How are y'all doing on your your New Year's resolutions? I don't ask to be snarky, assuming you've already mothballed your big plans for 2026. I ask because now that it's almost March, it seems like by now you've either 1) completely abandoned your '26 initiative(s) or 2) you've leaned in 100%. Because with New Year's resolutions, I find there's little room "in the middle." I'm not a resolution guy; and in recent years, I've eschewed outcome-based goals as well. Let's take my

This one’s obscure, coming to me “out of the blue” while on a walk. It’s fictional but based on actual events.   He’s been paying attention to the road lately. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say he’s been paying better  attention to the road lately.   And it has nothing to do with driving. Let it be known (and he’d want us to tell you), he’s a careful, conscientious motorist; always has been. Clean driving record through and through. Oh, maybe a few fender-benders throughout

We're getting that time of year: when yours truly heads out to the garage to tidy up. I'm really champing at the bit to get it done, but weather (among other factors) has kept me from my twice-yearly task recently. Here's an encore essay (originally posted in 2022) that sums up what this activity means to me. Enjoy, and I'll see you with some original prose (and maybe a clean garage) next week. Yesterday I cleaned the garage. It’s a twice-annual chore for me (spring and fall)