Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered on this day, 30 years ago. Yep, thirty years. Which means I was thirteen when I watched the first episode and that I am…
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I’ve been walking around more lately, even in the heat. Partly I’m walking to keep myself healthy. Partly I’m walking to get my sense of smell back. I read that…
When you fly into Key West, you spend a lot of time over the ocean before anything like land appears. There is water and water, and then tiny dots of…
Cool Weather This weekend the weather turned cool for a few days and suddenly I wanted to do all the things. I got out of bed so excited on Friday….
Traveling makes me nervous. Which isn’t to say I don’t enjoy traveling. I do. But also the thought of stepping out of my familiar front door out into the world…
Life is weird. Sometimes it’s weird in ways that make you feel like you can barely stand up under the weight of it. And then sometimes it’s weird in ways…
Life changes so fast. Nothing stays the same. As a Buddhist, this is one of the keys to happiness. We must contemplate impermanence. That person you’re angry at right now?…
I’ve never been a writer who talks a whole lot about the process of writing. Maybe that’s because I don’t have a local writing community. I have lots of great…
We went to see a Reds game last night and sat behind first base. The seats were as close as I’ve ever been to a Major League field. If I…
This is roughly the speech I gave on Friday at Preserving Places: Indiana’s Statewide Historic Preservation Conference in lovely Wabash, Indiana. Great conference and a great town. I was so impressed…
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