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    Decade of Hope: Midpoint Check-in

    January 5, 2025 - By 

    In the midst of COVID 19 and personal turmoil, I wrote a blog post thinking ahead about the decade starting with the year 2020.  I included exciting space missions and personal goals.  We are now at the middle of the decade and I thought it would be nice to check in on those ideas and see how they progressing.  Let’s see how we did! Summary from ChatGPT: Mars 2020 (Perseverance & Ingenuity) Artemis Program (2024 & 2028) Electric Vehicles (EVs) Autonomous Driving Renewable Energy Smart Homes There were a few things I missed on my first post like the advances…

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    Grandfather’s Legacy: Teaching Patience, Comfort as an Introvert, and Love for Music

    June 16, 2024 - By 

    I structured my memories about my grandfather into life lessons. I presented these at the service back in March and wanted to share here as well. Memory #1: When I was young, there was no question that I left unspoken. I knew not everyone wanted to talk all the time. We were in the car and I noticed two sets of numbers on the speedometer. So, I asked. This started a conversation about the progress of the United States in science and technology. It also brought up the reason he moved to Florida. He was a drafter: someone who hand-draws…

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    March Madness: A Whirlwind of Life Events and Achievements

    June 16, 2024 - By 

    While some might think of the famous basketball tournament when you hear these words, I found myself in a whirlwind of big life events during my most recent March.  We start this little story at work where the first quarter of the year is a sales promotion meant to bring in new business.  We are on the service side of things, but the people that are selling did not disappoint.  There is always a cutoff time, but the people in the field submit items to us up to the last minute.  Sometimes we will get stuck on creating this large…

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    Hanging with Dad

    June 16, 2024 - By 

    For the second time in a month, I flew into the beautiful Jacksonville airport to be picked up by my parents.  We arrived early, so I enjoyed some calming piano in the main lobby of the airport just outside Security.  It was a good way to get into the right mindset of my vacation.  I then proceeded to the madness that is the pick-up area of the airport.  It didn’t take long for my parents to find me, but it is the least favorite part of travel for me.  After a couple hours of catch-up and planning for the week,…

  • Reflections - TV and Film

    Scores

    May 5, 2024 - By 

    After I started listening to music on a regular basis, I started getting into movie and TV scores. I love the way they could move and affect the story. They can bring tension or peace, excitement or sorrow, and half the time we may not even realize the effect it is having on us.  As I started listening to more of the music, separate from the movie experience, I realized that it would be cool to mix one into the other and have a “MegaMix”, not unlike what the Newsboys did on their greatest hits album.  So, I started my…

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    Purist Form

    March 22, 2024 - By 

    I was cleaning out my paper files after a recent move (more on that coming soon), and found the original notebook of my young 18-year-old mind in college.  This artifact of my poetry is just a piece of paper, but isn’t that amazing? This is a poem called Observations.  It appears first in my poetry book and it an early example of my creative work. What have you discovered from your past recently?