During my Monday morning flights, I finished Susan Cain's book Quiet [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36547901-quiet]. It describes some attributes of introversion and how those attributes affect people that live in a society dominated by extroversion. It confirmed much of what I have learned through experience as an…
After working in various office settings for the last twelve years, I've learned I need to be outside more. Also, I need more bees. The three hives we had last year were not enough. To address both of these, we bought a 33+ acres farm in NE Ohio. The added…
So... I forgot the password to this site and eventually decided to abandon self-hosted Ghost for Ghost(Pro). After months of delay, I finally transfered all the old content tonight! It was good to read all the old posts and I copied them over by hand over the last couple…
I built a 60% keyboard today from a kit. I'm still adjusting to the lack of arrow keys, home / end / delete keys, and a numpad. I think I will find this easier to use over time, but the learning curve is greater than zero at this point. :-). In addition…
Happy Labor Day everyone. If you are like me, you see Labor Day as the natural turning point in the year. We plan the few remaining goals we have for 2016 and begin setting our sights on 2017. I hope you all get a few moments today to reflect on…
Changing up the look around here. It has been over a year since the last post, but that doesn't mean I haven't been busy. In addition to a first year with Micah and transitioning projects with the State of North Dakota, I have begun working on the Chellinsky Group [http:…
June 23rd was City Year [http://www.cityyear.org/]'s Strong Circle Day [http://www.cityyear.org/blog/2nd-annual-strong-circle-day-was-huge-success]. It's a day when former and current corps members share stories about fellow corps members that were part of their strong circle. I missed the main event, but want to share…
I have been meditating off and on for the last 12 years. It began as an assignment for a comparative religions course (don't remember the course title exactly, but it was something like that). However, I found the mindfulness practice helpful and return to it regularly. It helps me control…