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Love is something you do (happy anniversary) ❤️
Today is our eighth wedding anniversary. Four of those years have been spent in the States and the other four in Scotland. Putting aside any negative thoughts about marriage as an institution, being committed to a partner for the long term is a beautiful thing. I know I shouldn’t need an anniversary (or a holiday)…
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Green tag
The kids and I participated in our second grading for Taekwondo over the weekend, with Vivian (who just started this year) upgrading from her white belt to a yellow tag and me upgrading from a yellow belt to a green tag. Sam is taking his test later in the week to upgrade from a yellow…
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Moving the goal posts
“When you were younger, you probably dreamed about having what you have now. You have since moved the goalposts.”
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Blood, sweat, and chrome
I finished reading Blood, Sweat, and Chrome by Kyle Buchanan last week, which documents the wild story of the roughly twenty-year journey it took to create the movie Mad Max: Fury Road, released in 2015. It’s said that the film is one of the greatest action films ever and one of the best movies of…
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Goals and how I want to spend my days
My wife and I have been thinking about longer-term goals and direction lately, and the indomitable James Clear (author of Atomic Habits) has come up a few times in the past couple of days, as if on queue, with some sage advice.
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Painting and running in Bahia Feliz
The fam and I were lucky enough to visit the little resort town of Bahia Feliz on the island of Gran Canaria this past week. It was hot (38 C/ 100 F). My wife and kids had a blast. I got to do my favorite things. Yes, I got to swim in the ocean, enjoy…
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March 2023 Monthly Review
March highlights: got up into the hills for the first time in several months, got new running shoes and thought a lot about how much I ran since I started wearing them, I grew a batch of shitake mushrooms and cooked them up, I reflected on what the coaching experience has meant and how much…
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Algiers, Kweli + Madlib, and more of my favorite albums from March 2023
(Algiers photo by Ebru Yildiz) I love discovering new music and hope that sharing my finds inspires you to listen to something different. Here are my favorite albums from March in no particular order.
Writing and drawings by Nick.
