I think I’ve mentioned before that I am not a morning person.
Whether or not I embrace the darkness before dawn, I have no choice most days. My Girl from the West starts school at 7 a.m. School is more than 25 miles away. We need to leave the house at 6 a.m. This means I [...]
Discover a series of calls to my phone from an unfamiliar number.
Wonder why there are no messages.
Google the phone number because I think it is from a potential new client. It’s not. No other information available. Dismiss it as a wrong number.
Check e-mail.
Learn that a potential employer — not the one I am expecting to [...]
Rather than look down the road at a horizon obscured by thick clouds, I’m focusing my attention on what’s directly under my feet. One or two footsteps ahead. That’s all I can manage.
When I look down, I see that my feet look like someone who goes barefoot too much. I see that I’m rough on [...]
My brother, who has the pleasure of living in the Rocky Mountains, came home for Thanksgiving. It’s been a while since he lived here full-time. I’ve never lived anywhere but here. I’ve visited a lot of places, most nicer. Some make me miss home.
I guess out West we here in the “flyover zone” are referred [...]
