Writing
Write: Books
This admission feels wrong to write or say out loud: I haven’t bought a print book in … almost ten years. Yeah, I feel dirty even writing that. I feel like I should be judged and that you should judge Read more…
Personal
Write: Retirement
I’ve known what I was going to do since 1980. That was the first time I got my hands on a personal computer and I knew at that moment that this was what I wanted to do. This was what Read more…
Personal
Write: Social Media
I have a Love/Hate relationship with Social Media. I’m going to share a bit of my own history with Social Media and my problems with it over the years and recently. You’re not going to get any ‘Hot Takes’ nor Read more…
Writing
Write: Cruising!
We returned recently from a cruise. That’s got me thinking about traveling and what it means to me as I get older. Christina’s Dad’s side of the family is from Texas. The plan was to fly to Austin, visit some Read more…
Personal
Write: Moving!
We moved last year. Well, end of 2021, start of 2022. But, we no longer live where we lived. Don’t come visit us there at the old place. We’re not there. We have left. We moved! I lived west of Read more…
Personal
Write: A Quiet Passing
After fifteen and three quarters years, our dogs are no longer with us. It’s still a bit sad and it still hurts a bit when I think about it, but we had 15 awesome years with Gabby and Zena. Fifteen Read more…
Writing
Write: The Rise of the AI Assistant
Welcome to the age of the AI Assistant! You may not have known you were there, but you’re there. You may not be using one, but most of you are. If you’re not using one, you probably will and you Read more…
Personal
Write: Who Am I in 2023?
No, I don’t have amnesia, but part of this idea of writing for the year is to explore who I am at this time in my life. But, that can get a bit navel gaze-y, especially since it’s me both Read more…
Writing
Write: Year of Writing – 2023
Back in 2013, I set a goal to write weekly for a year. Mostly as an exercise in setting and keeping a goal, but also as a way to produce something that would capture who I was and where I Read more…
Make
Paying It Forward
A few weeks ago, a mother reached out on behalf of her son who was working on a group project for school and wanted to create a prop bottle of nitroglycerin as part of the project. She asked if I Read more…
