We Are the Sum of Our Choices

I was 12 in this picture I think. That was 35 years ago almost! Hard to believe. I can still hear the sound of my dad's laughter, and...

Reset. Recharge. Refocus. As many times as you need to. I read that somewhere, and it inspired me. I try to live by it. There's so much...

Christmas is my favorite time of year in so many ways. But gift buying is not one of them. Trying to figure out what to get those people...

The other day, the internet was down in the entire city of Oconomowoc. There were insanely high winds that were apparently causing the...

When I was in Utah last month at Zion National Park, I found myself fascinated by the trees. They grew out of the rocks, roots winding...

Awhile back, I wrote a blog about George. How I inherited him when my dad passed away and he stands guard over the fireplace in my family...

Roots, fallen leaves, tree stumps, and rocks. Scattered in the path ahead of us. The twists and turns through the forest took us further...

Do more. Take on more. Be more. And do it all faster than you've ever done it before. It's an unsustainable pace. We rush and rush to try...

In the past few weeks, I've stepped pretty far out of my comfort zone. Challenged myself to do things I've never done before. Things that...

Vast expanses of canyon rock, textured by years of wind and water, rose up on either side of us as we braved the trail to Scout's Lookout...

Every Tuesday night, there's a sheepshead game at my neighbor's house. I've been going as often as I can for almost three years now. We...

I've never been super coordinated. Ask any of my friends. If you walk on the right side of me, I might lean into you and push you off...

It's interesting how little things can have such a profound impact on life. Take batteries, for instance. Lots of our problems can be...

I'm getting pretty tired of Murphy hanging around my house lately. You know him - from "Murphy's Law." Anything that can go wrong, will...

It landed on the function key. I stared for a minute. Shocked and relieved. That damn fly had been buzzing around my head for the better...

One of my favorite coffee cups proclaims: "I Moose Have My Coffee!" I bought it at Northwest Trek Wildlife Park in Washington State when...

I am fairly tall...for a girl. Almost 5'7. So usually I can reach the things I need without asking for help. But a couple of days ago my...

My oldest son becomes an "adult" tomorrow. At least chronologically. 18 years 6,570 days 157,680 hours 9,460,800 minutes 567,648,000...

She was all skin and bones when we found her. Bleeding from one ear, walking with a limp and calling out to us from behind the house. She...

Sometimes life can knock us flat on our backs. Like this leaf I saw last fall when I came out to my car after it rained. I imagined it...