Meals – a case study
One of the most difficult things about being human, or any living being, for that matter, was how to solve the problem of feeding ourselves for the duration of our…[...]
Questionable Vacation rest
From July fourth to July seventh I was in my most favorite geographic place, the north woods of Wisconsin. I get nervous when I try to explain why this area…[...]
He’s 18
Today is my son's eighteenth birthday. Time had methodically passed, as it always does, and yet I still was a bit surprised by it. In my day to day life…[...]
Death part 2
We are in the intermission. The death has happened. It was not drawn out or painful. I watched and comforted as the waves of emotion passed through us, first in…[...]
Death part 1
I don't write about death often enough. There is an eminent death coming in the family, which is why I think of it today. The event that started it was…[...]
Weekend excitement
The weekend brought a new arrival--a new puppy. If you had asked me as little as three weeks ago if this was on our minds, I would have thought you…[...]
Day in Review May 12, 2015
It's been a mix of a day. It started with the death of a pet, one of our mice, that has been struggling for a bit. She had been fighting…[...]
Day in review July 29, 2015
We are finally into the heat of summer. I am sitting on my final train grateful that it is air conditioned. Biking to work has been easy simply because I…[...]
Emotional wish list
I'm feeling better today. In addition to the moodiness I was working on a headache for the latter half of the day. I went to bed, slept poorly, and went…[...]
Day in review May 26, 2015
I came to work today feeling the psychlogical weight of all the work I had to do. I had a list (overly ambitious) of a few that I wanted ot…[...]