My day started out after I left for work with a stop for gas, and at the station I was greeted by this incredibly vivid butterfly. It was sitting on a short wall near a pump and looked so out of place. After checking it out for a few, I moved it to a...
Read more →Yesterday was a good day. I got a fair amount accomplished on a project at work, and the day was quiet. My boss has been out this week doing home projects, so it has been more empty back in the back area of the office where I work. I guess the biggest news of...
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I had a pretty special weekend this weekend, which started on Thursday afternoon. My closest friend of some 25 or so years, Chris, took me to lunch at Chipotle as a special treat- to celebrate my birthday. Both he and I had not eaten yet at the Albuquerque location since it opened last year...
Read more →For whatever reason, today has been a day of snippets. While at work this morning, I had a number of moments where observations about shame rolled in- and I harvested as many of those as I could for a later post. Tonight, it was about dealing with self. With a rare evening home and...
Read more →For many people, today has probably been a pretty normal (if not a low-key) day outside of a few major news items. Today, disco icon Donna Summers passed away. Tomorrow, Facebook drops its I.P.O. and reaps a whirlwind of capital. Those are the highs and lows of the news day for today, a...
Read more →In this season of drought and dearth in my life, today’s reading in Genesis (chapters 22-24) brought home a point that I reckon I need to hear: God asks us to obey Him, and God provides. In His time, according to His will, He provides. In chapter 22, after giving Abraham and Sarah a...
Read more →My buddy Ben, mustache man and runner extraordinaire, gave me a copy of Kevin Hall’s book Aspire for Christmas. The book has been a good read so far. I didn’t know anything about Kevin Hall or the book before he sent it to me, but the title caption was inviting enough: “Discovering your purpose...
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