When the Smoke Clears

As the political match finally reaches the endgame this year, I am fascinated. I always have been a news hound. Seriously. I remember Viet Nam, even though I was about 3 when things were starting to go badly. I wasn’t at the point of full analysis of what I was hearing, so the sonorous voice [...]

I’m still looking for that moment, the point in time where the recognition is there. Two sets of eyes meet each other and immediately understand. Then, because of the familiarity of a stranger, they nervously push each other away, but only far enough to symbolically hang on by a thread. Fear takes over, fear of [...]

Sometimes my heart stops beating.
Maybe not literally, but there are times when it feels missing. It’s not there. It’s much easier to continue living for the moment rather than to the future.
It’s not necessarily a bad thing.
Some say we are each gifted with a certain number of heartbeats in our lives. Why [...]

I can accept that I am a food pornographer. Dishes that I make, even only for myself, usually turn out to be pretty danged good, and look good as well. The dinner plate is a beautiful canvas, which is why I like white plates when I am going all-out for friends.
However, my desserts are [...]

alright, my friends, we’ll get back to some regular writing.
Quick summary: Drill, Vegas on business, drill, DC for the 4th, drill, crazy projects at work, drill, training at Fort Bragg, drill, and work.
Have I found a personal life yet? not really. There is hope, but I have to go away again for more [...]