I have begun working on a writing project around joy and no project like this would be complete without starting where joy does not exist. Or at least does not exist in measure. This does not mean that there are not moments of joy, but sustainability becomes difficult if not...

I am sitting in what I guess we call our sun room reading. I call it our sun room because it has a skylight and is sunnier than the rest of the house and I am not sure what else to call it. The wicker chair I am sitting in...

I sit here today on the 4th enjoying the day off. I have spent a little morning coffee time doing some reading and writing. A little time with the family putzing around the house and this will lead up to burgers this evening and maybe a little fireworks watching. I...

The world is an exceedingly busy place. Each year it seems to get even busier. We continue to pile on a unending mountain of electronic minutia into our lives. It is no longer good enough to respond to the electronic buzz of business and society a portion of our day,...

Some who do not necessarily know me may wonder a bit at the banner image at the top of my blog. I have been building bikes and cars since I was a wee lad. First with my father then with my friends and later on my own. I tinker with...