Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Some days you just stumble into something filled with grace and beauty. I was traveling last week on business to Minnesota. That's home territory for the leader of the group with whom I was working and she took the opportunity to invite us to her home for a chance to relax after several days of... Continue Reading →
Sometimes it's little things that bring us joy. Clearing away months of built up disorder is one of those daunting jobs. Piles of stuff that you think might be important, that you might want to keep, mixed in with the inevitable dash of junk and trivia. There's only one way to deal with this kind... Continue Reading →
I felt my father's spirit close by in the last week. Even 13 years after his death my relationship with my dad is complex. He was both idol and enemy when I was growing. Someone I desperately wanted to be proud of me and someone I absolutely did not want to grow up to be.... Continue Reading →
Been a busy week with lots of travelling and not lots of time to write. I try to keep the process of writing these posts in relatively close connection to when they go live. The idea is to be talking about what I'm thankful for right now. This week I got the chance to spend... Continue Reading →
As I write this I have gone 11 days without a day off. I have to work tomorrow as well so that will be a full dozen then I get some down time.I don't say that to show how hard my life is. My lady wife has worked more days in a row than this... Continue Reading →
One of the great aspects of my job as a youth minister is that part of my job is going to camp. A fair number of you just rolled your eyes and groaned. You thanked your lucky stars that it was me and not thee.Silly people.I will spend the week waking up on the cliffs... Continue Reading →
A year or so ago I started this series of posts. There's a very sound reason for why I wanted to do it. I wanted to put more focus on the wonderful things in my life. I'm a glass half full kind of personality. Oh hell, let's be honest. I'm the guy who will react... Continue Reading →
I live in a part of the world where we average sunshine just 50% of the time. Given that we tend to enjoy lots of sunshine during the summer (summers in WNY can be truly spectacular) it means our winters are long and dreary. Going for days without a peek of sun is normal, going... Continue Reading →
Time to get back to this. I need the reminder. This one will sound strange but bear with me. I'm headed somewhere with it, I promise. I am thankful for my wife's absence. I have called her the lady in my life for close to 30 years. In truth she has been a part of... Continue Reading →
Sometimes my post are linked from week to week. That's because so many of the things in my life are linked. Last week it was the guitar. This week it's Music. I have sung most of my life. For years my mother offered to pay for singing lessons when I was a teen and I... Continue Reading →
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