It’s Christmas and I was thinking about favorites vs. traditions. For us, we don’t really follow many traditions but we do have favorites. Mainly though, we like to try new things for the holidays. This year those new items included the Nutcracker, believe it or not, which was outstanding! We saw it performed by the … Continue reading Holiday Favorites
Bags
Muzetto Leather Bag Ok, yes, I have a weakness. Computer bags, whatever the style. Backpacks, messenger bags, briefcases, sling bags, whatever. I like them all. Heck, I probably like styles I haven’t heard of yet too! One of the first computer bags I had wasn’t a computer bag at all. It was a soft sided, … Continue reading Bags
Click
Clicks can be important. In this case I’m not talking about clicking a software button but the click that you hear when something physical happens or something that can mentally happen when things fall in place and something that was dim or difficult becomes clear. The first click I want to talk about is the … Continue reading Click
Restoration
One of my favorite writers, the auto journalist Peter Egan, wrote this: “One thing I've discovered over the past three years on these short weekend trips is that the lakes don't get exponentially bluer as you get farther from home.” He wrote this in his Cycle World Leanings column many years ago. He was obviously … Continue reading Restoration
Things
Emotional attachment to things. Do we have them? Should we have them? Do I have them? If so, what things am I emotionally attached to? I can’t answer the first two but I can examine the second two. This subject crossed my mind recently as I’ve been selling a number of items. I can’t say … Continue reading Things
Bicycles
I ride bicycles. Yep. If you hadn’t already figure that out, well, you know now! Bicycles are something that I not only ride, they are also something I am deeply interested in, from a nerd, geek, engineer kind of way. Much like cars and motorcycles. But, and here is the interesting part, I’ve owned many, … Continue reading Bicycles
Presidents
Following are quotes from several of our previous presidents. I feel they speak to what is going on in our government today. We watch in real time, in our country, what has happened in many other countries across history. Why the human race can never learn from our past is beyond me. Maybe someone else … Continue reading Presidents
Steve
We first met back in 2011 when my wife and I were house hunting. There was a small house we liked that was in its own little canyon. The house wasn’t anything special but the grounds were. There was a small, year round brook, that flowed through the property. The brook had a small … Continue reading Steve
20 Years
20 years ago today. Wow! But, let’s start three days earlier… It was midafternoon on my second day of travel from home. A cold, bleary, Ohio winter day. What early January generally brings to the Midwest. I was traveling under the final underpass before my exit off I75. It was Sunday and I had to … Continue reading 20 Years
Thanksgiving
Today is a day to give thanks, for our families, our friends, our health and even for ourselves. Me, I’m thankful for all those! I’m also thankful to be able to still see and soak in all the beauty that nature brings. Vast high valleys with majestic, snow covered mountains all around them. I saw … Continue reading Thanksgiving
The More We Learn, The Less We Know 