19 January 2012 Comments Off

Wind and fire, a return to school-ness, family, & other musings…

Oh LORD. Have mercy. Fire is one of my favorite things – candles, camp fires, a back yard fire pit. Fire. In moderation, under control, providing ambiance, warmth, cheer… Sigh. I’m sitting at my desk looking out my window at the smoke filled sky… yet another wind-blown rager has descended upon the Reno area, consuming [...]

20 December 2011 2 Comments

A door for a hobbit hole, navigating the plague, & other musings as Christmas approaches…

Spent the last several “Sunday Family Movie Nights” watching the LOTR (Lord of the Rings for the uninitiated,) & during the “Fellowship of the Ring,” I was hit by an epiphany: the hill directly across the street from my front door needs a “Hobbit Door.” Granted, in a perfect world, I would create an entire [...]

31 October 2011 2 Comments

Wanting to be resilient & other musings as October slips away…

I’ve been thinking a lot about things that I want to be true of me. Characteristics. Attitudes. Traits. Things that could be good & accurate descriptors to help paint a picture of the man that I am & the man that I am continually becoming. A few that have come up. Gracious. Compassionate. Thoughtful. Faithful. [...]


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