Blog Posts

My writing. Project summaries, interests and thoughts.


  • Let It Snow

    A brief complaint about the weather this year. I am living in North Idaho. I expect consistent winter. This year, it has gone like this: Snow, melt, freeze, repeat. First of all: I like driving in the snow more than the ice. This is because it is less deadly. If the snow would just stay,…


  • Christmas Countdown

    Christmas is coming.  It hit me today that we are already one week into December. Time is a blur. Thanksgiving was ages ago. It also just happened.  I can barely keep up.  Christmas shopping. Holiday sales. Business. Reaching out to family.  There’s more and more… and more.  In my life, there are also my small…


  • One of the most versatile foods in the kitchen is a surprisingly boring breakfast staple. Oatmeal is my favorite food. I’m not joking. People think I’m joking.  I have some food sensitivities. There have been weeks where oatmeal was the only thing I could eat. Nothing makes you get creative with food like having one food that settles.  I…


  • Sleepless Nights

    Insomnia and early wake-up time.  I don’t think I have ever slept in a day in my life. I almost always wake up by 6:00, and I have little say in the matter. This is unfortunate when I have a hard time getting to sleep. Regardless of my bedtime, the wake time is the same. …


  • Or the ice plunge that changed my health forever.  I may have almost given myself hypothermia when I was in high school. I am not kidding. Here’s how it happened.  I have a tendency towards “anger issues.” When I get mad, it tends to be a physical thing. “Seeing red” is literal. I get shaky. Hyper. Fully…