The View From Up There
Fred was always stuck on the ground And what he searched for couldn’t be found. So he began to climb, not knowing where he’d go And before long, he had a grand view of below. The houses looked tiny! His problems felt small, When faced with the potential of a life-ending fall. A change in perspective was what he desperately needed, “But things aren’t much … Continue reading The View From Up There
The Man in The Arena
Surely, you’ve come across this before…one of the greatest speech excerpts of all time, still relevant over a century later. Teddy’s still got it! I don’t think it can be overshared, so I will leave it for you below. I read this for the first time a handful of years ago and came across it again a couple weeks ago and it was the kick … Continue reading The Man in The Arena
A Place to Gather
The first draft of this post was a weak DIY outline for building a dining room table with matching benches. But, the more I looked it over the more I realized I’m unwilling to do true justice to explaining the how to the point of it being useful to someone else. There are far more qualified people out there who can tell you how to … Continue reading A Place to Gather
The Tao of Ripped Jeans
Comfortably breezy. Casually rebellious. Artfully tattered. Shredded denim has become a sort of unofficial uniform of this generation. I have two pairs of ripped jeans. They are the most expensive denim purchases I’ve made to date, both falling around the $50 range. I am well aware I could easily spend hundreds on a single pair, but since I graduated from paying around $10 for jeans … Continue reading The Tao of Ripped Jeans
Closet Cleanout in the Age of Corona
Over the last six months or so, I’ve been feeling weighed down, called to simplify and get back to basics. This has been amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Anyone else feel compelled to get rid of all their shit? I bet thrift stores are going to have some real treasures after this is all said and done. Before life got weird, I had already pared … Continue reading Closet Cleanout in the Age of Corona
The Life Changing Magic of Having Cookie Dough in the Freezer
Do you ever need a warm chocolate chip cookie so badly that you might just die if you don’t get one in the next ten minutes? Yea, me neither… When I first moved out on my own, I quickly discovered that it’s kind of hard baking for one. It can be dangerous to have 20+ cookies on hand, and honestly, I’m usually good after one … Continue reading The Life Changing Magic of Having Cookie Dough in the Freezer
Endless trains of the faithless
I am tired. There has been a feeling growing inside me for a while now. It has manifested itself in doubts of worth and questions of value, in musings of “what are we all really trying to do here?” My livelihood is largely dependent on me spending my days in an office behind a computer fabricating projects for myself to help market a company that … Continue reading Endless trains of the faithless
