My wife and I spent a weekend hiking around Flagstaff, Arizona. I noticed something each time I entered the forest: It felt familiar to me. More importantly, it felt as if I was familiar to it. I pondered this over several miles of walking beneath a canopy of ponderosa pines. Forests are not scenery to […]
Finding and Cultivating a Spirited and Dynamic Woman In a previous article, I talked about the carelessness of women, and how it is important to expect it, and even provide a safe place for it in a relationship. Women are happier when they can be careless without consequence, and given enough time to grow in […]
"I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can be careless. But not men." - Vito Corleone, The Godfather For most of the 20th Century, the feminist movement worked toward the goal of total independence for women. It was so effective that by the 21st Century, the movement has run […]
The year is 1992. I'm not quite 18 when I travel from Olney, Maryland to Tempe, Arizona to start my freshman year at Arizona State University. Based entirely on my SAT scores (my high school GPA was underwhelming), I am admitted to the Honors College. In those days, the Honors College had small classrooms and […]
February, 1995 I dropped out of college in the dead of winter. Fortunately, I was living in Tucson, Arizona at the time. Less fortunately, my only transportation was a motorcycle, and I had a thirty minute commute to my first full-time job. And my shift started at 3 a.m. It was still pretty cold. **** […]
The Google Photos app has a feature where it regularly shows you a photo from the current date, several years ago. Yesterday, it showed me this one: A rusty old squat rack in a dirt driveway. With a chicken photobombing it. I decided it was time to tell the story. If you didn't know me […]
Our beloved President has referred to certain constituents as "Neanderthals" of late, and I, for one, appreciate the compliment. Homo neanderthalensis was likely smarter and stronger than his cousin, Homo Sapiens. His only real problem was he was kind of anti-social, and unpopular with the rest of the bipeds of the era. Relatable. If you're […]
Winston Churchill habitually started each day with a glass of scotch before he even got out of bed. From his early 20's, his consumption was legendary, and in addition to the booze, he routinely smoked ten cigars a day. For those of you unfamiliar with the habit, a "Churchill" length cigar takes a good 45 […]