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Mentally I’m here
I write today from Estes Park, at the Stanley Hotel, currently enjoying a drink while I wait for the girlfriend to finish her massage. It is beautiful up here this time of year and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate a milestone anniversary than being here. The day of course has me…
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The Holidays
It is that time of year again and I am reminded of not only the good but also the bad in my past. A lingering ghost if you will that is refusing to leave though it’s getting easier to ignore. The tree is up for the first time in over a decade and presents litter…
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On Giving Thanks
For those in the US it is Thanksgiving, or how I used to refer to it Turkey Day. For a long time, I didn’t really understand the nature of the holiday or what it would become for me only a few years ago. When I was younger, I would visit various families homes for sometimes…
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Post Maine Reflection
It has been about a month since the Maine Event and I thought I would take a moment and reflect. The month afterwards was a bit crazy, with Cyber Security Awareness Month being in full effect at work and my recovering from a nasty cold turned sinus infection I didn’t really get to sit down…
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Waiting for the oil to change
It is fall in the mid west and so far the weather is holding onto a nice autumn afternoon. The morning there is a chill of course, but that is to be expected when the year gets long in the tooth. The leaves are changing here much like we saw in Maine a few short…
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Thoughts after NyQuil
It has been a bit of a rough couple of days since the Maine event. I came down with a cold on the flight home. Thankfully it isn’t Covid, but it was nasty none the less. Now that I have a bit more clarity, I thought I would recap some of the event and lessons…
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Life shattering events and a talk with a father.
I am not quite sure at what point today that my reality shifted but shifted it did. It might have been the 6am PT where I managed to getting 17 burpies (a personal best seeing as it was the first time that i have done them), or it might have been the talks today…. but…
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A birthday and a tug-off
Today was an interesting day. I am at a mens conference hosted by my mens group. It is a weekend long event with manly endeavors and a lot of learning. To say my brain is full is an understatement along with the conversations that truth be told, have cut to the bone. But in a…
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A journey begins with a single step
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