update on my recovery approaching the one year anniversary
this has been an unusually good week for me in many ways I am starting to feel healthier and stronger and more physically like my...
Paying Homage to My Ancestors
This week I repaired an floor lamp that had been in my family for about a hundred years. It may be the oldest thing I...
Congratulations to the new Eagle Scouts
Last night I attended an eagle court of honor for five young women who were founders of troop 2220. It was really sweet. Troop 220...
I Don’t Get It
Unfortunately these are words that I find myself saying more and more often. This week it was particularly driven home by a high school senior...
Finding Emotional Gold
Today was a major milestone for my recovery. For the first time since the injury, I shoveled compost. It felt oddly good. I was so...
Update: I have a screw loose
Yes I know people have been saying that about me for a very long time. But now it is quite literally true. One of the...
My Recovery – Tomorrow is a big day
Tomorrow my cast comes off and I feel like I am about to re enter the world. This past six weeks has been difficult from...
“Think Different” isn’t enough. We need to “Think Better”
A few months after Steve Jobs returned to Apple as CEO in 1997, after having been forced out in 1985. He introduced a new branding...
Daily Kos: “All the Armies in the World are Obsolete”
Some of the best reporting that I have seen on the Ukrainian war has come from the Daily Kos.While Daily Kos is a community and...
My Fall, Rescue, and Recovery
I have been wondering where to record the recent events and some of the emotional issues that I have been going through I think this...