April 2019. For the last twenty-five or so years I’ve dreamt of hiking a really long trail. I don’t recall the actual catalyst. There’s not one specific crystallizing moment when I knew without a doubt that I would one day load forty-ish some odd pounds of everything I need to survive on my back and..
Category: No Regrets
Today is Monday, April 29, 2019. My hair is matted and reeks of BBQ, there’s a half eaten bag of kettle corn on my kitchen table, candy wrappers litter my pockets, my koozie collection has doubled, there’s a dull pounding in my head, my gut is wrecked, and my voice resembles a hungover Demi Moore…
Last April I made a list. In six short days I’m gonna be checking a few things off said list. The actual implementation of these various goals looks a bit different than what I originally pictured, but that’s the beauty of it, isn’t it? You announce your intentions, let the grand symphony of the Universe..
Big Bend has been on my list of places to visit for quite a while. I’ve lived three quarters of my life in the Lone Star State but time and money and motivation didn’t fall into sync until just recently. As luck would have it, I was hired to do floral design for a wedding..
I’m all about lists. Quite frankly, it’s not a stretch to say I need them to function. Whether I have some undiagnosed distractibility issue, or I’m just hopelessly forgetful, who knows. The fact of the matter is, if my grocery store trip is for more than two items, yes the single digit number TWO, I..
Funny how a car can influence your whole being. Well, it can mine. Way back I was the not-so-proud owner of a Mazda MPV, a mini-van, a mom van. It served its purpose. Many a diaper was changed in the rear, and it hauled both my boys safely to and fro. Ultimately it transformed into the..