A cold front came thru late afternoon, to be followed by an even colder front tonight. In between fronts we were granted just a sliver of on orange sunset. The video is a view from North beach with the Grand Haven lighthouse and pier in the distance… with some kite boarders still buzzing around. Turning…
January 6th: A quick dip
Another sunny day in the forties, and the weekend, brought close to a hundred people to our fairly secluded North Beach to enjoy the waves and sunset. Still no ice on the lake, so dogs were taking a quick dip. Sitting in the car with one window down, we relished the day in warmth….
January 5th: Two floors up
Two floors up The father yells, the mother yells The kid runs Up and down the hall, back and forth The kid runs Running away, running for peace, please stop Then it stops, is it over? Two floors up The father yells, the mother yells, or was it reversed? Doesn’t matter The kid runs Up…
January 4th: and a safe place to live
There was a shooting in Grand Haven yesterday. Reports are, it was a suicide attempt. As coincidences go, I happened to come across an interactive website on gun violence in the US. It tracks shootings with injuries or death, regardless of if the incidents are police related, accidental or intentional. The sub headline for the…
January 1st: Surf’s (still) up
Still. No. Ice. Which means surfing on Lake Michigan is still a go! I didn’t make it down to the beach today, but a whole batch of brave souls did. Last year at this time, there was plenty of ice forming. With highs in the low 40’s for the upcoming week we should stay ice-free….
December 31st: 2018 best year ever!
This has been a time of pain, agony and fear. Welcome to Annual Closing. Decades of brutal closings of the books. Ok, some years not so bad. But always working long, long hours. Worrying. Any lurking surprises? Just when you thought you had a successful close, someone would drop something completely unexpected and un-forecast on…
December 28th: I can see clearly now
There I was, driving to the courthouse this morning. Not the one in Grand Haven, but one 35 minutes away (this is a big county!). My eyes were so dry. I still have been having a little trouble with my right eye from the Bell’s Palsy… but this was both eyes. Dry, tired, hurting. As…
December 27th: Terrarium Living
Sunny, 80 degrees every day. The perfect life at the perfect beach. For some. For me, I call it terrarium living. Predictable. Boring. Imagine establishing a colony on Mars. You could have one huge dome to keep your sanity and feel like you are on Earth… in nature. Inside that dome you could have one…
December 26th: Effortless mindfulness
“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” ― Blaise Pascal Heard from an old coworker today while I was at the brewhouse. What a flashback! Annual closing must be bearing down on them. Tense, painful times almost every year. New Year’s Eve and Day meant work… no joy,…
December 24th: I’ll take the win
Far and away, 2018 has been the best year ever. Yet the one thing missing, always on my mind, has been the book. We have been enjoying life to the maximum in Michigan. But while doing so, my wife completed seventeen “yarn projects”, and has three more underway. Me? I have been getting ready. Reading…