After the Kansas City Chiefs ridiculous playoff loss, I had said I was done with them. Never again. Hard to get over that type of loss, especially built on top of the Chiefs history of losing playoff games they should have won. Now Alex Smith has been traded away. Suddenly the Chiefs look exciting and…
Month: January 2018
T -91 Days: No coat
Fifteen winter coats One line item from our charitable donations list. My wife cleaned out the closet of all unused coats. I now have no coat… not that I need one. For the last seven years, I have not worn a coat in the winter. Iowa winters. I made it through one winter not wearing…
T -92 Days: Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids One of the additional positives of our move to the beach is having Grand Rapids nearby. The Grand Rapids metropolitan area population is just over 1 million. Adding in the beach communities from Muskegon to Holland brings the total over 1.3 million. By comparison, the Kansas City metro area population is 2.2 million. No…
T -93 Days: Winter thaw
Weird to see Grand Haven hauling in snow, but the heat wave made it there too. Not a creative day for me, but a productive one. Spent a lot of the day filing taxes. Took me a couple of hours entering all the details for all the charitable deductions we took. But I realize the…
T -94 Days: Ice Rings
A new video from the Grand Haven beach…. Last night I woke up again at 3am, couldn’t sleep, but wasn’t fully awake. I took the opportunity to write a little from bed. Then this morning I read what I had written. Oops.
T -95 Days: Pancake ice
My daughter’s most recent weirdly beautiful photo from the sunset coast. Meanwhile, back in Iowa, today was a January heat wave. So my wife took the opportunity to clean the window screens. I came home to a shocking difference… they are now almost invisible. Particle by particle, clinging to the screens, more and more, over…
T -96 Days: Facebook is evil
Facebook is Evil That is my comment whenever Facebook is brought up. I usually get a chuckle in response and a reply of something like, “Yes, I don’t really like it”. But I persist, “No, it is really evil”. I could, and probably will, give my Top Ten Reasons Why Facebook is Evil. But tonight, just…
T -97 Days: Happiness versus achievement
Happiness versus Achievement Brad: Why don’t you get a job Spicoli? Spicoli: What for? Brad: You need money. Spicoli: All I need are some tasty waves, a cool buzz, and I’m fine. Fast Times at Ridgemont High is a “must see” movie that I thought of in a new light. Spicoli’s pursuit of happiness is…
T -98 Days: Where to live
Where to live? We are back debating our top two choices. Our original first choice is right on the dunes, a short (mile) hike over the dunes to get to a quiet beach. A very relaxed area, with mature trees everywhere. Cheaper, but old. Our second choice is bright, brand sparkling new, with modern design…
T -99 Days: Decluttering, simplifying
“If you want a golden rule that will fit everything, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” – William Morris On the road to decluttering and simplifying our lives, we are parting with many useful and beautiful items. So useful must be…