The Fourth

I’ve never cared for the whole blowing shit up aspect of the Fourth of July. The smell of sulfer, potassium nitrate, and charcoal wafting in the air like poison fog as drunk weekend warriors dig into their grab bag of legal explosives and giggle like overgrown baby ogres. Your burgers are burning, moron. Listen, I […]

Every Breath You Take…I’ll Be Choking You

The last two days here in Northeast Indiana have been low air quality. How low, you ask? Well, a normal AQI number around here is 45-50. That is Good to Moderate. We have a lot of allergens in the air around here; from mold spores to pollen to just people having burn piles. But despite […]

The Weekend, Work Wear, And We’re Not The Party Animals We Used To Be

It’s been a long week. There were a couple days at work where we struggled to be busy for even half the day. Now I’m not opposed to slacking off for a day and getting paid to sit at my desk, read up on world news online, and wait for someone to ring the door […]

Nothing Like A Good Hang

I think I really do underestimate the power of a really good hang. I’ve become a much more solitary creature as I’ve gotten older, so much so that the idea of being social gives me anxiety. The preparation, the anticipation, and the fear of how do I remain interested talking for more than a 30 […]

Father’s Day Walk, Big Bird In A Tower, And Appreciating The Little Things Everyday

I slept in till a little after 8 am on Father’s Day. I slept in till a little after 8 am on Saturday as well. It’s kind of out of character for me to sleep in that late. Usually 7:30 am is the latest I’ll sleep in before either the sun fills our bedroom with […]

Just Sad Dreams Lately

I can tell I’m holding a lot of existential angst in me. It’s coming out in my dreams. Been a bit of a kaleidoscope of internal and external noise – real, imagined, metaphoric – echoing in my head and I haven’t quite let it out. You can tamp it down into a nice, small imagined […]

Graduation, Walks, Records…

Last Friday night my wife, myself, both of our daughters, and my son’s girlfriend sat in the bleachers of the WCHS football field and watched as the boy shook hands with people we don’t know and received his diploma. Despite the near 90 degree heat we were relatively comfortable, our backs to the west as […]

Photos Are Just Memories Out Of Context

Last week on one of my afternoon walks I decided to walk down to Chapman Lake Park. This is a small neighborhood located off of Chapman Lake, one of the many lakes that surround the area where I live. As a kid Chapman Lake Park was located directly across the field from the house I […]

Memorial Day Thoughts(Pending Graduation Edition)

Last Wednesday was the last band concert at Warsaw Community High School. The last for our son, and the last for us. No more marching band competitions, winter programs, winter percussion, or spring concerts. Summer band camps and the sunburns that came with it are in the past, as well as those preview shows that […]

“Oh, this is a dangerous place…”

So for the last couple weeks I’ve been hitting the pavement hard each day. Counting my steps and miles walked. During the day at work I’ll walk on two breaks, then after work I’ll put in three to four more miles. I’m locking in at least 7 to 8 miles a day with over 12,000 […]