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Holiday 2011

This was a year of major change for me—milestone birthday and new career. A skydive captured much of that change, since (like last year’s bungee jump) it is definitely not my customary kind of activity. It all got me thinking about dreams—those I have yet to pursue, the current climate, and our collective dreams. These thoughts seemed to Occupy my attention as the holidays approached.

Birthday 2010

We’re moving–both our home and our workspaces–and that’s the change I refer to here.

For My Dad at 80

I knew first how this poem would end–”I’m in no rush, none whatsoever”

Birthday 2008

I’ve long believed that we create ourselves by our responses–to situations, to challenges, and of course, to some basic questions. Using journalism’s “4 w’s and and h”, I tried to explore some interesting, defining questions.

Birthday 2007

“Keep your feet on the ground and your eyes on the sky”—”and of course, above all to thine own self be true.”