Daily Basis

    CREATE A HABIT OF WRITING ON A DAILY BASIS One of the most important habits that I’ve formed in my life is daily writing. Without question, writing every day has brought me many great things: A better career, fulfillment, self-improvement, and most importantly, the ability to share my ideas with you, the reader. I wanted…

  • 5 Tips For Writing the First Draft

    Originally posted on M.L. Davis Writer: It’s been an exciting week for writing! Perhaps the most exciting one of all… …a huge factor for this was that I finished the first draft of my second novel; Vanishing Act. It’s a VERY rough first draft, that needs not only editing but re-writing. But it’s a first…

  • The Miracle of Chaos

    A weird topic, but a good one at that. As we press forward on this, “Journey”, we call, “LIFE”, we discover that there is only one constant in this world, “Change!”. If we can accept that fact, then the journey can be a little easier, if we fight against it, we create an avenue of,…

  • MoTeck – the Neighborhood Cat

    So, for the past couple of weeks, we have had a visiting cat, Siamese Cat, visiting us at the front door of our house. He is super friendly, super social, and loves the attention. His name, because of his name tag, is MoTeck. (Interesting name). Our son, thought maybe it was homeless, but you can…

  • Five Lessons I’ve Learned From Writing!

    There are a great many lessons I’ve learned from Journaling, writing to my blogs and just freeform writing. You may know by now that writing IS hard. 1. Find Your Motivation In the end, it’s about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It’s about…

  • What I Learned Playing Halo…

    Not ago, I had a blast playing Halo 3 for the first time. It lead me to reflect on the countless hours I’ve poured into the Halo series over the past 6 years. Sure, I might not have much to show for it, but that time was thoroughly enjoyed. In retrospect, I even learned some…

  • In The Still Of The Night

    The stars are the street lights of eternity. ~Author Unknown The Night Season, a great time to stop, ponder and reflect.   To take an inward look at WHO you are, who you were and WHO you are becoming, or want to become.    I enjoy the night season at times, especially when the kids are…

  • **DISTRACTIONS!

    Distraction(s)Sitting here pondering a great many things today. There is something that has become abundantly clear. We currently live in a Western Culture that is FULL of distraction(s).As we travel and move forward on this journey we call LIFE! And we discover why we are here and why we were born, we begin to move…

  • It’s The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year! The phone won’t stop ringing and everyone singing Same one way rate as last year It’s the most wonderful time of the yearIt’s the hap-happiest season of all Your planes AOG Please don’t be mad at me I am just the dispatcher on-call It’s the hap-happiest season…

  • Christmas This Year (2018)

    Hello All,sitting here pondering all the people that I have spoken to this year about Christmas. So many, including myself, just *NOT* that excited about the Christmas Season this year. And I have found that to be strange. Some thoughts on this Season:“It’s that time of year again. December has come and with it all…