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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

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

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

cheap and easy

May16, 2021

 

nothing - and everything - new

May 1, 2021

 

Michael at sixty-eight

Apr 17, 2021

Marion, twenty years later

Apr 3 2021

 

primary sources

Mar 20, 2021

 

hopefulness

Mar 7, 2021

 

a long weekend

Feb 19,2021

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

binge watching

Sep 16, 2020

core values

Sep 7,2020

bucket list

Sep 1, 2020

 

simple tools

Aug 27,2020

what I read, lately

Aug 6, 2020

james hong

Aug 2, 2020

 

fear of falling 

July 26, 2020

bumf

Jan 24, 2014

 

uncle bill

July 12, 2020

 

noticing in north dakota

Sept 21, 2013

home alone together

June 27, 2020

 

confused animals

October 20,2015

dogwatch

April 4, 2011

 

here and now

June 12, 2020

Remembering greg

Sept 20, 2011

 

stories

May 31,2020

space frog

September 13, 2013

 

historic events

May 21,2020

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

wet corduroy

April 22, 2020

 

my descent into geezerdom

December 18, 2010

humankind

March 20, 2020

 

As of Today

February 29 2020

some things i have

March 18 2020

a parable for the now

March 19 2020

turning inward

March 20 2020

sutton foster

March 21 2020

ON CREATING YOUR OWN ART

December 28, 2019

You Don't know

January 9, 2016

Self-shaming

April 4, 2020

THE SWEEPER

July 14, 2019

 

 

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

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

learning remotely

May 8, 2021

 

 

runout (wobble)

Apr 26, 2021

 

where is this going?

Apr 11,2021

 

chores and recreation

Mar 27.2021

good from the bad

Mar 14, 2021

 

(stuck?) in between

Feb 27, 2021

 

confluence

Feb 12,2021

flurry of activity

Jul 11, 2015

 

working up a sweat

Jan 24, 2021

a comforting read

Jan 15, 2021

2021

Dec 29, 2020

Ornamental decisions

Dec 18,2020

 

passing on the dream

Dec 5, 2020

a lucky guy

Nov 18, 2020

a woman i know

Aug 1, 2015

 

a sleeping dog

Nov 10,2020

where's michael

Oct 28.2020

shibboleths

Oct 5, 2020

 

lonely but not alone

Sep 26, 2020

ruth bader ginsburg

Sep 19, 2020

an errant cupcake

Jan 24, 2011

change of plans

Sep 5, 2020

MoM

Aug 22, 2020

 

a sleeping dog

Nov 10, 2020

 

the maker movement

Aug 16, 2020

alone together

Aug 12, 2020

twitter status

Oct 13, 2016

det's toyland

10/21/2013

30 years of the ada

Jan 24,2020

 

waiting

17 July, 2020

opportunity in independence

4 July, 2020

 

tall tales

March 13, 2017

 

A home for Bryan

June 24, 2020

my privilege

June 14, 2020

a message i (we) needed to here

June 2, 2020

hope as a matter of choice

October 8, 2018

thunderstorm

May 30, 2020

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

the right stuff

April 11, 2020

 

cleo the crafty

August 8, 2016

evidence of lives lived

April 21, 2020

 

Dogs can't do geometry

June 21, 2011

i heart hail

March 26, 2020

 

Talking on the phone

March 21, 2020

Today and the art of can

March 22, 2020

Easy for me to say

March 22 2020

Pencils

March 23, 2020

Candlemark

March 25, 2020

A Matter of Perseverance

1/28/2011

GRAMPS

4/2/2020

a seussical bouquet

April 6, 2020

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