Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Current riding statistics (as of 4/30): 16 rides, 217.45 miles, 3,796 feet elevation gain, 22 hours 57 minutes riding time The first third of 2026 is behind us now, and the cycling is doing pretty well. We survived the snowcrete catastrophe of 2026 (and a full week of snow days from school), but the weather... Continue Reading →
It was a year of new challenges, new wheels and new achievements. The hope is that it’s a year that sets me up for an even better year in 2026. I meant to do a year-end review of my riding along with the usual suspects of movies and books. But once the end-of-year break arrived,... Continue Reading →
I noted back in September that I was struggling. By the end of October, I knew that I’d run into several walls all at once. My physical energy never quite recovered from the longest year of bicycling of my life (81 rides and 1,100 miles!), my mental energy was ebbing, and my emotional energy was... Continue Reading →
Beyond technique questions and equipment questions, the most common question/comment I see in the creative learning social media world has to do with “beginners”. If you frequent those areas, then you’ve seen it too. “I thought this was for beginners! Everyone here is clearly not a beginner!” Photo by Lisa from Pexels on Pexels.com It... Continue Reading →
Last week I mentioned that I'd hit a mid-year/mid-summer slump in my creative life. It's not an unusual thing on my creative journey, but my goal this year has been to be proactive in the face of all challenges. Once I'd faced the issue, I had to find ways to get started. And that's a... Continue Reading →
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A few years back (do you ever do that and then have the realization I just did, that “a few years back” was, in fact, EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO! Yeesh) the lady in my life and I checked off a couple of items from our bucket list. We went to Las Vegas and arranged a side... Continue Reading →
Time to check in again on an important part of my creative life — bicycling! If you don’t see the connection between the two, here’s my logic. If I want to be creative, I have to be healthy. Both mentally and physically. I’m not saying that at any given moment I’m perfect on either account,... Continue Reading →
Today is my wedding anniversary. It’s been 43 years together with an amazing woman. As I went back through the last decade or so of tributes, it felt like I’d said everything there was to say. But it felt important to say something. If you’ve known me and the Lady in My Life for more... Continue Reading →
I got the chance to try something brand new on my creative journey this past month! It's an artistic technique that is some 2,500 years old. Glassblowing! As part of their exploration of manufacturing technologies and materials, the Engineering class at my school got the chance to work with glass. At the end of the... Continue Reading →
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