I hadn’t planned to take a two week break from blogging to start 2021, but here we are. It’d be nice to say it was some sort of social media cleanse – because that sounds like a rather trendy, yet smart, thing to do – but it wasn’t. Truth is, I’ve been tired. Getting through …
I won’t be shedding any tears watching 2020 walk into the sunset at midnight tonight. Although, let’s be honest – there’s no way this year is going quietly. I fully expect Times Square to be overrun by ogres from another dimension while murder hornets sweep across the Midwest and an earthquake unexpectedly swallows up the …
Part of the reason I enjoy Word Wednesday is that it gives me a good excuse to go back through dusty old digital folders looking for something to post. Sometimes, that’s all I find. Other times, it’s like opening a time capsule into where my head was at during a particular time. This one comes …
Apologies to my thousands of readers for my absence over the last week or so. Allow me to explain. Or perhaps I should follow the advice of the great philosopher Inigo Montoya and just sum up? I spent most of last week trying to catch up, and then get ahead, so that I could enjoy …
The story of learning to play bass is a strange combination of curiosity, necessity, hubris, and stupidity. I was leading the band at church and we always had trouble finding and keeping bass players, which I was later to find out is a common thing everywhere. A good bass player is like a good plow …
In this semi-regular post, I talk about some things that I enjoyed, was intrigued by, or am thankful for this past week. One Yeager: An Autobiography by General Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos … I wrote about my love for this book before, but it’s worth another mention. After finishing up my previous book, I …
It’s the first big snowfall of the season here in Southern Maine, and I’ve just performed my yearly ritual of standing by the window, looking out at the white stuff piling up, saying a silent prayer for all the delivery drivers out there… and thanking God that I’m not one of them. I spent six …
I’m a bit of a broken record when it comes to balance. I think about it a lot, talk about it often, and find myself looking for it everywhere. Maybe it’s part of getting older, but I’m less likely to find myself wandering to extremes these days and more at home looking for a place …
Given half a chance, I’ll overthink anything. Take a half hour to pick out a movie? Sure. Spend weeks mulling whether or not I should get a new pair of boots? Yup. Go back and forth about whether or not I should spend money on a new sweater and what type of sweater to get? …
Well, this will make an interesting group psychological case study some day. I’ve had this thought from time to time over the last nine months whenever normal bumps up against necessity. Like remote learning. Something that used to be extraordinarily rare become commonplace overnight. Not just in one country or a specific region – it …