• My favorite albums of July 2022

    My favorite albums of July 2022

    I love finding new music and I hope this list helps you discover something new too. Here are my favorite albums and other musical discoveries from the past month.

  • What factors contribute to your best days?

    What factors contribute to your best days?

    There are many days that feel easy and you feel like you are flowing through work and really adding value. But in order to have those days, you have to also have the days where you struggle to push things forward and problems seem to keep arising. Good is relative. The best days are not…

  • What I learned last week (#184): a heartbeat a billion miles away

    What I learned last week (#184): a heartbeat a billion miles away

    A weekly selection of what I was reading, drawing, writing, and doing.

  • Back in the house for good!

    Back in the house for good!

    197 days ago we started our house renovation. Today we moved back in for good. Finally. The place is far from done, and what is done is far from perfect, but none of that matters as much as having our own space. We’re getting pretty good at living in transition and the moving chaos isn’t…

  • 700 hours

    700 hours

    I appreciate the background of the sculptor Sabin Howard, and the origins of the new World War I memorial, but what was most interesting to me about this great profile from The Smithsonian were all the details about how Sabin, his wife, and his team work together.

  • Not everything needs to be analyzed

    Not everything needs to be analyzed

    Some things are best left implicit. They are beautiful because they are mysterious. Sometimes better, faster, stronger isn’t better at all.

  • Assumptions are decisions, too

    Assumptions are decisions, too

    I’ve got a big change coming with my work. For the first time ever in my life, I’m going to be working on a part-time basis, at least for the next 6 – 12 months. Maybe longer. I’m extremely grateful for this option and am also a bit scared about the change. I will write…