I’ve struggled for several days to write this. I read and watch the bits of news and cometary that stream past me throughout the day (thanks Twitter!), and while it makes me ever more uneasy while I’m awake, I’m afraid it’s affecting my ability to rest as well. For me, the discomfort is fueled in [...]
Tis a difficult thing to stand alone
Amongst your friends and loved ones dear
In principle, Ideals and fear
Tis a difficult thing to stand alone
Passion is valiant trait
And conviction be a Heavenly gift
For they drum the beat
And fuel heart’s heat
But can set the driven soul adrift
On a sea at odds with those that make me whole
Whose own [...]
Sometime around mid-afternoon this past Friday, we crossed a magic line. No body knows exactly where that boundary exists, but it’s Northwest of Junction, Texas and intersects several small highways that crisscross the Western portion of the great state. Once you pass that mystical latitude, it becomes obvious that you are in a different place. [...]
Well, unless you have no TV, radio or Internet (which is obviously not the case if you are reading this) access, today was a busy day for the nation’s media, bloggers and anyone who has (or thinks they have – self included) something to say. Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of [...]
Sorry to all my friends and family that are just now hearing this. We haven’t
done the best job of getting the word out. We are expecting our third little
Van Winkle in May! We’ve been working on a good way to let folks know. I was
hoping to redo the family site starting with the news, but [...]
I’m not a morning person. The remaining jet lag, however, and the need to cook for 150 people today, had me up before the sun this cool February morning in London. (There was also that well placed call I asked my lovely wife to make before she ended her evening back home. It’s great to [...]
Cancer has always been one of those things you hear about and want to do something to help solve, but it still seems distant. Then, it hits someone in your family (usually older) and it becomes more real, but is still someone acceptable as a disease people encounter later in life. Every so often, though, [...]
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