Personal Reflections of a Middle-Aged Man

Thoughts and Opinions as I Grow Older

Category: Being Frank About Life

  • Balance, or Lack Thereof

    Things creep. You can be going along where time and routines are pretty well in place. Not set, but a framework on which to build the day. Then…something shifts, and…


  • Sin City

    You know you’re in Las Vegas when you get high just walking down the street, your hotel digital assistant tells you she’s a naughty girl, and the drinks light up…


  • Planning Aplenty

    I’m so glad I took this week off as vacation. I think I’ve been doing nothing but running around since Saturday, and I’m loving it, if anyone was curious. It…


  • It’s Thanksgiving Planning Time

    I finally have the menu ready for Thanksgiving. It will be: TurkeyMashed PotatoesGravyGreen BeansSweet PotatoesCranberriesStuffingPumpkin PieSaladRed Chili with pork We decided to keep the gathering a little smaller again this…


  • Just One More

    A couple of years ago, two of my coworkers and I were talking books while waiting at the airport after a conference we had attended. They asked if I was…


  • Sunset on a Long Band Run

    10 years goes by ever so much faster than one can ever imagine. Our oldest started playing an instrument in fourth grade. Then the next, and the next, and finally…


  • Yous and Her

    I’m about to share a character trait, perhaps a flaw, that I only came to see this afternoon. It happened while walking to my car after work. I passed a…


  • Sand Talk and The Walking Dead

    A couple of months ago as I was listening to the radio, an author, Tyson Yunkaporta, was being interviewed about his book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the…


  • Life is Busy

    Today was the first day of my new position. Learning all the things I didn’t know I didn’t know, and what I needed to know that I don’t. All par…


  • Another Door Opens

    In exactly one week, another door in my educational career will open. I will be the new director of our division. It is a great opportunity, and a challenge I…


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These are the inner wonderings and thoughts of a middle-aged man who happens to be a father, husband, grandfather, friend, brother, son, and thinker.