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Jan 28, 2024: How Going Alcohol Free Can Transform Your Life From: Terry R. Grier Austin, Texas Sunday 11:55 am Dear Friend. I grew up in south Louisiana. It was a blessing and a curse. The culture there is …
Oct 17, 2023: South llano river. Junction Texas
Aug 26, 2023: Video: 4 Things I Learned being a Lifeguard at 54 years old. … spoiler - I am the 54 year old. youtu.be/5VniIivUj…
Jul 4, 2023: Laissez Faire I grew up in south Louisiana. It was a blessing and a curse. The culture there is unlike any other place in the world. Laissez faire is the feeling of …
Mar 12, 2023: Technology is a doubled-edged sword. Technology giveth and taketh away and not always in equal measure.
Jan 15, 2023: Texas Coast
Jan 4, 2023: Today I met @jean in person. We had a wonderful time talking about Micro.blog, how awesome life is being alcohol free and about life in general.
Jan 2, 2023: My 2023 Food Plan: Stay Food Sober 2023 Health Evergreen Post I intend to update this post in 2023 - to treat it like an index or TOC - I might upgrade this to its own page. Today is …
Dec 11, 2022: Introducing the Wise Phone in 2023 “Best decision I made was getting rid of my “smartphone and upgrading to a wise phone.” - Anna in an email to me. You know what a …
Dec 8, 2022: Interview with Light Phone user Paige Weber I have had my flip phone since September 2022. It was excitement to try it, followed by frustration, followed by a resetting of expectation and then …
Dec 7, 2022: Today I interviewed Scott Scheper. The father of the ANTINET. His analog version of Zelletkasten His book launches Dec 9th at 11a PST - Scott’s …
Nov 27, 2022: I posted a Video on using a flip phone in 2022. Beware that I drop a lot of F-Bombs. Sunbeam Wireless Daisy Model.
Nov 19, 2022: Why Wait? To My Friend: 11/19/2022 Why wait until Jan 1, 2023 to start a new habit? Why dig the hole you are in any deeper? The pull to drink alcohol is in you. …
Nov 14, 2022: Hey MB Tech Peeps- icloud custom domain - I am trying to understand it. It does not give you a 2nd inbox with that domain but rather it takes over our …
Nov 4, 2022: Personal CRM How do you handle how often you talk to your friends? When you should call someone? Maybe send them a thank you card for that last …
Nov 3, 2022: With all of the fanfare about beta.icloud.com - You cannot add a date to a reminder. Only a note. How can you still have a reminder app but not allow …
Nov 2, 2022: Barbara Jordon
Oct 14, 2022: Flip Phone Blues: Shop will not provide me a tracking number unless I install their app.
Oct 9, 2022: Dumb Down an iphone vs Flip Phone youtu.be/c8S8HEAjS…
Oct 8, 2022: On Paper… I wrote this quote on a 3x5 card but I did not capture the source. These are not my words. On paper, we reflect. We gaze out a window and return to …
Oct 8, 2022: Sun Flowers
Oct 8, 2022: Late Bloomers
Oct 6, 2022: Flip Phone Update - Attention is the Currency I never think about my phone. I think of all the time and energy that I have given my iphone for the last 12 years. All of the energy of trying to …
Sep 25, 2022: Red Fish on the Fly LightHouse Lakes, Aransas Pass, Tx 09/24/2022 25 inch Red Fish
Sep 21, 2022: Fall is in the air.
Sep 12, 2022: This twitter thread by my friend and health coach J.T. - has the best 10 things you can do for your health. Seriously. Not Dogma. Serious things you …
Sep 9, 2022: PSA: I am going to be using this account to blog more and more about Sobriety. When I post - my thoughts will be on the general public and not just MB …
Sep 9, 2022: You can call me on my cell phone ... 🎶 I changed to a flip + ipod for my music, podcasts etc. Turns out I had a ton of mp3 (18k songs) sitting on a HD in my desk. As too the ipods - I …
Apr 28, 2022: 7 Years ago today, I received 1of 999 of the Kickstarter Bullet Journals I had been using the system for a year prior and was excited to see what he made. It fired me up to double down into the bullet journal system. I used …
Apr 17, 2022: Spring is in the air
Apr 16, 2022: Interesting so far.
Mar 13, 2022: The Inside of my 1977 Jayco Popup. Gifted to me by my father in law who purchased it new.
Mar 12, 2022: My campsite for the next week. South Llano State Park. Texas.
Mar 8, 2022: I had lunch today with @warner we forgot to take a picture!
Mar 1, 2022: Pair of Bald Eagles - Big Bear Valley CA. Live Stream Jackie and Shadow await the hatching.
Feb 27, 2022: James A. Michener - Themes of Racism and of Love Finished reading: Sayonara: A Novel by James A. Michener 📚 I have so many thoughts about this book. I made many notes while reading. My father in-law …
Feb 26, 2022: Reflections on Death As I age and feel regrets, I find myself reflecting on Memento Mori. You could leave life right now I worry less about what is on the other side of …
Feb 24, 2022: Russians | Sting 1985 In Europe and America There’s a growing feeling of hysteria Conditioned to respond to all the threats In the rhetorical speeches of the Soviets …
Feb 13, 2022: Inside for winter but still blooms.
Jan 12, 2022: Camping for the week. South Llano State Park Junction, Texas
Dec 30, 2021: You either love or hate Bono. I love him and the music he made. Running to Stand Still Christmas Eve
Dec 30, 2021: The One Habit to Rule Them All We crave to be part of a group. It is part of human nature. The is especially true this time of year as we approach the annual planning and New Years …
Dec 19, 2021: More Tech in Blogging has not decreased the time between posts In this wonderful little book Hoover muses that with all of the advances in technology with fishing that it still has not reduced the time between …
Dec 18, 2021: 5 flowers on one plant. Cold here today as well.
Dec 17, 2021: Austin Texas.
Dec 12, 2021: Social Media Companies are Winning the Battle He has a problem with alcohol. He cannot handle his booze like us normies. Would anyone use the logic above when talking about someone using heroine? …
Dec 10, 2021: Tonight I left my house. Drove to a burger place. Hung out with some friends for an hour or so. I drove back home. I did not take my phone. I did not …
Dec 8, 2021: One of the things I love about Central Texas is that our hibiscus still bloom late into the fall.
Dec 6, 2021: My Christmas Cactus is in full bloom!
Dec 6, 2021: Today’s Workout Highlights Negative Row Assisted Pull-up I am still on a mission to get a pull up done.
Nov 8, 2021: Office or Study? In 1993 I saw the movie, Shawdowlands. Shadowlands is a 1993 British biographical drama film about the relationship between academic C. S. Lewis …
Nov 6, 2021: The Moon and Venus
Oct 28, 2021: Squirrel Whisperer!
Oct 24, 2021: Found in my hike today. Last day of a week on the South Llano River
Oct 22, 2021: Clouds. For Cliff.
Oct 21, 2021: Tonight’s Moon Rise. Used the iPhone night capture
Oct 21, 2021: Time to Float and Fish !
Oct 21, 2021: Today’s Fly Box
Oct 20, 2021: South Llano River State Park. In God’s Country.
Oct 19, 2021: The Rio Grande Cichlid The Texas Cichlid The Texas cichlid (Herichthys cyanoguttatus, formerly Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum) is a freshwater fish of the cichlid family. This …
Oct 19, 2021: South Llano State Park. Texas Stay for a week to enjoy the weather and fly fish.
Oct 7, 2021: Saw on a morning bike ride with my friend who lives in Traverse City. 1959 Aston Martin
Oct 6, 2021: Old Mission. Michigan 2021 I am 53.
Oct 5, 2021: 1988 500SEL - The woman bought it in 1993. She loves this car. I was walking down the street and had to talk to her about it. Beauty.
Oct 5, 2021: So many pretty flowers here.
Oct 5, 2021: On vacation in Traverse City Michigan. Lovely little town.
Sep 28, 2021: 3 Year Ago, I took my last drink of alcohol No rock bottom. Just a desire to be free of the repeating behavior of drinking more than I intended followed by empty promises for change. From the …
Sep 1, 2021: Three!
Sep 1, 2021: Rows: A Foundational Movement Rows This is a foundational movement that I have been working on. This month I start with a slight elevation in my feet to increase the difficulty. I …
Aug 31, 2021: New Book: Fishing For Fun and to Wash your Soul.
Aug 30, 2021: The Key Metric in Making Change The best advice I heard and verified in my own life is the following for quitting something. Keep quitting until you have quit. Step 1: Decide that …
Aug 30, 2021: My Health Journey Continues
Aug 29, 2021: Boston Butt on the Big Green Egg!
Aug 28, 2021: The Numbers. @miraz
Aug 27, 2021: I am thinking about fixing this and using it.
Aug 24, 2021: Today is a good day Thank you @jean @burk
Aug 24, 2021: Living Phone Free Last night was my wifes birthday. We had a lovely time. In my exploration of phone/no phone/flip phone/apple watch - BS that I have been wasting too …
Aug 23, 2021: Screen Time Report Back: 2021 Week 24 22 min per day. I am mostly happy about not using email or web or youtube as much, if any on my phone. Change for Next Week I turned on screen time on …
Aug 22, 2021: Dear MB Community and Internet Hive Mind: Imagine you gave up your smartphone. For good. You still wanted to take pictures. What would be your …
Aug 20, 2021: The Smart Phone Dilemma Today I had a Zoom call with a performing artist L. Warner and preforms under the name Cerulean. He lives and creates in London. I found him on my …
Aug 19, 2021: What is it that modern people do not want to interact with files? Even with an app like drafts or Apple notes there are folders and documents to …
Aug 19, 2021: 😊🙌👀🎁🥓🍳💛💙💜💥 - Testing my emoji on Windows 10. The MS Keyboard I have as a key for emoji.
Aug 19, 2021: Tropical Hibiscus. Common name- Double bloomers!
Aug 18, 2021: New hibiscus for the yard. A gift from a dear friend.
Aug 18, 2021: My Digital Divide I cannot be trusted when I use a digital device. I sit at my computer with a thought of looking up some detail or sending a short email and while I am …
Aug 16, 2021: imessage (Texts) As I have thought more and more about not using a smart phone, I have gone through the various things I use a smartphone for and thought about how I …
Aug 15, 2021: iphone Screen Time Report Back: Digital Detox Week 32 in 2021 My iphone screen time report 52min of Daily Use Down 45% over last week. Top Apps MLB - 1hr 22m - I listen to Baseball games while I do chores. - …
Aug 12, 2021: Twitter Detox Since deleting my Twitter account. I find myself wanting to post on my blog (micro.blog) more and more and then coming here to check the comments. …
Aug 11, 2021: Sans Device Diary I am exploring using less technology. I left my phone and Apple Watch behind. I sported on my Timex watch. Today I helped my wife move some things …
Aug 10, 2021: I took last week off from my workouts. Today I started back and I lost some gains. It felt good to be back.
Aug 10, 2021: Twitter Deleted Today I am breaking the first rule of No Social Media Club. I deleted my twitter account that I created in 2010. In 2018 I deleted Facebook. It took …
Aug 7, 2021: 2021 has been a good year for our Hibiscus producing. We have about 6 plants in various colors.
Aug 7, 2021: From my Journal: How Many Times Must I Fail? I started my journey in the summer of 2016. I wanted to change my relationship with alcohol. I was not sure exactly how or what I needed to do and I …
Aug 5, 2021: I put up some new bookshelves in my office. Reading more books than my kindle these days.
Jul 17, 2021: Playing around. Visiting Family. After breakfast I went for a walk and found this playground.
Jul 15, 2021: The Open - Golf on the Radio - Do any of you listen to The Open? It is an annual thing for me. I love listening to all of the different people and the …
Jul 14, 2021: My Pull Up Progress I want to be able to do a pull-up. Being 90 pounds overweight does not help but that does not mean you cannot start the process while you are losing …
Jul 13, 2021: Skipping with a 2lb rope.
Jul 13, 2021: I think I am ready to quit twitter.
Jul 13, 2021: Today was the first time I was able to do push up at ground level. a year ago I started against a wall and progressed. It is better to start on a wall …
Jul 10, 2021: My Reboot 2021 I am obesse with 90 pounds to lose. I have repeated the same pattern the last 4 years of my life. It happens in 3 acts. Act 1 January I get pissed at …
Jul 9, 2021: No Shirt Decline Pushup Today’s rainy day workout highlight. No Shirt Decline Pushup - Trying something different. I was not planning on posting since no shirt. But you …
Jul 8, 2021: Firecracker
Jul 8, 2021: My upper routine. Rows, Dead Hangs, and Negative pull up. Showing not telling.
Jul 6, 2021: Sunflower
Jun 24, 2021: [State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistencies are in Windows 10?](State of the Windows: How many layers of UI inconsistencies are in …
Jun 20, 2021: Time Lapse of the Morning Flowers Opening.
May 29, 2021: Finished reading: Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard 📚
May 21, 2021: How to Start Your Bird Log In March of 2021 took our family pop up on a week long solo camping trip to the South Llano State Park. It is known as a birder park and the spring is …
May 21, 2021: The Texas Ruby Red House Finch A fellow micro.blogger Clifford Beshers posted a beautiful picture of a red house finch today. Dipped in raspberry juice. That was the joke that …
May 20, 2021: Tropical Hibiscus I think this is what this flower is called. My friend calls them a double bloomer. Wishing you the best if you see this picture.
May 14, 2021: Red Fish on the fly.
Apr 27, 2021: I wonder how this would stack up to my iPhone 12. Found in my guest room at my father in-law
Apr 22, 2021: Micro.Blog in the wild. Cosmic Coffee. Austin Texas.
Apr 20, 2021: Bald Eagles in Llano, Texas From Wildlife Management, Habitat Management & Outdoor News from 2012 Most folks don’t even know we have bald eagles in Texas, but they are found …
Apr 19, 2021: My favorite pen. The Parker Jotter. Instant Classic.
Apr 19, 2021: Llano Uplift Llano River - South of Mason, Texas Llano Uplift from Wikipedea The Llano Uplift is a geologically ancient, low geologic dome that is about 90 miles …
Apr 17, 2021: Relationships are the Buffer for the Human Experience Hat Tip to CJ Chilvers for capturing this on his blog From Cal Newport via Lex Fridman: “If I was going to give advice to young people…If they …
Apr 17, 2021: Choices. Choices. Choices. Blogger and Photographer CJ Chilvers writing about his perfect pen and paper. Writers spend way too much time and money seeking out their “grail” pen …
Apr 17, 2021: Broken Links or Why twitter and social media has ruined the open web I have been reading a back through Merlin Man’s 43 folders blog. It started in 2004 His …
Apr 17, 2021: What Am I Going to do Today? I have every device. Iphone ipad apple watch laptop desktop For the question: What Am I Going to do Today? It can be a challenge. If I use …
Apr 15, 2021: Thank you @jean for my sticker!
Apr 14, 2021: My Most Productive Time in My Life The year was 2001. The Device was the Handspring Visor Platinum. The Software was Palm Desktop. It was a simple setup and the sync was perfect. Palm …
Apr 13, 2021: Me.
Apr 12, 2021: Nipsey our cat. About a year ago he showed up. Took a couple of months before he accepted us. Now part of our family.
Apr 10, 2021: Lunch
Apr 10, 2021: Crawfish Boil. Texas Style.
Apr 9, 2021: Osprey Oysters
Apr 9, 2021: Texas Bluebonnet 2021
Apr 8, 2021: Spring Flowers
Apr 8, 2021: Self Steven Wilson has a new song out that I dig. “Self” The video is strange and thought provoking. Jon Blestein writing for Rolling Stone – Quotes …
Apr 8, 2021: Tropical Hibicus I call them double bloomers. But I searched and found that there are 31 types of Hibsucs I live in Central Texas and spring is in …
Apr 5, 2021: My Thoughts on Non Alcoholic Beer My first year of sobriety was different than the last 2 years of my sobriety. Because my sobriety journey started 2 years before I took my last drink …
Apr 5, 2021: Wit’s Peak - Athletic Brewing (Non Alcoholic Craft Beer Only) Light and Refreshing. Perfect timed for spring.
Apr 5, 2021: To All the Apple IOS users out there… tech peeps. I am using ios to manage and suggest passwords. Good idea?
Apr 5, 2021: Before my Apple Watch (2019) this was my daily watch. I miss it. Simple. Easy to Read. Never needs to charge. It never interupts me. It is there when …
Apr 5, 2021: Finished Reading: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson 📚 Cussy Mary - the main character is still living in my head. Have you …
Apr 5, 2021: Radio Paradise - An Online Radio Station Seeing the recent backlash around the updated Apple Music design such as Apple Music Music sucks I thought I would share what I listen to most days. …
Apr 4, 2021: Easter Amaryllis
Apr 4, 2021: Trying to Reach Sobriety. Alcohol is a tricky thing. If you wish to not drink, you become labeled with a drinking problem. What other addictive substance do we do this with? If …
Apr 2, 2021: Today - Golfing on a Spring Day.
Apr 1, 2021: Why I publish things to the internet. I often wonder why I publish things to the internet. It doesn’t matter if it’s a tweet, a photo or a full-on blog post, the whole idea of it seems …
Apr 1, 2021: Opening Day of Baseball 2021 I enjoy baseball. I prefer to listen to games on the “radio” which through my airpods and the MLB app. I do not have time to be a fan of …
Mar 24, 2021: Suzyn Waldman is an inspiration to girls and women who want to work in sports Who is Suzyn Waldman? Waldman is considered a pioneer in the male-dominated field of sports broadcasting.[4][5] She is the third woman in Major …
Mar 23, 2021: South Llano River
Mar 21, 2021: My NA reward for fence work well done
Mar 21, 2021: Tombow. HB. My favorite pencil
Mar 20, 2021: When is the last time you experienced something for the experience and not the to share with a picture or something. We reach for our phone in almost …
Mar 20, 2021: 1978 Jayking Family Popup. Getting it ready for a week on the South Llano River State Park
Mar 20, 2021: Vintage Parker Jotter from the 80’s
Mar 15, 2021: Bella our family dog
Mar 13, 2021: Lofi. Old School. @patrickrhone on 43 Folders.
Mar 13, 2021: Recommendations on the best way to track all the blogs I am finding a reading. RSS reader?
Mar 12, 2021: Wordpress or Microblog? I have both. I prefer to write in markdown. It comes down to which one will you use more. Wordpress - I fiddle and look at my meger stats and colors. …
Mar 12, 2021: A Bonafide Amateur! Austin Kleon in his 2014 book Show Your Work quotes C.S. Lewis about being an Amateur. The fellow pupil can help more than the master because he …
Mar 11, 2021: After the Winter Storm 2021 which killed most plants we had it was a joy to see these small blooms on this succulent. This plant was a gift from our …
Jan 12, 2021: Snow Day
Jan 2, 2021: I enjoy boiling shrimp. It is much easier than you might think. I boil outside. Much easier.
Dec 29, 2020: Now
Dec 29, 2020: Rib Roast. Before.
Dec 29, 2020: 2020 Holidays
Dec 23, 2020: Breaking Patterns For my Friends is a podcast from me to you. I will post audio updates of what am I doing and what I see in the world.
Dec 20, 2020: Another great day on the water
Dec 19, 2020: Texas Trout. Guadalupe River 2020
Dec 18, 2020: Great Day on the Guadalupe. Texas Trout.
Dec 17, 2020: Vickie Grier
Dec 17, 2020: Smoked Beef Cheeks. Amazing. LeRoy and Lewis BBQ Austin Texas.
Dec 17, 2020: Lemons My father in-law has a lemon tree. Some years it produces so it does not. This year it did. Vickie has been busy making use of them all. Here is one …
Dec 17, 2020: Facebook Controversy If you do not like what they are doing. Delete your account. Controversy Over. Call, Text and See your friends. Your real friends. Problem Solved.
Dec 16, 2020: Ordinary. The Wonders of an Ordinary Life We live in an age with a high regard for extraordinary lives – that is, lives that the vast majority of us will …
Dec 16, 2020: 2021 - The Year of the Personal Blog Fall of 2019 I deleted my facebook account. Fall of 2020 I deleted my instagram account. I never looked back. Do not doubt that there was an …
Dec 14, 2020: Me and my friend Jake. Llano River, Mason Texas Fall 2020
Dec 14, 2020: Lipids Lipids. This steak looks amazing right? But the chunk of beef suet next to it is even better. I have experimented this year with eating more fat. If …
Dec 13, 2020: The Grier Cookie Company. My wife made me this sign. I love it. In 2019 I made sugar cookies for Thanksgiving. I enjoyed it and started making them around Christmas and giving …
Dec 13, 2020: Come on Out - The Airborne Toxic Event. I cannot get enough of this song. The video is moving. music.apple.com/us/music-…
Dec 12, 2020: My Decade Journal. My opening thoughts. What will my life be like in 2030?
Dec 12, 2020: Texas Trout
Oct 29, 2020: Central Texas 2020
Aug 29, 2020: I love baron fig journals .
Aug 29, 2020: I just re signed up for Micro Blog. I am hoping to use it more. I am getting tired of instragram but want a place to write and post some pictures of …
May 2, 2018: Today I signed for micro.blog. :)