Author: Geo Davis

  • Lead, Leader, Leading

    Lead, Leader, Leading

    What makes a good leader? Plaudits to the Bloganuary team for another provocative prompt, this time digging into the question of leadership. I’m tempted to wax lyrical about the merits of many present and past members of our team. So many good leaders over the years. But the hour is advancing so I need to…

  • Un-invent Leaf Blowers!

    Un-invent Leaf Blowers!

    If you could un-invent something, what would it be? A pretty whimsical consideration, but I’ll take the bait. Of course there are all sorts of tragic happenings across human history that might make tempting subjects. Likewise a few technologies that offer at least as many dangers as benefits that invite consideration for un-inventing. (Where is…

  • Feel the Love

    Feel the Love

    Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved? Today’s blog prompt primes the proverbial pump. After all, Rosslyn is filled with love! Our 2006 decision to purchase the property to create our home was an extension of the love that Susan and I felt for one another. And our endless historic rehabilitation…

  • Declutter

    Declutter

    Where can you reduce clutter in your life? Where, oh, where can we reduce clutter in our life? Everywhere! So much stuff — physical, verbal, creative, emotional, psychological, social — ready to be filtered and distilled. Things to downsize. Bits and bobs to organize. Debris to purge. Busyness to abbreviate. Distractions to alleviate… Over the…

  • Canine Companions

    Canine Companions

    What is your favorite animal? So many animals to favor, and yet it is the wholeness, the interconnectedness, of *all* animals that I favor most. So, instead, I’ll respond to this prompt as a sort of playful panegyric to our canine companions, past, present, and future. For while I do not favor dogs above all…

  • Communicate, Poemunicate

    Communicate, Poemunicate

    In what ways do you communicate online? At first tempted to shrug off today’s blog prompt, a rush of inspiration like a wild pony, inviting me on a mad dash, I decided to risk the ride. Once upon a timea woman, a man,a tumbling home,a bookish bent, anda one-man stage act. Now digital and3-dimensional,a virtual…

  • Road Trip

    Road Trip

    Wandering. Meandering. Adventuring. Road tripping. For a website revolving around a home, a property, and a place, Rosslyn Redux certainly embraces plenty of peripateticism. Rooted roving? Seems contradictory, right? Perhaps not. Today’s Bloganuary prompt, directing me contemplate past road trips, might advance a glimmer of insight. Let’s find out. Think back on your most memorable…

  • Snack Attack

    Snack Attack

    Hungry? Jonesing for noshes and nibbles? What?! Back to insipid blog prompts, I’m afraid. Today’s Bloganuary challenge isn’t horrible-horrible, but it certainly isn’t very inspiring. So, please forgive my snack attack post. What snack would you eat right now? Honestly, it seems to me that coming up with a months’ worth of inspirational, open-ended, push-you-out-of-your-comfort-zone,…

  • Crazy Biz?!

    Crazy Biz?!

    Crazy biz?! It’s fair to say that, since day one, I’ve taken pretty ample creative license with these Bloganuary prompts. I accepted the challenge without much reflection. Why not add a new twist to my daily installments? Like discovering a new spice? I remember when I discovered za’atar via Yotam Ottolenghi. Wow! It was like…

  • Youthful Attachment

    Youthful Attachment

    As with several other Bloganuary prompts, my first impulse with today’s “junior Geo jumpstart” was to balk. Corralling the question into some sort of Rosslyn roundup struck me as Procrustean. But morning was early, and my mind began to wander. I suspect the prompt was soliciting recollections of childhood toys and other artifacts from younger…

  • Mission MMXXIV

    Mission MMXXIV

    Did you try to pronounce the title? Mishon Mmmkssiv… Or did you realize that MMXXIV is 2024 in Roman numerals? Welcome to day nine of the year MMXXIV, Bloganuary challenge number 9, and old house journaling challenge number 527. Those are our coordinates. But where from here? Today’s Bloganuary prompt invites me to respond clearly,…

  • Long Life

    Long Life

    When I was a boy my father used to remind me, “Everything has a life.” People, yes. Dogs and cats, yes. But also sneakers and bicycles. If you take care of your sneakers and bicycles (and everything else) as well as you take care of people and pets, they will live longer. This reminder, usually…