One of the great things about having a coworker who was a local, was that he knew the “secret beaches”. We would drive to a spot, hike over a sand dune, and have a beautiful beach all to ourselves. Made for some great parties with his circle of friends added in. The very first time…
Month: November 2017
T -154 Days: Culture shock
[Over the next few days I will post some Michigan memories from the first time living on Lake Michigan.] Fresh out of college, and having moved to Holland, Michigan my first boss asked me if I had met a lot of people from the community. I responded in the negative. The company I worked for…
T -155 Days: Naturespace
Naturespace is the app I use almost every night to go to sleep. I pop in my AirPods and dial-up a thunderstorm. The “holographic audio” carries my mind away slowly and surely. Lately, I have been switching to one of the many wave recordings… perfect for Michigan dreams.
T -156 Days: Monday delight?
Sundays mean another long workweek about to begin. What is your best day of the week? Friday? Saturday? And your worst? Monday? I find one delight in Mondays now… another week down in the countdown… 22 to go! And then, the day of the week will no longer matter.
T -157 Days: Another sunset
Just got the Christmas lights on outside… for the last season. Won’t have them next year, but will have this lighting things up on Michigan’s Sunset Coast.
T -158 Days: Moral authority to lead
The moral authority to lead and shifting ethics in American business. So many years ago, I was sitting in a liberal arts class deep in a discussion of morality and ethics. As I was stating my opinion, a classmate challenged, “You are an economics major, you will be going into the business world. All you…
T -159 Days: Field Notes and Space Pen
All I want for Christmas is… A friend from Canada showed me the products coming from fieldnotesbrand.com … and this dime store novel version is perfect to take with to the beach, jotting down ideas as they flow. Also at 2:30am when I wake up with thoughts I want to capture. Much better than using the…
T -160 Days: Freedom
Getting closer! One fifth of the way there since the countdown started… soon 1/4, then 1/3, then 1/2… and the last 100 days. So ready to go now, yet so much to do before we leave. The days seem to last forever, the evenings slip away so fast. Freedom. With the coming first buds of…
T -161 Days: Stir the soul
A coworker retires tomorrow. His dream is to travel North America, going wherever the wind pushes him. A great plan. An excellent adventure. A pleasure of mine is song lyrics. They come alive for me. A tiny piece of alternate reality, forever captured in my mind, they burst forth as life goes on… this one…
T -162 Days: Piano story
I came home tonight and wondered why there were flowers for my wife. Turns out it is her birthday tomorrow.. and my daughter saved me from forgetting. Also, when I opened my MacBook just now, I had a reminder message. So I didn’t forget… but… I guess it does count as forgetting… before the double…