I’ve been thinking a whole lot lately about how fast time passes. Except for a few very minor aches and pains I feel the same as I did when I was in my twenties—which I’m very grateful for. My spirit and

The older I get the more I seem to be fascinated by basilicas and cathedrals. I think it's just a profound sense of respect and awe of the people, sometimes many hundreds of years ago, who built these

Since moving into our home in October of 2024 we’ve had to replace nearly every major mechanical thing in the house. The first thing to go was the furnace. Then the hot-water heater failed. That first

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

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 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

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

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

Look, I've spent enough of my life hauling gear through customs lines and stumbling, jet-lagged, down narrow foreign streets to know a few things. One of them is this: most of what we own today is garbage.

Morale has been at an all time low here on Hive lately and I realize when token prices and engagement are low it’s sometimes tough to muster enthusiasm. But recently I had a wake up call that had a way

The manuscript for my upcoming book, Walking With The Muse has officially been handed off to the book designer today! These past few weeks have been wonderfully tiring. It’s been a joy sifting through

I couldn't be more happy with the progress I'm making on my new book, Walking with the Muse. This week has felt a little like time-traveling. As I've been combing through almost thirty years of

I was thinking the other day about how irrational and quirky us humans can be sometimes. This can be both endearing and/or frustrating, depending on the specific situation. Sometimes we can’t even explain