The Story's End
The end is just the beginning.
memoir
A collection of 13 posts
Life and Loss
Existential musings on an introspective year of mourning.
Starlink For The Win!
For eight years we have been plagued by mediocre to horrible rural internet. No longer! Starlink FTW!
Amazon Customer Service and the Case of the Mysterious Package
Mystery solved! Well, not really. But the customer service interaction was, at the very least, entertaining.
Take Shelter Now
Drop everything! Run!
Ruminations on Scouting
I earned my Eagle Scout award in 1987. Those years seem so long ago, yet my scouting experience still impacts me in a very real way. Those were my formative years—good years surrounded by good people who helped make me . . . me.
Four Years of Freedom
Hey hey! It's that time of year again. A time, I'm sure, you have all marked on your calendar. An auspicious day. A day of reverence. Yup! It's that day we all celebrate Todd's departure from the corporate world and his move into semi-retirement.
I have the Greatest Friends
I celebrated my birthday last week. I received a smattering of cards and things and an ocean wave of social-media congratulations, but this particular interaction proved to be particularly special.
The Spirit is Willing
This is for all those moments when your body at age fifty reminds your brain that you are no longer thirty.
The Wolf Who Cried Boy
Older dogs can be exceptionally sweet, but they will inevitably require special care and attention. Since they can't talk to you, you really need to see the signs of aging and reward their lifetime of service with patience and understanding. In this case, the challenges are all mental.
I Won NaNoWriMo 2019
Writing a novel is hard. It is the writing community's marathon. But NaNoWriMo is a unique event that galvanizes the writing community and generates a creative energy that you, as a writer, can tap into to help propel your story forward. And yes maybe, write that novel. It certainly helped me.
Package Delivery
How not to greet guests to the farm.