Been A Minute…

Man, it’s been a whirlwind of a few days. From early last week’s series of surprise anxiety attacks, to finding out my grandma passed away Saturday, to an arctic blast of sub-zero temps. If there’s one thing I can say is that it’s not been a boring few days. Friday morning my brother had an […]

Thanksgiving Wishes

Oh, hello. Thought I would take a moment in-between roasting a couple turkey breasts and preparing other dishes for some quick baking before everyone shows up around 2pm to say hi. Yes, we’re celebrating Thanksgiving here in the currently arctic Midwest. I took my daughter’s pooch Celeste for a quick walk, and I mean quick. […]

Feeling Like Winter

Woke up Sunday morning to snow covering the fallen leaves and pine needles I still need to clean up off the lawn. I knew snow was a possibility, but that possibility turned into reality between Saturday night and Sunday morning. My wife and daughter stayed up pretty late Saturday night, while I fell asleep rewatching […]

A Fine Weekend

Sometimes you have yourself a weekend that feels nearly perfect. The kind of weekend that feels like each moment was spent doing something in service yourself, your loved one, and your mental health. A true escape from the work week and it feels as if nothing was wasted. Nothing expensive broke, nobody was hurt, no […]

Getting Better

The summer of 2025 will be known as the summer of change; some good, some difficult, and some that remind you to never get too comfortable in the current situation. I won’t rehash it, because more than likely if you’re reading this then you are probably a semi-regular patron of this page and I’m sure […]

Friday Reprieve(Requiem For A Nightmare)

This has been one hell of a ride, reality. I get it, we humans are tough and can take whatever God/Satan/Medical Emergencies/Baphomet can throw at us. But man, these last 9 to 10 days have been pitching some seriously dangerous fast balls at my head and landing quite a few of them. I’m not going […]

Out Past My Bedtime

Man, I’m tired. I’m a creature of habit, and that includes most aspects of my day to day. From the coffee I drink in the morning, to meal time most days, to writing and working on music, to exercise, to the beer I drink Fridays after work. And most importantly, bedtime. I’m in bed usually […]

Breathe It In…It’s Friday

I know that Friday is different for everyone. The weekend workers, retirees, unemployed, and the off the gridders probably don’t care about Friday. Just another day, amirite? Well, for those of us that do the 9 to 5 Monday thru Friday, Friday is church. It’s Holy Ground in an unholy, corporate world. It means you […]

“It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue”

July, 2004. We were a family of four living a pretty great life. We’d always imagined that we would have 2 kids, a dog, house in the woods and jobs to keep the cupboards full and a roof over our heads. The year before we’d traded my wife’s 1994 Nissan Maxima in for a brand […]

Relationship Appreciation Post

My wife and I started dating in January of 1991. It was our Junior year of high school. I wasn’t much of a teenage lothario. Things got off to a great start when I started middle school and had two girlfriends within two months of entering Warsaw Middle School. Nothing to write home about. The […]