• Life

    The ER

    New people surround me as I lay there on the ambulance gurney. They need to get me off but I want nothing of that. Sure the ER bed is bigger and more stable, but they have to move me. And I have no idea what that’s going to feel like. More questions come from the nurses, who am I, what happened, did I hit my head? I’ve answered all these at least three times tonight, pretty good at the answers now. The next in sequence is all a blur… Five or six people surround me. I can tell you it happened, but not when. They ask me if I can…

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    My Life Changed

    I broke my left femur on Friday, August 12, 2016. It was just a normal day. A week away from Charlie heading off to college. We wanted to spend time together and debated what to do. Fate chose Skate City. A place we had not been to for a while…. For many years, we’d spend Friday nights there. She’d get to hang with her friends, and I’d just skate, mostly minding my own business. I could skate but age tamed me. It was a challenge to move to roller blades but I did it. They were cooler than skates so yeah, I quickly picked them up. Charlie was a natural…

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    The Job

    I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Steve Jobs Every 6 or 9 or 12 months, my office puts on a User Conference. It’s a chance for our customers to get together and learn about our software. Not only new features, but how to better use the existing features and functions. This past week was the first time we did an entire week… Had…

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    Fear

    There’s no fear like losing your dog. Second to that is seeing someone else lose their dog. As I turned off Santa Fe on my drive home from work today, around the corner comes a dog that I swear could have been Spike.  He was running as dogs run and mostly sticking to the sidewalk.  Not too far behind him was a boy.  What struck me most was I could clearly see his face.  Fear has big eyes, and his certainly were huge.  No tears, just eyes that could swallow one whole. The dog was loose and running towards one of the busiest streets with cars traveling over the 55…

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    Gram

    Strong women need not declare they can carry all the burdens in life. They just quietly do it and survive with a smile. Princess Maleiha Bajunid Candao My Gram was a strong woman. I probably always knew this but recently I realized this more than ever. Never once do I remember her getting angry, or upset, or even annoyed. She was always matter fact… not unemotional or uncaring. She lived through a lot and never complained. She was always there, ready to understand, to give a helping hand or needed hug. She was my Gram. I can say the same for all my grandparents. They all had different styles, but…

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    Chipmunk Crossing

    Child, child, have patience and belief, for life is many days, and each present hour will pass away Thomas Wolfe My Gran, Granddad, and Uncle Ian built this place. A simple cabin in the woods. It’s up at Vallecito Lake in Colorado. It was always a treat to go up and spend a few days. It was just the perfect place. Uncle Ian’s room was downstairs, filled with many of his hunting trophies. Even after he died that room did not change. It was his room. Upstairs was the kids room with twin beds and an old army cot for me. I was the youngest, and the only boy, so…

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    Take your Pick

    It is our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. J.K. Rowling I have a co-worker that works out of state. He comes back to Denver about once per month. I always try to send him home with some origami for the kids, Sydney and Alex. This trip, Sydney was lucky enough to travel with him, and I finally got to meet her. When she came into my office she noticed my pile of origami… I made her a deal: Pick your favorite. She chose my elephant. It’s quite a large origami, about 8 inches tall. I folded it out of thick heavy cardboard. It…

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    Drive-in

    Is there such a thing as an over filtered photo? Perhaps. I am one of those that take pictures with my iPhone and think somehow they are the greatest. Photography was one of my best classes back in high school. Times change. With instant sharing it’s almost too easy. You don’t have to wait around to see your success, or failure. No more sending film off, to wait a week only to find out you really do suck at this. In high school, we got to develop our own. You learned to suck a little bit less, just because you were more part of the process. At least I did.…

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    Can’t Stop

    Since I cannot redesign my life as easily, I fiddle with this site. Yet another redesign think… Move away from what it is and totally transform it. The site is rather static, and while I have enjoyed the designs over the years, it’s just… I don’t know, too not me. Looking back, it’s all about the form and not the content. Need to stop that. To that end, content and form. I need to focus on content, and strip the form. So here it goes. Take a look, and let me know what you think.