Yesterday we drove ~1.5 hours from Brad & Kim’s Salida home to check out the sand dunes. We had a lot of fun, got absolutely covered in sand, and were glad we did it despite some initial reluctance from a couple of the adults. Tilly made a sand angle. The rest of the pictures speak for themselves:
It’s been a great week for animal sightseeing in the Pacific Northwest. Haleigh and I had an impromptu picnic at Lighthouse Beach in Mukilteo. The mere suggestion of fish & chips probably was convincing enough for me by itself, but the prospect of a sunset walk on a beach also sounded nice. After a brief walk, we sat on some…
… and make it hilarious. That was the prompt. This was the result: Alright, hold onto your hats, folks. Today, we’re going to talk about how to become a better human – and let’s face it, we all need a little help in that department. First things first: practice empathy. Now, I know what you’re thinking – “Empathy? I don’t…
This is one of those aphorisms that most of us would claim to agree with, but we’ve all experienced times where something wasn’t planned well. Planning is not only a learnable skill, but also habit that must be cultivated. It doesn’t matter what field you’re in or what your role is, a failure to plan and account for all the…
To say I’m exhausted is a little reductive. It’s probably more accurate to say I feel eroded. I’ve got a lot on my plate. The most serious thing is worrying about Haleigh. For the past 18 months or so, she’s been struggling with keeping her bloog sugar levels in a healthy range. This reached a breaking point a little over…
Leadership is one of those topics that everyone with direct reports assumes they know a lot about. What we often forget, though, is that leadership is not a one-way street; it requires the led to subscribe to a common cause. There’s an old expression: How do you know someone was a Marine? Because they ****ing tell you. I’m not one…
I’ve created several blogs over the years, but typically ended up walking away for some reason or another. Typically it was because I had some lofty purpose in mind that I either didn’t quite achieve or lost the motivation to keep pursuing. The difference this time is I have no agenda. If Seinfeld were a blog, it’d be this site….