This week began with a surprise as we started the season early with an even four inches of snowfall covering the ground.  I can’t explain why I was surprised, but I was excited, all the same.  The end of the year is less than three weeks away and I have been making some changes in my life.  My theory is that an early start will keep the momentum going as we enter the new year.  The next few months here will be trying for most.  We are quickly approaching less than 9 hours of daylight and gray skies for a week…

The virtualization of my world began in an unlikely place: summer camp.  I had just graduated high school and I was ready to make a positive impact on the campers.  During our limited down-time as counselors, we would retreat to a lounge, to talk away from the campers.  We loved the kids, but sometimes you want to speak with an adult.  I find this amusing now as a new 30-year-old man.  Comparatively, we knew nothing of adult life.  I found a free moment to create a Facebook account and started adding friends.  I began slowly.  A few people that I liked from high school and…

I have always been mindful of the changes around me.  My personal perspective leans on the idea that  people change based on their surroundings.  The people that influence your behavior come in many forms.  When I was growing up, my influences were a good balance of secular and religious.  My peers helped me understand what was considered “cool” and later on helped me realize that “coolness” was not the only way to live.  I was the quiet kid that was always listening.  I had a curiosity that could not be contained.  My interest in other people’s lives sometimes brought me to the brink of breaking social norms.  Even as a…

Figures motionless Silently absorbed by the digital world Trapped in a trance Blue light keeping their attention A polite farewell breaks the emptiness The only proof of verbal abilities Released from the zombie state, momentarily Forced by an ancient code to respond A code that has faded into history

A brief history of my adulthood thus far with some life lessons mixed in for good measure