Hey, y’all, We hope y’all had a great 2017. It was weird not being at home for any of the Christmas holiday. Something felt a touch out of place. But, we kept moving and made sure to enjoy who was around – and go to a coffee shop that made change with $2 bills before […]
Life Face Slap
Pain in the neck
It was near the end of November 2013, two Mondays before Thanksgiving. I heard the ocean in my ears for a couple days but overall I felt fine. I had gone to bed late the night before and didn’t shower. I left my hair in a bun and slept on my back, as always. The […]
“Back in the neighborhood / workin’ for the Savior”
For the last decade or so I have had two refuges: the OldOld Man’s family home in Southwest Florida & the pad up in Duneland belonging to one of my two childhood best friends, 5 minutes from Lake Michigan. Those refuges recharged me, refueled me, refocused me and kept me on the path to whatever […]
Murphy’s Law of Production: no matter what you do, production will take till the deadline.
Somewhere between the mystics there’s an old man that looks like Grandpa Jones with a beard longer than this sentence & he is laughing his ass off at me right now. Why? Because it’s 4:21am CST and I have to be at a client’s in a couple hours to test a new system that’s going […]
The doctor’s note, the breath of fresh aire, the next pursuit of the crossroads
To paraphrase Lennon & McCartney: “Boy, you’re gonna carry that weight, carry that weight a long time,” But my heart will be able to physically take it a little while longer. Doctor gave the clean bill of health, threw me an enzyme to take daily and told me to take that load off, [the] Fanny […]
How to deal with serious change. On occasion.
So, far, this is how I know how to deal with serious change: Go back to bed and sleep it off Live….therein lies the problem And this is how I’ve dealt with step 2: clean up the house hang out with friends watch really really bad television – like Highlander: The Source. And try not […]
Staring into the schism, baited by the unconscionably loud Lipitor clock
Doc’s testing my blues. Currently I’m sitting in the lobby w/ an IV in my vein while this radioactive junk runs wild inside me. Then in about 30 minutes they’re gonna take many, many pics before putting me on a treadmill. I get to leave for awhile but then I have to come back this […]
Finn, Roll with the Music
I’m south of the lake along the pond, listening to a local jam band finish up their set. 4 songs in 20 minutes & no lyrics: the mark of a good band. My buddy, Jelly, is enjoying sundown on the phone, chatting to his girlfriend who is across the river attending grad school at the […]
Something in The Region Business Community Worth Watercooling
Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” – Luke 12:43-44 There have been some recent events […]
Elkhart, IN and Ft. Myers, FL to me.
I used to look forward to hanging out in Elkhart, IN. I had family who lived along the St. Joesph river. I’d play around n get in trouble with my cousins while my family finished remodeling the house. The St. Joseph River used to scare me. My family lived near the damn. The damn had […]