When I was in the 6th grade, I took an interest in architecture. While my friends were drawing images of superheroes and playing video games, I liked to draw floor plans. I even had some drafting tools that allowed me to draw to scale and insert fixtures and appliances. I’d browse floor plans in magazines …
The Stapler
The first photo that I was able to publish was a retro-looking orange stapler that I found in a desk that I inherited from its previous occupant. It had a lot of vintage 70’s character and looked as though it should be proudly placed on top of one of those old metal office desks that …
Be Merry
Aside from the fact that it’s cold, the sun begins to set at 3:30, and it’s often impossible to find a parking space, this is my favorite time of the year. Sarcasm aside, the days when the snow is white on the ground, the sun is shining and the sky is blue conjures up all …
Sometime we need a little nudge.
Recently I was having dinner with some friends I had not seen for a while. Catching up, we asked each other about what we’ve been doing, new books or media we’ve found and where we were with goals about which we had previously spoken. That last one caught me ill prepared. What I realized during …
Clutter, Bulletin Boards and Goals
I’ve never liked having stuff on my desk. Not at home and not at work. Even as a young band director, I would work feverishly into the night filing and grading and organizing in order to keep practice sheets, scores and notes from parents from cluttering my desk. Not surprisingly, I also never liked bulletin …
What would you do with 100 extra hours?
Well, it is Sunday, November 7th and I am an hour early for CBS Sunday Morning. That sentence should imply that I like my routines. But in case it wasn’t clear, I do. I like to be spontaneous, so long as I have time to plan it. I also like to try new things, as …
You don’t realize how bumpy the roads are until you try to eat soup
I thought I was being smart by combining lunch with an errand the other day. After watering the dog, I poured a can of chicken noodle into a coffee cup and hopped into my car. It was organic low sodium, if that makes a difference. Well, at least until I added a teaspoon of pink …
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Nine dollars and fifty-four cents
Service, service-driven, customer service...these terms immediately conjure up images of friends, colleagues, the people at the hardware store and so on that routinely go out of their way to help others. These kinds of people are easy to recognize and often underappreciated. A service mindset really does make a difference and I doubt we can …
Speaking Figuratively
For a while, it seemed like every other post I saw on social media, such as TikTok and Instagram involved someone taking a “bathroom selfie.” These weren’t people I followed, just posts the social media bots shoved onto my stream. I’ve blocked most of them and either don’t see those anymore or people have learned …
Take a chill pill.
There are a lot of people expressing themselves these days, and in many cases not in a dignified or admirable manner. I think a lot about school officials, board members, and really anyone in a position of authority--public or private sector--and about the burden they have right now as we head into the 19th month …
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