Moderate Living

Hello, I'm Mike – I write every Tuesdays and Fridays

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  • How A Nobel Prize Winner Taught Michael Williams The Importance Of Shutting His Big Yapper

    How A Nobel Prize Winner Taught Michael Williams The Importance Of Shutting His Big Yapper

    “Why do you sometimes hedge your words, Uncle Mike?” My niece, just about to begin her sophomore year of college, asked me this question while we were talking about AI and its long term effects on broader society. “Because…..there are times when I can be free with my predictions and conclusions. And there are times…

  • Managing The Floor

    Managing The Floor

    Signora has been fortunate to have the advice of good friends over the years. Especially, when it is easy for life to accelerate so much as to feel like a grip on its foundation has been lost, the elements that make it a life. “When everything is noisy, it is precisely the elemental things –…

  • Time And A Semi-Conscious Search For Meaning

    Time And A Semi-Conscious Search For Meaning

    I woke up to the first noticeably chilly morning since last April. On these occasions of change, I will take my camera along with me to look at life. Outside was a mix of summer still hanging on but autumn’s colors beginning to dot parts of the landscape. The pine straws were strewn about the…

  • You (New Jersey Property Taxes), Are My Delirium

    You (New Jersey Property Taxes), Are My Delirium

    As y’all know, I’ve been tearing my hair off of my scalp because of my new property taxes. And there’s a part of me that feels so wronged and wants to give the city council a piece of my mind. But there’s also a part of me that wonders if, perhaps, I would get further…

  • Fictional Character Switch & My Astrological Sign

    Fictional Character Switch & My Astrological Sign

    I’ve actually been told that my life arc resembles that of Ebenezer Scrooge 😂 Which is funny because every year, I privately blog a Christmas rumination of the spirits of Christmas visiting me. Perhaps I’ll do it this year and moving forward. When I was thinking of other characters I could switch with, an indisputable…

  • The Colors Of Longing

    The Colors Of Longing

    when I sense this specific afternoon silence; the soft bloom of sunlight through my windows, the leaves on my patio, and the way the leaves on the trees seem to bow gracefully. I take a deep breath. I steady myself against the wave of tender longing that only comes from experiencing this color palette.