I saw a typical winter photo of my house 21 years ago. You could only see half of the house because of the deep snow. Although just 3 Decembers ago we saw 46 inches of snowfall in 12 hours, winters producing what used to be the normal amount of snowfall are extremely rare. Ironically, summers… Continue reading

 It’s an empty thing. There are so many words and then there are none.  Suddenly there are too many. I am broken and yet I am not. The day begins just like any other, and before I know it, the day catches me up in my own cosmic version of Dusty Springfield’s For What It’s… Continue reading

 There is a strange void that February brings into my life.  It is not one of complacency or boredom. No, there is a great deal of pressure to get things done. It is more of a need for more focus. We did just turn our house upside down for a couple of weeks to remodel… Continue reading

 It is like a cruel joke, that old saying so true and sad that youth is wasted on the young. It is a biting need for time travel, to right all of the wrongs, to kick earlier versions of myself into action, to say I love you to those who really needed to hear it… Continue reading

 As I reflect on the journey over the last week I can see the years usually obscured from view. Much of the transitions I recall were taking our little space in the world and molding it into what my children needed, what our creativity inspired us to, and finding that ever-increasing return on space invested.… Continue reading

 In 1993, John Mellencamp wrote Case 795 (The Family). True to John’s grassroots revolution he said the words that were too brutal to voice out loud: How many days does it take to make us weak? And how many hours do people spend lonely? In the heart of the heart the family lay dying The… Continue reading

 “I feel that the number 58 marks a significant point in my life where multiple timelines have merged. It has allowed me to witness how the foundations I have laid have impacted and will impact my future, or at least that’s what I believe based on the current trajectory. These aren’t just mere reflections or… Continue reading

 58 is a number in which many timelines of my life have merged.  I have gotten to see how foundations I have laid have done and will do far into the future, or at least I like to think so based on trajectory. These are not just mere reflections and recollections.  If you the reader… Continue reading

 When the math begins to make sense in your life and the music is revealed for its genius, the road widens and home comes into view. The journey has been nebulous and yet very revealing.  I look around me and see that young and old, people are surviving on junk nutrients of information, education, and… Continue reading

 I try, but it takes work.  I work in the tech industry and the management of systems and their security makes complete sense.  The other side of it is that a 16-year-old kid can have more marketing success than Maxwell House Coffee back in the 1970s. Powered by frozen nutrition, microwaved into cardboard delicacy and… Continue reading