Piers were originally created for shipping cargo over the waterways. Enormous ships came in and were loaded with enormous containers. There was nothing elegant about this work, even if it was respectable and necessary. They were not for upscale restaurants or beer opener magnet stores. Yet, now they are for …
The things that we are most proud of, the ones that take us the most time to get right, the ones that are distinctive because our personality is immediately present, these are the ones that we don’t want others to mess with. It is a strictly look but do not …
There are only a few windy overcast days in Denver. We have 300 day of sunshine a year, and it is something we are quite proud of, even if we have nothing to do with it. On those few days in the fall, there comes wafting down from Greeley this …
There were about three different families that were always present when I was growing up. They were at every birthday party, most holidays, and hundreds of play-dates. They were always just there. I never questioned their existence because of this. I didn’t think there was some great origin story for …
I notice that mapping is still difficult. Not as hard, perhaps, as when it was done with a compass, pencil and paper. But, hard nonetheless. I can’t pull my path, my route, to where I want to go. Not on the iPad, not on the laptop, and certainly not in …
Image via Wikipedia One of my favorite things in this life is a can of mixed nuts. I don’t get to enjoy them very often, but whenever I see a can on the shelf, it makes me happy. There is something about looking at the soft tin film with the …
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I no longer have the capacity to wait. Whenever I am in a line or waiting for others to meet with me, I have to get out my phone or iPad and start clicking away. Even when I have neither device, I fiddle with the pen in my pocket and …
I used to record music in my dorm room. I would hook up a microphone to my laptop and start to play my guitar. I tried to do this when my roommate wasn’t there, but when he was I took it into the laundry room on the floor. Odly enough, …
I think that most of us are pretty used to making lists by now. We all do it quite well. Whether it is for things we need to do or simply the mental list of favorite times of the day, we make lists because it is natural to do so. …