Last summer we met my parents at a lake house in northern Michigan. A beautiful place on a quiet, clear lake about ten miles outside a small town. Set back in the woods…

I think I have a soft spot for beginnings. Maybe a blind spot too. A beginning is brimming with so much possibility. It’s something new, and usually something exciting. Beginnings capture passing time,…

One free hour. That’s the gift of time I have in front of me right now. This afternoon I made myself available to help out a friend, and it turns out they had…

A few years ago, I had the chance to go to Ireland for work. It was a quick trip, barely five days including travel times. It was in the middle of the most…