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Vikings
For a moment I felt like I’d stumbled into a Monty Python movie.
2 days ago3 min read

Fairies
March 24, 2025 Greetings from the seelie, I think most of my life I have taken a somewhat skeptical stance on the mystical and...
Mar 244 min read

Possible
Sometimes it felt like I was just following my sons on their outing, just happy to have been invited.
Mar 174 min read


Hard Rolls
This rule was: you don’t get down from the table until you finish your meal.
Mar 105 min read


Six Possibles
For me, running is not an event or a medal or a time, it is a way of living.
Mar 35 min read


Fireman
"...we must treasure each moment, not measure it."
Feb 177 min read


Concrete Truth
None of us is promised any number of days, even without tempting fate by scrambling up concrete towers, and so every sunrise is a miracle.
Feb 35 min read


Hope in a Classroom
They are giving them hope in their homework.
Jan 275 min read


Pillow
As everyone knows, a phrase I like to say to avoid arguments, pillows are where dreams come from.
Jan 204 min read


Reading Our Future
“When I grow up will you still read books to me?”
Jan 65 min read

The Journey
"...we do not take a trip; the trip takes us."
Dec 30, 20244 min read


Art in a Box
When I was a little boy, an era that lasted far longer than the years normally allotted, my Christmas list for Santa was fairly simple;
Dec 23, 20244 min read


Placing
Never underestimate the day.
Dec 16, 20244 min read


Memories
December 9, 2024 Greetings from the living testament, Memories are held like water cupped in your hands, trembling, leaking, changed...
Dec 9, 20244 min read


Running Back
November 11, 2024 Greetings from the next step, Almost every ache has an accompanying joy. I am of an age where I am not totally...
Nov 11, 20244 min read


Yardeology
They were two-thousand-year-old political yard signs.
Nov 4, 20244 min read


We Choose What to Give Up
October 21, 2024 Greetings from the brick and mortar, It was a crowded shop, filled with intriguing things, some cluttered into...
Oct 21, 20245 min read


Solved
“Solvitur ambulando”. It is a Latin phrase which means "It is solved by walking."
Oct 14, 20244 min read


Stories
Sept 30, 2024 Greetings from the joining, We are surrounded by people, almost always. Most everyone that we pass in a day, we don’t...
Sep 30, 20244 min read

Nice in Germany
Sept 16, 2024 Greetings from the ambassador, When I got back from this trip, a friend asked, “Does Germany hate us? I know the...
Sep 16, 20244 min read
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