As an INTJ, one of my unavoidable traits is having a plan b, and for that matter, a plan c, d, e, f and g. There’s nothing I can do about it, whenever I’m planning something, my mind immediately forms back-up plans, just in case things don’t go according to Read more…
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.” – Henry David Thoreau Winter hiking Read more…
I discovered that Millennials have a truly interesting way of determining most favored child status (similar to MFN, but with children). As my kids were growing up, I enjoyed their truly different personalities and time spent with both of them. They are very different people, and I did my best Read more…
As I made my plans for 2022, I decided that I would need to increase the number of National Parks I go to each year if I were going to complete the full 63 parks in the system before I die. I’m sure I have many years of hiking ahead Read more…
Russian roulette is a potentially lethal game of chance in which a player places a single round in a revolver, spins the cylinder, places the muzzle against the head or body, and pulls the trigger. If the loaded chamber aligns with the barrel, the weapon will fire, killing or severely Read more…
My first few months on the job in Pennsylvania culminated in a restructuring where I once again had to take down headcount. Like having to do health and safety for 18 months during a pandemic, this was not something I was anxious to do. Never a good thing in the Read more…
Today, I went into a church for the first time in 18 months. The last time I was in a church to worship was when I attended a service in Berkeley with the Bishop of California. I don’t remember the specific celebration, but it was after Ash Wednesday and there Read more…
I don’t remember when we first started coming to Duluth and regions northward towards Grand Marais in Minnesota. When I think back, I have a photo from a trip with my mom in 1987. I don’t remember why we went up, or what we did while there, but the photo Read more…
When did I become a threat to others? Why would someone want so desperately to take me down – from a character perspective? I know that it’s more about their own insecurity than about me personally, but it still causes me pause. Is their own life so miserable that their Read more…
Here we are, a point no one ever expected one year ago when all of this started. So much has happened over the past year, while so much hasn’t happened as I spent twelve months effectively home full-time. A twelve-month period where many of us learned about the fragility of Read more…