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Keep Going Anyway

Because it really is all about the journey.

It’s harder than you think.

But often it is.

I didn’t plan to write an open letter to Bruce Springsteen today. But his “The Streets of Minneapolis” found me when I needed it most.

A *mostly* found poem for Christmas, 2025

Why we all benefit when we acknowledge each other's presence

Takeaways (so far) from This Year’s NaNoWhateverIt'sCalledNow

My second time seeing Bob Dylan was nothing short of transformative.

Or maybe just eat us alive.

With The Cle Elum. September 25th, 2025

Or The Power of “Been There, Done That.”

And Three Things That Might Help

How I Lost It, and How I Still Yearn to Get It Back

Memory is Constructive, not Reproductive

It’s counterintuitive, but you really should put “last things first.”

Overplanning and The Value of Small Wins

What I See More Clearly from Far Away: America, Reconsidered

In memory of George Edgar Kelley, April 17, 1962 — June 27, 2025

Most of our energy is expended to stall or attempt to defeat entropy.