notes from the road

It’s hard to believe we’re coming to the end of summer, but here we are. Summer’s slowly fading into fall or autumn here in the Northern Hemisphere, and springtime’s on …

It’s halfway through a long 10-hour day, and I’m feeling like someone hit me w/ a 5 ton wrecking ball at Mach 10 speed. I need to force myself through …

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It’s coming down to the wire for this tour of duty of my summer job. I’d spent the better part of 3 weeks at a location in a neighboring town. …

It all feels different this year than it did a year ago, and definitely the year before that. Even though the place itself hasn’t changed, and neither has the scenery, …

It’s still dark outside, and I turn off the radio tuned to the classic country station on the FM dial, since the one on the AM dial doesn’t come in …

It’s been 2 years. 2 long, miserable, rotten, worthless, wasted years. Thousands upon thousands upon thousands of applications, half of which I literally didn’t give even a fraction of a …

[Content Note: This post talks about death and dying, so if this is something you’re not in the headspace to hear about, I encourage you to give this post a …

Anyone who knows me in the 3D world knows I love me some swim time. Always have, even as a kid, and even before I lost the weight. As I …