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Freelance Consultant, Writer, Photographer, and Web Designer
Daily Grind

It’s a Cold Winter’s Night!

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It’s freezing outside, and it was only 64 degrees in my house. I turned up the heat, and I am making a cup of mint tea. It started snowing a little while ago, when I was on my way home from an appointment. The wind is blowing so hard that it is snowing sideways!

I couldn’t wait to come home and settle in for the evening. There really is no place like home! I don’t think a day goes by without me counting my blessings for having a roof over my head again. It’s a wonderful feeling to someone who knows how it feels not to have a home.

The tea is going to taste very good while I settle in and get comfortable writing about a lot of scary experiences for my new book, UNHINGED. I’ve gotten off to a very good start on my memoir about the last five years. I hope it ends up being everything I dream it will be. Who knows? Maybe I am meant to be a writer after all.

The tea is ready, and it’s time for me to get busy with the book. This is enough blogging for now. It’s time for me to say good night. I hope you enjoy the rest of your evening! Take care!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sincerely, R. Kline

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Please Join Our Community!

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I created a community on this website, and it is free to join! I am hoping that this will become a safe place for those who suffer from mental illness (and their families and friends) to socialize and share online.

I created my own Bipolar Support Group, and I hope someday others will be in it. I have a lot to share, both from experience and education, and I am very proud to provide a platform for that to happen on. I want this to be a place of support and socialization, a place where we all free comfortable to share our problems and what we are experiencing. Maybe we can find others who have had similar experiences and are able to provide feedback, ideas, or suggestions on how to make it easier to go through.

You are all invited to join. Just click the “Register” link on the top of the page. Then anytime you want to login, click the “Log In” link on the top of the page. Like I already said, it’s free. I have footed the bill on this one. Enjoy!

Sincerely, R. Kline

Books by R. Kline, Reflections 2nd Ed

Reflections, 3rd Edition

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Good News! I have decided to write a third edition of Reflections. I intend on trying to get this book published. This revision will be a combination of 90 Poems in 90 Days and Reflections, 2nd Edition. There are also self-help sections and mental health sections added.

This is very exciting! I have also decided to dedicate myself to seeing all of my books published. I am going to follow through with this, no matter what.

This website and blog have been paid for until December of 2026. I will continue to build this blog while I finish writing UNHINGED and revising my other two books.

This is a very exciting time for me, and I certainly do have my work cut out for me to see these goals to fruition. Follow along on this blog, as I talk about my efforts on these books. Feel free to comment and get involved. I would love to hear what you have to say.

I will be sharing some of my work as I complete the revision. It will be found in this category of the blog.

Stop by this website and blog anytime you want! Drop me an email or comment below. Thanks for stopping by! Come back again soon!

Sincerely, R. Kline

90 Poems in 90 Days, Books by R. Kline

90 Poems in 90 Days

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Back in 2010, I started a blog called 90 Poems in 90 Days on WordPress.com. I didn’t quite finish the effort in time because of a bad case of writer’s block. The rough draft to the manuscript that resulted from it is still in my possession, and I have always intended on finishing the effort and to see it published.

I really enjoyed working on that effort, and I would love to share it again. I will be including some posts in the future that will give a sample of what’s included in this draft of the book.

Eventually (in about 2014) I decided to include these works in the 2nd Edition of Reflections that I was working on. I felt that it made for a nice revision to include my works of poetry that are less spiritually inspired.

In the next year, I intend of working on this effort again. I have plans to publish it around the time I will be publishing the book I am working on now, UNHINGED.

Keep your eyes open for further information about this as time goes by. I will post new information as it becomes known to me in this category on the blog. I have separate categories for each book I have written, and all information will be posted in the appropriate category.

Have a great day! Stop back again soon!

Sincerely, R. Kline

Writing UNHINGED

My Deadline…

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I decided that I will finish the final draft of UNHINGED by December 31, 2026. I have high hopes that I will be done well before that point. There are a few people I would like to talk to who were around during that time, but we are no longer speaking. Some people stopped talking to me because of my problems. This is something I have gotten used to in life. My illness drives people away.

I really do try not to let this get me down. I try not to let anything get me down. I don’t like being depressed at all. It’s no fun.

One goal I have is to have someone in mind to publish my book by the time I am done writing it. I have never had a book published before, and I am very nervous about the process. I have heard that reputable publishing companies should publish it without it costing me anything, but there are companies that will publish any book for a price. I have already decided that, even if it comes to paying for it, I will see this book published. As you can see, I am already advertising the book on this website and marketing it here as well.

At this point, I find my blog to be too business-minded and not entertaining enough. It’s probably because I am not sharing the exciting parts of the book yet. I am in the process of writing them, but it leaves this blog feeling very stale and dry. I wish there was something I could do about that, but this is how it needs to be at the moment. I don’t want to give too much away just yet.

Rest assured that there is more to come…

Three major breakdowns in five years. Nanobots. Voices of the feds and more. Fleets of drones. Stalkers hiding in the woods. A kinky website. Two evictions. Miles and miles of dirt roads. Technology problems. Online stalkers. There were even a few drugs involved.

And then there was a high-speed police chase through two counties that ended in a car crash and a prison sentence.

I eventually get to try and rebuild my life, which is what stage I am in now.

Things settled down for a while, but my old friends have resurfaced to help with writing this book. Interesting. Believe me, it does get more interesting than what you have read here to this point. Stick around. There is going to be more.

In the meantime, I am going to post some posts about my other books and other blogs. One of these blogs may be published again in the near future. I just have to see if the files still exist on the host and renew the account. Those files are very valuable to me at this point. I would love to get my hands on them because I devoted so much time to working on them. Months. And what’s in them is so valuable to this book I am writing, UNHINGED.

Thanks for stopping by my blog! It’s in its infancy, so please bear with me as I continue to develop this blog. It’s going to take some time. Stop back again anytime you want. You are always welcome here!

Sincerely, R. Kline

Writing UNHINGED

Building, Writing, Creating

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I got a lot of writing done these last few days, and I really enjoyed it. It was difficult to deal with everything I went through, but that didn’t last. It felt too nice to be accomplishing something.

In addition to writing UNHINGED, I wrote to the blog, too. It’s just as important to work on the book as it is to build this blog. By the time the book is finished, I want this website and blog to be fully developed and fully functioning. I am hoping for members in the community and a growing Bipolar Support Group there as well. I know it’s a lot of work, but I do feel as though it will be worth it in the end.

At the point the book is finished being written and ready to be published, a new game begins. This is not one I am familiar with, but I am willing to learn to play the game. The game is called getting the book published. I have no experience in this area, and I am open to suggestions. I am hoping that it won’t cost me anything to get the book published, but if it does, I am ready to cross that bridge when it appears before me. I know that some smaller publishing companies require that.

In addition to writing this book and to blogging about it here, I am also keeping a daily journal in the hopes that I can turn that into a book as well. This is a lot of writing, but I enjoy it.

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by and read what I have written! I appreciate your continued interest and moral support. You’re welcome to visit this site as often as you like. Feel free to take a look around and to sign up for the community. It’s free!

Take care and have a great Sunday!

Sincerely, R. Kline

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We’ve Had Visitors…

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Hello! Welcome to my blog! I can see from the stats that we have had a few visitors over the holidays. That’s exciting!

Keep coming back! We appreciate your interest. Stop by anytime! I am constantly working on this website and blog. Please feel free to join the community and set up a profile. I want to build the community into someplace where people are free to share and be a source of support for each other. It’s meant to be a friendly and encouraging place for those with some form of mental illness. Please join!

We also have forums available if you are interested in posting questions or comments. That is, if people still do that. Lol.

I have only told a few people about this web address, so I wonder who was trolling over the last few days? I was hoping someone would leave a comment or join the community and message me.

Thanks for stopping by! Come back again soon!

Sincerely, R. Kline

Daily Grind

Saying Goodbye to 2025

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As we reach the end of the year, it is time to look back and reflect on everything that happened this year. It’s time to think about what went wrong and pray it doesn’t happen again. It’s time to think about what went right and try to have more of that in the coming year. It’s time to remember and carry those memories with us into the new year.

I think this was a good year. I managed to spend 90% of it in good mental health. I accomplished a few goals I had set for myself, an apartment and a job. I didn’t manage to get my license back yet or get a car, but I have high hopes for that in the beginning of the coming year. That would help me to meet some of my other goals, like getting back into nature and landscape photography, restarting my business again, or spending time traveling.

I pray it’s going to be a good year for us all! I really have a good feeling about what’s to come in the new year. I don’t want to get specific, but I believe we will all prosper.

Building this website may seem like a big thing, but it’s a relatively small drop in the bucket when it comes to everything I have to do to get my business up and running again. It’s a step in the right direction, and I am going to keep moving in that direction.

Do you have a New Year’s resolution this year? Like a lot of people, I would like to lose some weight. I hope to do that by being more active. It shouldn’t be too hard in the beginning of the year because I have a job that lets me do a lot of walking. I was even thinking about joining a gym, once I get a car again. Having a car will make a lot of things possible.

So, what’s your resolution? Anyone care to share?? Maybe you haven’t given any thought to that yet, and you are waiting until New Year’s Eve. In the coming year, I am hoping to make this blog livelier and more interactive. I haven’t been ready to drive any traffic this way just yet.

Take a moment to stop by the community and join. It’s a social network, just like many others you’ve heard of, except this one is meant to be a social support group. If I can find enough people to join, I would like to see it become that.

There are also forums on this website. We have the ability to post questions or comments on a board, where others can offer responses and replies. I imagine it will take a while to get that to be something that is active, if people even do that anymore.

For anyone utilizing my services, I have a client portal available, too. It allows me to invoice a customer and receive payment for services rendered. I am looking forward to this, since it might make business easier for everyone involved. Maybe. Maybe not. Who knows?

That’s all I got for now. It’s not even 5 AM yet, and here I am, hard at it. I have a lot to do, and I am writing a book on top of all that. I even have plans in my mind for another revision of Reflections. I truly hope that book someday goes to print.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoy the rest of this year, and I wish you the best in the coming year! Take care!

Sincerely, R. Kline

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Woke Up Happy

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Merry Christmas to you all! I awoke at 3 AM this morning, and I decided to take the website for a test drive. I have been testing and troubleshooting. I am pleased with the results to this point.

I tried to install one type of community application over the last few days, but I finally gave up with that one and went with BuddyPress. It’s a plugin to the WordPress blogging application I am using, instead of it’s own free-standing application. It seems to be working fine.

I also installed forums in the blogging app. If you don’t remember what a forum is, allow me to explain. It’s a public message board, where message threads get started and are meant to be continued as others join in. It can be fun. Hopefully, it stays as it is intended.

Feel free to join the community. It’s a social network similar to Twitter or Facebook, but it’s intended to be a safe space for people who are dealing with mental illness on some level.

Everything included on this website is free, but please respect my copyrights. All of the photography is original and is copyrighted, as is all writing. In fact, this entire website is my product and is copyrighted as such.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great holiday! Merry Christmas!

Sincerely, R. Kline

PS: The image at the top of this post is one of the “butterfly pictures” I took during 2015. I went to Strong’s Improvement Road in Treaster Valley, Mifflin County, PA during the summer of 2015 when I got a new camera. I went there every day for three days straight because there were swarms of butterflies on the flat at the top of the mountain. For three days, I took hundreds of pictures and had the time of my life playing with the butterflies. I got some amazing shots, and I love to share them. This experience was a bright moment in a very dark time, and I will never forget those three days, no matter how old I live to be.