Reflections on the last few days, so many things swirl in and out of my mind. Rounding out the month at work - almost. I’ll be back in on the 30th to help close the books for December. Continued learning and insights and lessons and mistakes and pushing the business forward. Thankful for the repeated …
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The Holidays, It’s a Mixed Bag
So much going on. Decorating and event planning and attending and gift-shopping and meals prep and dancing children and singing children and too much sugar and grumpy children and the house in shambles and getting ready for a holiday meal and the year-end push at work, and last minute crises, and lending a hand where …
“Lie In Our Graves”
Dave Matthews and his band have a ton of good songs, in my humble opinion. Not only is the music awesome, and the lyrics often more so, I'd say. This one is one of my favorites from the first ten or so years of their jamming together. AWESOME. Step into the light... "When I step …
S.G.L.
When this guy came into my life in 1972, the joy and excitement and possibility seemed endless. I was five years old. He became my younger brother, and I was THRILLED. S.G.L. My family was big on initials growing up. So that's my brother: S.G.L. I didn't "learn" much from him in those early years; …
What’s in a List?
I always come back to the same thing. It’s my default. It’s what ended up grounding me, proving again and again the proper path. Sometimes I feel like I’ve got too much on the to-do list. It’s endless. And then I’m not getting enough done. Or maybe more accurately, things take longer than I estimate, …
A Lifetime of Love
A Lifetime of Love Saw a post recently from the wife (and friend) of a college chum who died of cancer last year. He battled for about three years before it got him. They were married for something like 29 years. Like all of their adult lives. She wrote about how hard it is, dealing …
Jazz with Howie
Sitting in the car on a rainy afternoon. Jazz on the radio, old school. 91.1 FM, KCSM (the "CSM" stands for College of San Mateo). Smooth groove, easy on ears, heart, soul, purring, pouring out the jam. The rain water collects on the windows, tap tap tap it falls, beads, drips down. This place, a …
Blog Like a Tweet: Little Public Service Gestures for Those You Love and Live With
Little Public Service Gestures for Those You Love and Live With. Good rule to live by. Do the next right thing. Look around. Opportunity abounds. These hair ties are all around my houses. I live with three women with long hair. Got to expect that. And so picking these up and putting them in a …
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Where We Are
God finds us where we are. Wherever we are. Whatever we are doing. God is there. We might prefer to ignore the presence; it might be inconvenient for the moment. But God is there. I remind myself of this belief, this fact (in my view), more and more, as I get older. As I struggle …
Bliss
What is bliss? How do we find it, make it, let it be so? It’s a leisurely day unfolding. It’s holding two of my favorite people as the early morning light seeps in through the windows. It’s a warm house. It’s putting things away and sipping hot coffee. It’s a second bowl of oatmeal with …
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