Afterthoughts About #MeToo

I have had occasion to comment occasionally on the dynamics of abusive relationships and have even at times styled myself as an "advocate" for survivors.  That's a complicated title in the world today, and I have wanted to distance myself from the current batch of...

Early 23 Update

It's been a good winter so far.  We kicked off the holiday season with my oldest daughter getting engaged right before Thanksgiving, and rounded out the season after the New Year with a trip to Cancun with my brother and sister-in-law we are calling "Roise Club" in...

We Bought A Boat

After decades of dreaming and years of other priorities, we have finally purchased a sailboat.  And we're loving it.  It's a learning opportunity, a camping opportunity, a swimming platform, and an efficiency machine that runs on wind.  I am thoroughly enjoying...

2022 New Era?

It's been a while since I checked in with this blog.  A lot has changed.  We're post Pandemic.  Russia is at war in Ukraine.  My parents are divorcing.  Roe vs. Wade is apparently being reversed in the Supreme Court. Our third child is graduating from High School. ...

Blogging Once a Day or Once a Year

It’s been more than a year since I last blogged.  When I started the blogging project I was blogging daily.  Perhaps I need to find a happier medium.  Life updates are in order: we’re coming up on our 21st anniversary, my second born is 18, graduated, and has moved...

A Pandemic and A New Job

Been a while since I checked in here. Idaho is just about done with Phase One of emerging from lockdown due to the pandemic/ scare. I personally think we've over reacted.  Sometimes I quip that we made the mistake of naming and paying attention to the predominant flu...

A New Decade

It's been a while since I posted.  Since last time, I've been to Italy with Claire (my beloved wife) and we've celebrated our 19th year of marriage.  Our 18 year old daughter has moved out, our 4th and 5th kids are both in school for the first time, and we're only...

UI Photog

Lately I've been busy.  One of my regular annual gigs came up with a short turn around time, and I had to take care of that and then the UI (University of Idaho) was able to give me some regular hours again.  So I've been busy over the last few weeks. I was a...

Don’t Wash Your Hair So Much

Ok, I'm going to branch out a bit.  Consider this a bit of a PSA (Public Service Announcement).  When I was growing up I saw my grandpa and my uncle using hair gel.  I believed it was the only way to keep my unruly hair from "poofing" and because of my double cowlick...

Pray About It

We say "I'll pray about it" when we don't want to give an answer.  Isn't that the starkest truth of the matter? If we knew for sure, or if we could win the argument wouldn't we just pursue it?  "I'll pray about it" is a stalling tactic.  Isn't it?  Now actually, I...

Photog Class 8: Personal Vision

In this final installment of the crash course in photography I want to discuss the goal, the end game, what the point of all the efforts in photography really are.  On first review, photography is more or less about making nice or beautiful pictures.  But what makes...

Summer Leaves

Hot muggy weather, thunder and hail, and all the leaves-- even though it's not officially summer, I think we're pretty much there.  I'm wearing shorts, and I took a short snooze earlier on our new deck stairs landing in my zero gravity chair. As I get older I like...

Finished

Today I finished the railing for our deck stairs.  I had some help on the project-- make that a lot of help.  But I did the final touches on the railings. It felt good to finish, and I was really enjoying the work.  We still need to caulk and repaint, but the deck is...

Good Life

Today I plugged away at a variety of personal and business projects, I had a good workout, and mostly I enjoyed a spring day in paradise.  I mean that sincerely.  The sun was shining, the wind was blowing and making the wind chimes ring out, and the atmosphere was...

Niche Myself?

So I think that I should be finding my niche.  The interesting thing about this particular task is how in the process of finding your unique corner of the universe you are routinely confronted with the need to simplify your uniqueness into a recognizable category. ...

Photog Class 7: Tools and Tasks

So now that you know the fundamentals of photography and you are able to practice this art, we come to some of the more practical matters.  What common tasks must you perform and what kinds of tools are available to you today for doing them. First, you have to capture...

Witchcraft and Following God

Today I want to say a few words about witchcraft, spiritualism, and the use of hallucinogenic drugs for spiritual awakening and or recreation (their use for PTSD and other trauma treatment is not what I'm specifically addressing).  Today it is more and more common for...

A Tough Day

Today was a tough day. I am not going to go into all the details, and I guess the good news is that it's not stuff that anyone is likely to ever notice on the outside-- so metaphorically it didn't leave a mark, but it was a tough day.   I think I'll leave it at that....

Information/Idea Advantage

Is there any benefit to keeping a good idea to yourself anymore?  One of the tropes of our internet age is the story of the first person in a particular market or industry vector who discovers that keeping the secrets isn't going to work anymore, because of the...

Products and Services

Products vs Services-- is an interesting way to divide the things we spend money on.  I think that we are generally more likely to feel good about spending money on a Product.  Sometimes I am genuinely happy I am spending money on a service.  Even there, however, the...

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