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Groundhog Daze
It seems like the world is stuck. Entrenched. Frozen in fear, partisanship, anger, war, frustration, hate, high interest rates, stubborn inflation, distrust, and a host
It seems like the world is stuck. Entrenched. Frozen in fear, partisanship, anger, war, frustration, hate, high interest rates, stubborn inflation, distrust, and a host
Critters, carpenter ants, powder post beetles, rot, mold, power washing, jacking the camp up in order to level it…I’ve become very familiar with the many
Milestones come in many forms. They can be personal—a big birthday, a weight loss goal, or, in my case, a cycling season’s total mileage, part
History is rife with examples of failure to evolve, leading to irrelevance or, worse, extinction. Two notable ones that come to mind, thanks to two
It was July 4th eve, babe, 1994. I wasn’t in the drunk tank. Nor were the boys of the NYPD choir singing Galway Bay. But
Apocalyptic orange wildfire skies. Red-hot wars in Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza Strip, etc. A steely cold stare-down between the U.S. and China. Fears of World War
It is with great pleasure that I formally introduce our new publisher, Noelle Heffernan. While she is relatively new to our industry—having first dipped her
It feels good to feel better again, as it’s been a long, rainy, and depressing summer. It kicked off with a devastatingly sad start in
“Let everything happen to you; beauty and terror/Just keep going/No feeling is final.” – Rainer Maria Rilke
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