In all the time we've been here, I couldn't recall having seen a vanity plate...
‘Why’d you stop?’
Tag: Walden
Tonic
Day upon day arrives with promise -- but also with an obligation to not squander the gift of another sunrise...
Of course you can’t. But if you could…
It seems to me that we spend a lot of time talking ourselves out of what we want to do...
‘Doubly difficult’
I've spent more time outdoors in the last year than in the previous three decades combined...
Yellow stone
If you've seen picture-postcard images of Yellowstone National Park, you know how it got its name -- or you think you know...
Day 329: Jammin’
This is Day 329 of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve. Deb and I are okie-dokie. And we’re gettin’ more snow. By the time it’s all over, this round could bring the most we’ve seen...
Flashback: ‘Any truth is better than make-believe’ (1854)
Some years ago I began referring to Henry David Thoreau's Walden: Life In The Woods, published in 1854, as "my old testament." That's still so -- I return to it often, in devotional fashion, and its pages continue to yield wisdom.
Day 284: One-one-two-one
Welcome to 2021, my friends. Deb and I are well. Full disclosure: We broke tradition and actually did go out for a while on New Year’s Eve. After gassing-up Deb’s near-empty truck we settled in at Squeek’s for a big ol’ plate of nachos — made with love by...