I am sitting at Holger’s soccer practice. I made a note a week ago to write a blogpost about some recent activities. I have been thinking about the recent losses of people that were present for me during different times in my life: my high school friend, Dan Becker, my college friend, Matt Shaner, and …
Our family enjoyed a few weeks of vacation on Bornholm. As we were milling around, a handful of ideas for future blogposts occurred to me; I also took tons of photographs. I thought I would share some of these pictures, and summaries of potential blogposts, here. Bornholm is a small island in the Baltic Sea, …
We enjoyed a lovely trip to Denmark this summertime. I wanted to share some photos but have been delayed due to some travel detours, etc. We arrived in DK on a trip we planned about a year earlier. We were sad to miss the companionship of friends, who were unable to join due to an …
Becca and I joined some friends last week to see David Byrne’s American Utopia. While I was familiar with David Byrne, I was pleasantly shocked by how wonderful the show was. I previously thought that his voice was special, but mostly just idiosyncratic; In fact, his voice is remarkable. I expected his message to be …
I wanted to review photos from this year. I spent a little time this evening (1/1/22) reviewing photos on my computer. What a year! The beginning of 2021 was very much like the end of 2020. Of course, vaccinations hadn’t yet started flowing… The early part of the year included continued investment into learning computer …
OUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT We must expect posterity to view with some asperity the marvels and the wonders we’re passing on to it; but it should change its attitude to one of heartfelt gratitude when thinking of the blunders we didn’t quite commit. –Piet Hein Thanksgiving is a good day to reflect on items for which …
President Woodrow Wilson established the National Park Service in 1916 to consolidate management of America’s federal parklands under one agency. The National Park Service today manages 84 million acres across all U.S. states and territories, and has served as a model for countries around the world. https://www.history.com/topics/us-government/national-park-service In 2015, President Obama announced an initiative to …
As the end of 2020 approached, Becca and I discussed whether to send an annual holiday card. For reasons writ large, we decided to pass. In the interim, we received many cards and updates from friends, some of whom took the unique opportunity to poke fun at the circumstances of the most recent year. Dox, …
While experiencing happiness, we have difficulty in being conscious of it. Only when the happiness is past and we look back on it do we suddenly realize – sometimes with astonishment – how happy we had been. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis Our family traveled to Crete last year for a vacation. We visited …
There is an idea that the value of a brand is measured in the extent to which the consumer associates a relationship with the product or service. There are some distinctly Northern European brands that I feel like I have a relationship with, including Royal Copenhagen, Skovby, Georg Jensen, and Bang & Olufsen (B&O). Notably …