Leap Before You Look
I jumped off a cliff last month. Didn’t see that one coming, but it called to me. I love water and athletics, I was in paradise, air temp. was over [...]
Warning: This may trigger you!
There was a time when the word "trigger" was mostly used as a noun, as in: "Watch out, he's going to pull the trigger!" These days, though, trigger has become [...]
To Be in a Group That’s Going Somewhere
To be in a group that’s going somewhere, now that’s exciting! You mean I don’t have to fly by myself anymore? Among the someones and the whos'its that are comfortable [...]
I can bring home the bacon
If you grew up in the '70s or '80s, you likely remember the television ad for a perfume called Enjoli. Hailed at the time as an homage to female empowerment, [...]
Raising The Standard Of Discretion
Discretion could very well be a missing link to our success. It is a value that has fallen by the wayside in our competition for glory, our society’s insatiable need [...]
I’d rather be an iguana than a bee
There's an old Simon and Garfunkel song called El Condor Pasa where they talk about all the the things they'd rather be. Do you remember? I'd rather be a sparrow [...]
Celebrating Your Independence
I just returned from celebrating Independence Day on my adventurcation. For those of you who have not experienced this yet, it's a vacation full of daily adventure. There is little [...]
I Once Was Lost. OK, It Was Probably More Than Once
I suspect anybody with even a modicum of self-awareness has probably noticed that we generally can’t stay aware all of the time. Simply put, our minds wander. If you sit [...]
The Constant Of Change
There’s one constant in life, change. We can resist it, we can loathe it, or we can simply befriend it. Some people enjoy change and welcome it with open arms. [...]
Egrets, and cardinals, and omens – oh my!
To this day, I have memories of sitting around the campfire as a kid and someone leaning forward, wrapped in a sleeping bag, to tell the inevitable ghost story. Which [...]