Miscellaneous posts
I cleaned out my mom's garage this weekend and came across two trunks filled with my brother's things. Birthday cards, letters, and tons of pictures made up most of the contents, but I also found his red spiral notebook he used as a journal during his first and second stays in Yellowstone National Park. I've … Continue reading The Yellowstone Experience
I used to be an environmentalist. Back in those days, the decade that was the ‘90s, we concerned ourselves with deforestation, polluting the oceans and recycling our trash. We warned against poisonous chemicals in our food and water. We detested the oil companies and global warming was still refuted by most scientists. In my college … Continue reading The Green Regime (Tree-Huggers Unite)
We take pictures to capture the moment, to immortalize the fleeting seconds of our lives, to lock-in our most precious memories. We derive pleasure in sharing those memories and look upon them with nostalgia, but something is always lacking. Through the eyes of the camera, layers are flattened out and stripped away. Mountains are downsized … Continue reading Back from Vacation
Sometimes I think I’m doing this for all the wrong reasons. I can’t honestly say that I love to write, in fact, sometimes I hate it. Finding the right word, the right sentence structure, does this need a comma or a semi-colon, will people understand what I’m trying to say, and who are these people? … Continue reading Go Like Yourself
Hand-written notes were the preferred means of communication at the Bunkhouse. Cell phones remained a somewhat privileged commodity and personal laptops just didn’t exist in our laundry community. Biff and I stood in line a handful of times at the local library waiting to send out some emails, but for the most part, technology referred … Continue reading My Apologies to Nervous Jo
The Apple and the birdcage 