Put it on a T-shirt… sometime: Procrastination Edition

You know what? I'll write this one later.   No wait, come back---I'm just kidding! I'm a terrible procrastinator, have been for as long as I can remember... I'm noticing that a number of these t-shirt ideas could double as "ADHD" slogans... And I suddenly wonder if that diagnosis has anything to do with my apparent … Continue reading Put it on a T-shirt… sometime: Procrastination Edition

Entering the Lists

My notebook is bent, battered, and buckled, every kind of abused but bruised.  The covers crease from frequent folding, and tags & stickies protrude from its pages. I've had it for all of three weeks. The notebook serves as a journal, but it its pages have also filled with sketches, blog-post brainstorms, A.A. Stepwork, notes from group sessions and church sermons, quotes and definitions … Continue reading Entering the Lists

Byways & Bygones: Idaho’s “Old Oregon Trail Byway”

Engine idling in the middle of the desert, we contemplate the pockmarked metal sign in front of us. Military Range, it declares, adding the instruction that civilian vehicles are to keep to the main road. Which leaves us with a question--what is the definition, out here, of a "main road"? Off to the side, a … Continue reading Byways & Bygones: Idaho’s “Old Oregon Trail Byway”