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 A blog of no uncertain musings. What goes on in my mind is often a source of wonder to me. |
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My mind and my life are wonderous things ... as are yours, I'm sure. I have more slips of paper and pages of notebooks with musings and thoughts than I really know what to do with. Someone, actually several someones, have suggested I start a blog ... or a journal as a means of focusing some of this mental energy. To be honest, I don't even know what the difference between a 'journal' and 'blog' is--or if there even is a difference. Read on, my friends, and you can judge for yourself whether it even matters. And so....  I'm JACE. Yep ... that's me! And somewhere in all my writings my last name may be posted. But I'll just leave it at Jace for right now. I'm 70 years old and heading full tilt to 71. It's strange that while I'm going through some rather serious medical issues, I still consider myself to be in the prime of my life--pretty good shape physically AND mentally, though I don't run for competition anymore  . I love to ... dang, if I put this stuff here, I won't have anything for my blog.Guess you just have to be patient until such stuff leaks out.  Perhaps 2025, having embraced my retirement, will see more participation in my journaling efforts. Well, one can hope.... |
| I do like hot weather. I'd long enjoyed running in the Missouri summertime heat. But I have to say the older I get, the less I like to exercise in the heat. By exercise these days, I refer to my daily walks encouraged by my recent medical experiences. The current heat wave we're experiencing coupled with the higher humidity is prompting me to walk earlier than I did only three weeks ago. Before long, I'll be starting my walk at 6am--I've been leaving at 7. This has reminded me of my time as the Company Commander of Headquarters Company, 5th Engineer Battalion at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, in the mid-1980's. The 1st Sergeants of the five companies in the battalion would schedule Physical Training (PT) beginning at 7:30am daily. As it turns out, five companies of men descending on the Dining Facility for breakfast at the same time was almost unmanageable. One company First Sergeant decided to begin PT at 7am, allowing his men to be first in line at the Dining Facility. That lasted about a week before another 1st Sergeant moved his PT to 6:30. Next thing I knew, my 1st Sergeant had scheduled our PT at 5:30. But that left the men with an hour of downtime before the day's work was scheduled to begin. Downtime and soldiers was never a good combination. We went back to 7:30, leaving the remaining companies to fight over the early slots. And I got an extra hour and a half of sleep. 252 Words |
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