“Imagine entering a profession notorious for its soul-sucking nature. You maybe didn’t really understand what that would mean at the start, but it doesn’t take long to realize.”
All in Miscellany
To Climb A Mountain
“As I huffed and puffed my way up… the memory of what it takes to climb a mountain flooded back to me.”
Tips from Other Travelers...
“…in those days, we compared notes with people traveling in the opposite direction. The result was fresh word-of-mouth insights & important travel tips.”
Coming Back
Where am I? I don't know. I don't know, but it doesn't really matter. I know I am lying in unfamiliar air with a big, open window.
The Adventure Juggling Act
“Adventures are all about challenging myself to step beyond the everydayness of daily life…”
Walking On Ice: A Metaphor
“In the individual moments of our lives, each of us faces endless choices about how to move forward. We don’t—can’t–always know whether things will go well or not.”
The Passage of Time
“In the ‘olden days’ there were these things called watches, devices one wore on the wrist so as to keep track of the time.”
Small in Size, Great in Stature: A Salute to Miss Roth
“She is a teacher. Her career traversed interesting times, beginning as it did in September, 1942…”
The Dreadful and Brilliant Facebook
“Facebook is such an...interesting phenomenon. Many people I know have a real love/hate relationship with it. The best way I’ve seen it described is this: It’s the 21st century equivalent of the local coffee shop.”
The Ides of March Rolls By...Yet Again
“On the Ides of March, 2016, a momentous occasion occurred: I managed to meet an important deadline. I finished writing a book.”
Run For Your Burrow!
“Yes, I went to Washington, D.C… where people were polite and, although determined to be heard, quite amazingly friendly and helpful to others.”
An Epic Day in Washington, D.C.
“In the aftermath (afterglow?) of what was indisputably an epic, historic day, we feel exhilarated and tired.”
Lingering Things
“A core message I choose to wake to daily is that “everything is possible in the morning.” That is, an entire day lies ahead, filled with promises and opportunity.”
Why the U.S. Congress Should Go To NOLS
“Imagine a group of people tasked to accomplish important things, but who do not share much in common. The people in this group tend to take one of two sides when controversy comes up. Common ground is not common.”
On Good Leadership
“When groups of people come together, the need for leadership arises. Unfortunately, many groups do not enjoy good leadership.”
The Perfect Peach
“Tis the season of the perfect peach, the one you think is ripe but which is still firm enough to the gentle press of the thumb to make you wonder.”
The Contender
“The contender is that person who knows full well that the competition includes others who are more likely to win, but who enters the arena nonetheless.”
“...then suddenly, the pin oak is in”
“I planted the tree when it was merely a sapling, in honor of my daughter’s twelfth birthday, to acknowledge the start of her teen years.”
The Day After
“…you come across something you are interested in doing... It doesn’t matter what “it” is. So you sign on… Could be a trip, or college/learning, or something on your Life List… You load up your gear… You set out.”
Why Our Times Are Not Simple
“Nowadays my information is instantaneous, thanks to the internet, but there ends the simplicity of knowledge, as I enter the worm-hole of All That Mankind (Thinks It) Knows.”