A Road Trip! The classic American pastime of getting in a car and driving somewhere far away continues to be a thing, even in these days of upheaval, discord and (relatively) high gas prices. We’re going to be heading out on a road trip later this summer and it has Read more…
Here’s the Good News: I’m not going to go deep and dark and try and shed any new light (as if I could) on matters of personal choice involving human life. No, rather, I’m thinking today about taking a life. I’m thinking about killing an opossum. Here’s the reality: Human Read more…
I’m having One of Those Days. It’s one of those days between days. Between finishing something and starting something new. A day where the potential is there, but there’s a benefit in not jumping in too quickly. Benefit in just taking a bit more time to let things be. Benefit Read more…
I was sitting in an ENT Doctor’s Office recently and he asked me a very unexpected question: “When did you break your nose?” I looked at him confused, thinking at first he was joking. I told him, “I’ve never broken my nose”. He replied, “Well, something happened and the results Read more…
My wife, Christina, invited me to join her to try something new this week. I joined a Reiki Circle! It was hosted and led by a Reiki Master (I saw her flyer, so I know it’s true) and it was a group session, so there were six other folks besides Read more…
One of the pleasures of our new place is that since we’re no longer in an urban neighborhood, we get to see animals that we just didn’t have much exposure to. What was once a rare and noteworthy thing risks becoming commonplace, but so far that has not become the Read more…
This admission feels wrong to write or say out loud: I haven’t bought a print book in … almost ten years. Yeah, I feel dirty even writing that. I feel like I should be judged and that you should judge me and that I should think hard about my choices Read more…
I’ve known what I was going to do since 1980. That was the first time I got my hands on a personal computer and I knew at that moment that this was what I wanted to do. This was what I was meant to do. I was going to find Read more…
I have a Love/Hate relationship with Social Media. I’m going to share a bit of my own history with Social Media and my problems with it over the years and recently. You’re not going to get any ‘Hot Takes’ nor are you likely to see anything here that you haven’t Read more…
We returned recently from a cruise. That’s got me thinking about traveling and what it means to me as I get older. Christina’s Dad’s side of the family is from Texas. The plan was to fly to Austin, visit some family for a few days and then cruise out of Read more…