My son sent us a message at 6:37 a.m. MST on Messenger. They’re two hours behind us, so it was 8:37 a.m. for us. The message? “It’s go time!” Keaton and Kate’s due date was December 13, but their baby decided December 3 was the day. Three hours later, at 9:29 a.m. MST, Atlas Cameron…
I discovered that being creative is like exercise. If you stop doing it regularly, you’ll soon stop doing it at all. Last year, I was shooting to write 365 blog posts. After reaching that goal, I decided to cut back and write 52 posts for the rest of this year. Guess how many posts I’ve…
AI is everywhere these days. You see it in social media posts. And internet memes. Soon we won’t be able to believe anything that we see online! But is AI bad? It’s a tool. And it’s the wielder of the tool that decides to use it for good or bad. Seth Godin has mentioned in…
We have two more performances of Things I Know to be True. It’s always weird when a show is coming to the end of the run. We’ve spent weeks working on this show. Rehearsals started in February, but we met as a cast before that. It feels like we’ve been working on it much longer.…
This is a companion to yesterday’s post. Sometimes we need to acknowledge that Life isn’t fair. But we should try not to wallow in it too much. No one is going to come around and fix it for us. I’m not trying to diminish anyone’s pain or anguish. In the end we need to ask…
Life’s not fair. So many people out there are dealing with hard things. Illness. Grief. Loss. Financial hardships. Isolation. Loneliness. War. Racism. My gosh, the list goes on. I’ve had some bumps in life, but nothing compared to what many people have to bear. We want to believe that there is some sort of balance.…
I can’t believe some people would be stupid enough to think that Empathy is a weakness. Humanity wouldn’t be around if it wasn’t for empathy. Empathy is what helped us bond together in our hunter gatherer tribes. We are not remarkable creatures. We’re small. We’re weak. We don’t have claws. We can’t run very fast.…
When things are really dark, the bright lights around us stand out more. Let’s all try to be bright lights. The dark can’t last forever.
Another year sped by. Last year, we celebrated my birthday in Fort St. John at Keaton and Kate’s place. This year, it’s just Deb and me. But we were at Caileigh and Chris’ place last weekend. And that was my real birthday present. Spending time with my immediate family. The world is a very different…
When I check out someone’s blog, I’ll often go to their About Me page. I’m always curious to know a bit more about the author. Looking the stats for my site, I saw that my About me page gets viewed more than most other pages. It makes sense. You read a post and wonder “Who…
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