I had a life plan once. It covered everything from ideal career paths to names for my future children (first Jackson, and then Ella Marie.) I didn’t just doodle some ideas in the margin of a notebook, either. This was a comprehensive, multi-page document housed in a faux leather … [Read more...]

I’ve been bird watching lately. Not the kind of bird watching with a field guide in hand, trying to identify various migrating fowl, listening for their distinctive bird calls. No, I’m observing my local birds for signs of insanity. Specifically, this can be seen by their … [Read more...]

I have offered up many excuses as to why I am one of two people left in America who does not carry a cell phone. The painful truth is this: I can’t face the stress of choosing ringtones. There are thousands, probably millions of choices. Cell users don’t just plug numbers into … [Read more...]

Today’s story is the strange tale of a midlife crisis, a motorcycle, an electric fence and horse droppings. And I want to emphasize here that this all happened to someone else who is not me at all. I know, I know, I have somewhat of a reputation for tactical errors. But I refuse … [Read more...]

Each person is born into this world with seemingly unlimited potential. I have recently been sorting through my life and have come across this whole wad of unused POTENTIAL. I was one of those who had the oodles of POTENTIAL -- genetics provided me with the POTENTIAL intellectual … [Read more...]