Today marks the 100th day since I retired on August 16th. Before this journey began, the question most often asked–by far–was, “What will you do with your time?” A fair question. So what exactly have I done in the past 100 days? Let’s see… There have been some speaking gigs, which I hope continues. There was […]
Sexual Assault Hotline Training
As part of the process of becoming a volunteer for the National Sexual Assault Hotline hosted by RAINN (the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network), I have to complete some training. A couple of days ago I wrapped up the online portion of the training. 24 hours of training that was enlightening, educational, powerful and […]
A Fresh New Flight Experience
I’m on the way home to Seattle after spending three days in Vegas speaking at a real estate conference. I travel pretty often, so it’s rare to have a new flight experience. You never know though how some random human will behave, and a new experience played out today. Yay for new experiences, always an […]
Remembering a Friend
I originally posted this on Facebook, but wanted to put it here for posterity. Who knows, someday I may delete that Facebook account. Almost 40 years ago, me and my best friend in high school, also my college roomie, decide to hitchhike from Texas A&M at Galveston to New Orleans. (We were young, sometimes stupid, […]
Every picture tells a story
The other day I snapped this picture of a woman looking at the photos I have on display at Waterfront Coffee Company. A nifty little indie coffee shop, just a few blocks from our condo in Edmonds, Washington, Waterfront has an eclectic, rotating collection of art on their walls. Smart on the part of the coffee […]
One Day, I Will Catch a Blue Marlin
I don’t remember exactly when I first read Hemingway’s, The Old Man and the Sea. Third grade? That sounds about right as that’s when Dad was stationed in Vietnam, and we lived in Tennessee where my Grandfather took me fishing for bass, crappie, catfish, blue gill, whatever we could catch. About ten-years old at that […]
