Perspective of a Squirrel

My desk at work looks out a second-story window onto a couple of large trees. Sometimes I get to see a squirrel or two jumping all over the place doing who knows what. It’s a bit fun watching them run, chase, and make gigantic leaps. Honestly, I’m not sure what they are doing, but it’s […]

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Want What You Already Have

I have a problem: I want things. Sometimes when I’m bored, I go on Amazon and just look for things I might buy (I just did it while trying to write this post!). When I was younger, I’d do the same thing with clothes. Esposa says when she met me I had bags of clothes […]

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Failure to Unplug on Vacation

Recently while on vacation we had no cell reception and almost non-existent WiFi. Periodically on day trips, we’d get reception for a bit, but for the most part I didn’t have internet for a week. Yet I found myself still having a difficult time disconnecting from my phone. While on a vacation intended to spend […]

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All Muddied Up: Listen to Their Voices

While on vacation we took a 15 mile bike ride along the Hiawatha Trail. It’s a portion of retired train tracks that also run through retired train tunnels. The longest tunnel is about 1.5 miles. I am so impressed both Esposa and Hijo (on a tag along connected to my bike) were up for making […]

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Slices of Life

In my dayjob – at a software company – I help approve uploaded images of users (checking to make sure photos actually help identify users). As a consequence, I find myself periodically viewing small slices of others’ lives. Some are mundane moments – a person simply looking at the camera. However, many capture small moments […]

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