As promised, here is the first in what I expect to be a long series of conversations with my real-life heroes. I am so fortunate to be surrounded by people who inspired me to do great things. I know you could learn a lot from them, too, and, more importantly, I’d like to just give […]
Deep Thoughts
Have Friends, Will Travel…
So many thanks to my girlfriends, C and E, for coming down to Texas to help me leave mom and dad’s house for (hopefully) one last time and to enjoy a fun road trip home with my new car. I don’t know about the ladies, but I had a great time. Lots of time to […]
A View From On High
You want to contemplate life? Get in the seat providing this view. It’s kind of hard not to wax poetic in your head when you see the earth from this direction. Farmland has never looked so good.
End of A Cowboy Era
I am back in the frozen tundra! For anyone not in the area, I am not being facetious. It really is darn cold out there. I believe we are currently around -4. Reason #291 I am glad I work from home. Anyway, I felt like I needed to do some reflecting on my time closing up […]
The Benefits of Slowing Down
As part of the Closing Down Texas tour, I had the opportunity to go through mom’s safe deposit box. What an interesting collection of items she considered the most sacred – an Indian Head coin, their original marriage certificate, my original birth certificate from St. Joe, the appraisal for her wedding ring, and my second […]