Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy.
— Aristotle
Much has happened in the two months since I last published an article on this blog. My wife and I moved ourselves and our seven children from Sidney, Montana to Greeley, Colorado. I started a new job. We made lots … Continued
It’s 6AM on a Monday morning – September 9th of 2019 to be precise. I’m sitting in the home office of our new rental home in Greeley, Colorado. We just moved in this past Friday. In two hours, I’ll be … Continued
Are you having trouble decluttering? It is actually rather simple. Just start by sorting everything you own into one of three piles. Make one pile for what you know without a moment of hesitation that you need or want to … Continued
“Lord, make me to be a man of peace and quiet action.” I woke up this morning with those words etched in my mind. I had been praying them repeatedly in my dream. I don’t remember much else from the … Continued
At 12:37 on April 15th, 2019, my wife messaged me to ask if I had heard that Notre Dame was on fire. That was the first I had heard. The fire has since been put out. From what I gather, … Continued
When I was a kid, my favorite magazine was unquestionably National Geographic. Whatever the cover or main topic was each month, every issue seemed to me an exploration of the strange and fantastic ‘Other’ outside of my experience. Similarly, my … Continued
The Boy Who Cried ‘Wolf!’ Once upon a time, there was a village in the mountains. Some of the villagers were farmers while others were shepherds. One morning during harvest, a shepherd boy ran from the pastures and cried “Wolf! A … Continued
Look back 60 years into the past, and consider that American culture is no less sexist in our day than it was in the 1950’s. Sexism today has merely taken on an ugly new form.
Why I left On The Rocks blog, what I learned, and why I am back.
