Thoughts on Life, Writing, & More

It’s a warm Sunday afternoon, I’m sitting in a coffee shop, and I’m wondering where the summer has gone. The Fourth of July is over.

I have to remind myself what day it is. Three-day weekends can have that effect. It’s Monday, and I’m sitting in a half-empty coffee shop

It’s a pleasantly warm Sunday for February in Minneapolis. I’m sitting at the Starbucks on Excelsior (it’s a good one, if you’ve never been). The

Pulling my sweatshirt-sleeve over my palm, I begin to buff it away. I glance up, searching for a witty response to send back when I

Have you ever met someone for the first time, and they already knew who you are and what you do? It’s strange. You feel almost

The frozen air ripples from the heat of a passing bus. The sun drops below the trees and houses, and I notice a string of

Everyone knows what it’s like to start off on a new adventure. It doesn’t have to be anything grand. You could be moving somewhere, starting

What would it be like to wake up every day and do the exact job you want to do? Not just the job you want

There are these moments of change in life that you see coming at you. You prepare yourself. You think you’re ready. And then they arrive,

The beginning of our universe was dark and formless. There was no time or space or color. Just the cold, infinite black. Then, according to

(photo credit: Allan Foster) My family never owned a lot of movies growing up. We had The Lion King, of course. And I had my

I don’t know where my high school diploma is. I’ve spent the past ten minutes trying to remember if I actually got a physical diploma.

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