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Gratitude Friday 04/16/21 - Community Glue
“A genius is a person who, seeing farther and probing deeper than other people, has a different set of ethical valuations from theirs,...
Apr 16, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 4/9/21 - Being 56
I turned 56 years old on Monday. Amazing, particularly in consideration that my life plan at age 16 revolved around an impending nuclear...
Apr 9, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 4/2/21 - On the Road of Hope, Purpose & Connection
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, our...
Apr 2, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 3/26/21 - Music & The Brain Box
“If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms...
Mar 26, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 3/19/21 - Walking My Way Into Recovery in the 80s
This gratitude Friday, I am reflective on my “walk” into recovery that started back in the mid-1980s. For background, I descended into...
Mar 19, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 3/12/21 - Light at the End of the Pandemic Tunnel
This week marks the anniversary of when we started to shut down society a year ago. It has been something I have been reflecting on a lot...
Mar 12, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 3/5/21 - What Do I Want to Be When I Grow Up?
“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Gratitude Friday, thinking this...
Mar 5, 20214 min read


Gratitude Friday 2/26/21 - Corvidae Corvus in My Hood
“The crow does not hide its prey, but calls for others to share it; so wealth will be with those of a like disposition.” – Thiruvalluvar...
Feb 26, 20213 min read


Gratitude Friday 02/19/21 - Pandemic Reflections
Thinking back to mid-January of 2020, it seems like a lifetime ago. I was in in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. The end of my visit coincided...
Feb 19, 20213 min read


Gratitude Friday 2/12/21 – The New Street Radish Miracle of February 1990
This is a gratitude Friday post reflecting on my greatest physical feat. It occurred 30 years ago this month. It was a fully unintended...
Feb 12, 20213 min read


Gratitude Friday 2-5-21 The “Big Snow” of 2021
“Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...It's about learning to dance in the rain.” ― Vivian Greene I have a confession to make....
Feb 5, 20214 min read


Pushing the Gear Shift of Conduct Back from Neutral to Good
The recovery connection to this post may be a bit tangential, but I do see the processes of critical thinking, self-evaluation and a...
Jan 30, 20217 min read


Gratitude Friday 1/29/21 – In Praise of a Dirty, Old Squeaky Dog Toy
The topic of this post is evident from the title. Please accept this disclaimer up front. I fully understand if you stop reading this...
Jan 29, 20213 min read


Gratitude Friday 1/22/21 - Volunteering to Serve the COVID-19 Helpers
One of the most important lessons I have learned on this journey of life is how having purpose is more valuable a pursuit than seeking...
Jan 22, 20214 min read


Summoning the Better Angels of Our Nature in a Dark Hour - January 20th, 2021
Picture taken by author in June 2018 - US Capitol Rotunda Gone, for now is the ability to assert that we have a shared value of a...
Jan 20, 20214 min read
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