Meeting Crystal

I didn’t speak at the open mic at your memorial. What would I have done besides stand there and cry? Your wife and family were there; their grief has precedence. She spoke without introducing herself. She was passionate and I recognized her from photos rotating through the slideshow all night. When she left the stage, […]

Cruise Notes

In a mostly-blank notebook today I found this page, which appears to be the sole journal entry I made on our Alaskan cruise three years ago. Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Cruise notes . . . We’re marveling at an Alaskan glacier, standing on the observation deck of the cruise ship. I’m bundled up and I […]

Collected Wisdom

In a few days I will turn 43. Last year about this time, I had a lot of fun telling everyone that this year, the year I was 42, I would have the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything. Maybe it’s because I never did take up meditation, or maybe it’s because I pretended […]

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