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A few days ago I asked for one or two word ideas for photographs. Something abstract to allow me some creativity, yet defined enough to be a challenge. Some fantastic words were provided. Oddly, almost everyone gave exactly two words. I got more words than I could possibly take in one day, so I've stretched [...]

Celeste's pediatrician (and my sister as well, who is an Occupational Therapist working with children) is constantly saying things like "your daughter should be doing blah blah by the time she is blah blah months old". It's kind of annoying. If there's a manual that came with her, I'd like to read it. Otherwise, really, [...]

I decided that every weekday morning where I didn't have to leave the house prior to 7am, I would write here and that would be enough. Flipping back through these virtual pages I see that has not been happening. Not even close. When I'm out of town on business, the time at which I arrive [...]

New Yorkers are awesome. On more than one occasion I've seen them work together toward a common goal without any kind of authority requiring them to do so or organizing them in any way, simply out of respect for one another. Here's an example.
While in Manhattan on business last week, I used the 50th Street [...]

Many things are useful, not because of what they are, but because of what they are not. A vase, for instance, is useless without the hollow inside. A window would serve no purpose if it were not transparent. A door would be pointless if it did not open. A piece of music without silence is [...]

I spend so many hours of each day filled with worry. For a change it's nice to just live and not worry. It's not really in my nature to not worry, though, so it makes me at odds with myself. Especially when I look back and worry about the impact those actions might have on [...]

With so much travel occupying my weeks, my weekends can get quite blurry. Here's my last one in a nutshell.
Last Friday I got off the plane from Providence and headed home. As I pulled up, so did a few friends. Another friend showed up later that evening. We had dinner, a few drinks, played crazy [...]

I'm actually a bit nervous about my trip to Manhattan next week. Not because of the travel, I'm quite used to that. And not because of the city itself, I've been many times and love it.
What's bothering me, I think, is that while I'm there, I'll be all on my own. I know a friend [...]

Part of me wants to think that I'm just lazy. But if I really look at it I start to see that really, I lack motivation and commitment. I realized this after reading a post from a friend having a similar problem.
Look at yesterday. I got up at 6:30. I got caught up online, did [...]

There are some things — irrational things — that really frighten me about hotels.
First, I fear there are bugs in my bed. Generally, after putting down my stuff into the room, the first thing I'll do is lift the sheets and look for bugs. I don't mean tiny, barely visible bugs. I mean real bugs: [...]