birthdays, life, new old age

Not crying, just thinking too hard

October 17, 2024 Photo by cottonbro studio on Pexels.com Autumn sets in gradually around here. It's cool enough for long sleeves, the sun goes down at dinnertime instead of after "Jeopardy," and our sugar maple is blushing orange and yellow. Halloween doodads are sprouting all over the neighborhood too, but that's a human choice, not from… Continue reading Not crying, just thinking too hard

Florida, life

On the beach and the road to nowhere

August 12, 2022 I’ve loved the water since I was a kid splashing in the pool at the Y and the lakes around Kalamazoo, Michigan. In college, I was too uncool for spring break debauchery-by-the-sea, and never in my wildest dreams imagined actually owning a place at the beach. Then my future wife took me… Continue reading On the beach and the road to nowhere