It is 8:06 AM on January 6th, 2025. The holidays are officially in the rearview mirror and everyone is back to work. This is the saddest day of the year for many. As I explained to my son, if the holidays didn’t end then we couldn’t look forward to other things throughout the year, nor…… Continue reading 2025 – The Holidays are Over
End of Holiday Season – 2024
It is 8:15 AM on Friday, January 3rd 2025. The morning is gray with a slight drizzle and ample fog which precedes heavy rainfall later this morning. The day after Christmas, most of the nation was in a sort of “work Purgatory,” with only a small reprieve on New Year’s Day which fell on Wednesday.…… Continue reading End of Holiday Season – 2024
Memorial Post – Sabrina Bowshier Gillen – 3/15/1977 – 12/28/2024
It is with sadness that I’m starting off 2025. I learned that my old classmate Sabrina passed away on December 28th. Sabrina and I were classmates at Trinity Elementary school from Kindergarten through 8th grade starting in the early 1980s and then we attended the same high school for the first two years until she…… Continue reading Memorial Post – Sabrina Bowshier Gillen – 3/15/1977 – 12/28/2024
The Grandview Pool – Memories
The Grandview Pool in Columbus Ohio holds a special place in my heart. I grew up in Grandview until the 4th grade and have very fond memories of visiting the pool in those early childhood days. My grandparents on my father’s side grew up in Upper Arlington, my father in Grandview and now my parents…… Continue reading The Grandview Pool – Memories
Autumn in Columbus
Autumn Moon in the Early Morning
誰がこの明るい月を見て、 秋の朝に心動か されないだろうか – 良寛 “Who can remain unmovedbeneath this bright moonon an autumn morning?” – Ryokan
The Trump Win and My Thoughts
It is November 8th, 2024. We just had perhaps one of the most important elections in American history and the majority of Americans have overwhelmingly chosen a path that will change the country into something I cannot recognize. The country I knew, one that rightly or wrongly, we Americans considered a force for good in…… Continue reading The Trump Win and My Thoughts
My Neighbors
I remain fascinated by the passage of time and my neighbors have become a reference point in how everything changes. I just learned from a real estate friend that my neighbor Tom is selling his house even though there is no sign in the front. With his move that now makes us one of the…… Continue reading My Neighbors