The last few days have been crunch-time for me—it’s been hectic but highly productive. Interior proofing for the new book, done. Final approval on the book cover, complete. Next comes the uploading process

I’ve come to realize there are two kinds of people in this world. There are morning people and everyone else. For most of my adult life I worked jobs with early shifts, so my average wake-up time was probably

My wife and I have been watching the Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV) YouTube channel religiously for years. In those years we’ve had a front-row seat to what few humans prior to that have had the privilege

As I’ve been doing the final proof of my manuscript for Walking With the Muse these past few days I’ve been shocked at how many little typos made it through multiple rounds of proofing and different sets

Even that syntagma. Age of AI. Bleeding awful, isn't it? An even more worrying aspect is the way many of us, if not all yet, have taken it in stride, and taken it for granted that the rise of AI is inevitable.

Some of you might be familiar with the term Third-Places. This term was coined by sociologist Ray Oldenburg and refers to informal public gathering spots outside the home (“first place”) and work (“second

The News I wish I could bring better news of the $HIVE price, but it is still looking for new lows. It seems Coingecko is lacking data for $LEO, but I have not been checking on that as much. It looks like

Not much that one can get on camera in this kind of weather. But I will show you where the mist came from, and also some beach front shots. The first two shots were taken above our town, then there is

The recent Coldcard wallet hack is super concerning, to be sure. It was a sad day for crypto and I feel horrible for those who lost money using a product they were led to believe was safe. What is even

I received the first draft of the layout for my next book, Walking with the Muse, yesterday from the book designer, Lubosh Cech. There’s nothing quite like the process of seeing your book being born

I’m hiding inside of you tingling your throat keeping you sick out of balance and totally under my control. I reckon you thought, you can shove emotions feelings of sorrow grief, loss, anger, frustration,

My wife and I went to see a show the other night at one of our favorite Twin Cities’ venues, The Dakota Jazz Club. I have sort of a love/hate relationship with this place because it spoils you. When you

It’s been an interesting past few days in the crypto-world. The BitMex and BitMart exchanges have both recently announced they’re winding down. There are now reports of frozen withdrawals on BitMart—which

If we’re paying attention, life begins to reveal little (and sometimes LARGE) lessons to us as we’re traveling down our individual paths. Within the past few years I’ve learned that how a person perceives

Sequestered in a corner that keeps folding into other corners, I lose myself in thoughts that no longer belong to me. They have surrendered to the wallpaper and to the ether, breathing slow botanical patterns

Mathew turned around, walked down the main aisle, and went to his favorite chair in front of the stage. There were only three hours left for his new piece, 'Blue Butterflies', to be performed on stage.

It was an absolute pleasure!

As the post linked to the proposal is merely a question checking if people would be interested in it before I even made the proposal, and since people have been messaging me asking about it, I thought

Hive flows to exchanges keep rising and this weakens the price and the long term health of the chain.

The raging wildfires and the air quality fiasco that’s followed in this part of the world got me thinking about how bad the quality of the air was for us every single day in the 1970s. Back when I was