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Previous missives

Full Disclosure: Don't be confused by dates. Some of these are retreads from my former blog (The View From the Briarpatch)

slowing down

Feb 14, 2024

 

back in touch

Jan 17, 2024

 

covid brain

Aug 13, 2023

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music

Jul 13, 2023

 

back again

Jan 4, 2023

 

And when i die...

Aug 25, 2022

 

birds and work

June 14, 2022

 

35 years

May 2, 2022

 

my times, they are a'changing

Mar 6, 2022

 

conservation of energy

Jan 21, 2022

 

some tools i don't use

Dec 18, 2021

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holiday gifts

Nov 25, 2021

 

what's next? 

Nov 11, 2021

 

things that make me glad today

Oct 24,2021

 

Joanne

Oct 4, 2021

 

bachelorhood

Sep 8, 2021

 

we know who you are

Aug 12,2021

 

independence day

Jul 4, 2021

 

distribution of labor

Jun 2, 2021

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cheap and easy

May16, 2021

 

nothing - and everything - new

May 1, 2021

 

Michael at sixty-eight

Apr 17, 2021

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Marion, twenty years later

Apr 3 2021

 

primary sources

Mar 20, 2021

 

hopefulness

Mar 7, 2021

 

a long weekend

Feb 19,2021

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what i could have been doing

Jan 31, 2021

 

finding stuff

Jan 17, 2021

 

A dog's problems

Jan 9, 2021

 

waking up

Dec 20, 2020

 

acronym soup

Dec 11,2020

 

giving thanks

Nov 29, 2020

 

big plans

Nov 24, 2020

 

a song in the key of what next?

Nov 9, 2020

 

An early morning list

Oct 17, 2020

 

honesty and shop safety

Oct 11, 2020

 

harvest moon

Oct 1, 2020

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binge watching

Sep 16, 2020

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core values

Sep 7,2020

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bucket list

Sep 1, 2020

 

simple tools

Aug 27,2020

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what I read, lately

Aug 6, 2020

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james hong

Aug 2, 2020

 

fear of falling 

July 26, 2020

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bumf

Jan 24, 2014

 

uncle bill

July 12, 2020

 

noticing in north dakota

Sept 21, 2013

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home alone together

June 27, 2020

 

confused animals

October 20,2015

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dogwatch

April 4, 2011

 

here and now

June 12, 2020

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Remembering greg

Sept 20, 2011

 

stories

May 31,2020

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space frog

September 13, 2013

 

historic events

May 21,2020

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insurgency

April 12, 2015

 

a break from the nasty

May 7, 2020

 

rachel delevoryas

May 5, 2020

 

road trips

June 29,2015

 

Fern Wars

April 30, 2020

 

no small thing

March 25, 2020

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wet corduroy

April 22, 2020

 

my descent into geezerdom

December 18, 2010

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humankind

March 20, 2020

 

As of Today

February 29 2020

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some things i have

March 18 2020

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a parable for the now

March 19 2020

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turning inward

March 20 2020

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sutton foster

March 21 2020

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ON CREATING YOUR OWN ART

December 28, 2019

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You Don't know

January 9, 2016

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Self-shaming

April 4, 2020

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THE SWEEPER

July 14, 2019

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an open letter to teenagers

Oct. 5, 2022

 

quick and easy

July 6, 2022

 

rules for life in retirement

May 15,2022

 

zoomies

Apr 16, 2022

 

an odd collection

Mar 20,2022

 

error-producing meat sack

Feb 7, 2022

 

random thoughts on kindness

Dec 27, 2021

 

a peaceful day

Dec 7, 2021

 

Back in my day

Nov 19, 2021

 

Halloween

Nov 1, 2021

 

sunday best

Oct 15, 2021

 

recycling

Sep 25,2021

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versions of truth

Sep 16, 2021

 

being the adult in the picture

Aug 28, 2021

 

moving toward retirement

Aug 6, 2021

 

too late

Jul 22, 2021

 

opening up

Jun 10, 2021

 

being there 

May 25, 2021

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learning remotely

May 8, 2021

 

 

runout (wobble)

Apr 26, 2021

 

where is this going?

Apr 11,2021

 

chores and recreation

Mar 27.2021

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good from the bad

Mar 14, 2021

 

(stuck?) in between

Feb 27, 2021

 

confluence

Feb 12,2021

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flurry of activity

Jul 11, 2015

 

working up a sweat

Jan 24, 2021

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a comforting read

Jan 15, 2021

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2021

Dec 29, 2020

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Ornamental decisions

Dec 18,2020

 

passing on the dream

Dec 5, 2020

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a lucky guy

Nov 18, 2020

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a woman i know

Aug 1, 2015

 

a sleeping dog

Nov 10,2020

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where's michael

Oct 28.2020

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shibboleths

Oct 5, 2020

 

lonely but not alone

Sep 26, 2020

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ruth bader ginsburg

Sep 19, 2020

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an errant cupcake

Jan 24, 2011

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change of plans

Sep 5, 2020

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MoM

Aug 22, 2020

 

a sleeping dog

Nov 10, 2020

 

the maker movement

Aug 16, 2020

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alone together

Aug 12, 2020

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twitter status

Oct 13, 2016

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det's toyland

10/21/2013

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30 years of the ada

Jan 24,2020

 

waiting

17 July, 2020

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opportunity in independence

4 July, 2020

 

tall tales

March 13, 2017

 

A home for Bryan

June 24, 2020

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my privilege

June 14, 2020

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a message i (we) needed to here

June 2, 2020

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hope as a matter of choice

October 8, 2018

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thunderstorm

May 30, 2020

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when noticing takes a bad turn

August 25, 2013

 

crossroads

September 14, 2019

 

ana vidovic

May 13, 2020

 

tyranny of the tiny

October 31, 2019

 

I could have saved casey

April 28, 2020

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the right stuff

April 11, 2020

 

cleo the crafty

August 8, 2016

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evidence of lives lived

April 21, 2020

 

Dogs can't do geometry

June 21, 2011

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i heart hail

March 26, 2020

 

Talking on the phone

March 21, 2020

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Today and the art of can

March 22, 2020

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Easy for me to say

March 22 2020

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Pencils

March 23, 2020

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Candlemark

March 25, 2020

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A Matter of Perseverance

1/28/2011

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GRAMPS

4/2/2020

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a seussical bouquet

April 6, 2020

about me 
(Because it's ALL about me, doncha know...)

Having retired from my day job in employment advocacy for folks living with disabilities, I find myself more clearly focused on pursuits that had heretofore been relegated to what time and attention allowed. I know that some viewers may be more interested in my writing and others in my woodworking projects. So please feel free to use the linked titles above to peruse your area of interest. 

And always, thanks for being part of my tribe. 

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