A potpourri of posts on a variety of topics, in other words, what’s currently on my mind.
- The Morning of First Day of the New YearThe morning of the first day of the year is gone most places across the states with about an hour left in the Southwest Corner. It is dreary here. Rain in the Southwest corner. i have the black-eyed peas cooking on the range. i’ll make the cornbread with a small piece of cornpone for me … Continue reading The Morning of First Day of the New Year
A curation of Murphy’s Law saying from over the years.
- IBM Pollyanna PrincipleMachines should work; people should think. i am going to resume making my own comments. It’s fun. For example: It seems we have reached the point where this principle is getting reversed.
Fairly self explanatory, from what I can remember that is.
- The Lonely ThingsEight years ago, i wrote a post titled the same as this post (https://jimjewell.com/a-pocket-of-resistance/lonely-things/). That earlier post was about the song; Rod McKuen, the poet whose most famous poem was “Stanyan Street;” and Glen Yarborough, the singer who recorded the last verse of the song under the title of “The Lonely Things.” i sit in … Continue reading The Lonely Things
Notes from the Southwest Corner
Selected columns written for the Lebanon, Tennessee Democrat newspaper from 2007 to 2017 about living in the Southwest corner.
- Notes from the Southwest Corner #3 – Finalitiesi have felt vulnerable many times in my life. This column was written during one of my most vulnerable times, October 2007. It was the worst fire threat to our home we had moved into in September 1990. i think it is good for me to remember being vulnerable. SAN DIEGO, CA – This second … Continue reading Notes from the Southwest Corner #3 – Finalities
Steel Decks and Glass Ceilings
Posts on the topic of the challenges and success of the deployment and integration of women into life aboard a Navy ship. This topic later became my book.
- Veteran’s Day/Thanksgiving Specials: Steel Decks and Glass CeilingsThis month, there are two dates i wished to have a special sale on my book, Steel Decks and Glass Ceilings: An Executive Officer’s Memoir: Veterans Day and Thanksgiving. For that reason, the special will last the month of November. The cost for a signed copy, including shipping is $15. To purchase one, in the … Continue reading Veteran’s Day/Thanksgiving Specials: Steel Decks and Glass Ceilings
A collection of children’s poems written for my grandchild.
- Willie Nod the Older and the Ugly Duck(ling)This one also hit me in the night. But i slept through, waking early in the morning and remembering. So i sat down to simply record the main thoughts. But it wouldn’t let go and i kept writing until just a few minutes ago. i hope you like it. Apologies to Hans Christian Anderson. Once … Continue reading Willie Nod the Older and the Ugly Duck(ling)
Posts on various topics about my life.
- Expectations, Dejection: San Diego Tradition, and Other Thoughts On Basketballi believe it was the Charles Barkley curse. San Diego State University lost to the University of Connecticut, 76-59, in the NCAA basketball tournament finals. Barkley had been negative about the Aztecs and did not pick them to win any game, or at least the ones when i caught him in the pre-game folderol, UNTIL … Continue reading Expectations, Dejection: San Diego Tradition, and Other Thoughts On Basketball
Short stories about a fictional town in Tennessee.
- Put Out to PasturePre-sales for my book Steel Decks and Glass and Glass Ceilings: A Navy Officer’s Memoir, and the announcement of the publishing date is imminent. This is a quiet, anxious time for me. My hopes are those who want to read it will buy it and enjoy it, perhaps even learn a bit from it, and … Continue reading Put Out to Pasture
Leadership columns written for the Lebanon Democrat from 2007 to 2012.
- Golf Ain’t Just About Hitting a Little White Ball In a Hole
There are good days…and then there are good days. This morning, after a wonderful anniversary dinner last night, i played golf. A little muggy with a high of 77. So i won’t whine or brag about weather in the Southwest corner. We had the usual great views of the Hotel Del Coronado, the majestic Point … Continue reading Golf Ain’t Just About Hitting a Little White Ball In a Hole