The largest room in my house is the master bedroom. It actually could be divided into an office and a bedroom. There is a bay window area that is home to a desk that is perpetually covered in old family photos waiting for a turn in the scanner, snail mail and Blue Ray discs of … Continue reading The Space to Write
Finally, Time to Take Stock
I have been looking around as of late. Looking at my house, looking at my job, looking at my life. I see a collections of dreams unrealized, forgotten and delayed. So it is time to move things along because time is going to become short before I am ready to admit it. Life is fragile … Continue reading Finally, Time to Take Stock
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15 Years
In 2001, I was assigned to the Logistics Directorate (J4) of United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) in Norfolk, Virginia. I was the Logistics Readiness Officer. In that capacity I oversaw the negotiation of the Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Ministry of Defense for Canada. The last stage for finalizing that agreement … Continue reading 15 Years
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Hermine
You can tell there is a sizable storm coming to Southeastern Virginia. Yes, the local news is updating reports continuously and the clouds coming up from the south are beginning to look menacing. But there are other indications that we take into account to gauge the severity of the coming weather event. On the Chesapeake … Continue reading Hermine
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Is there a choice?
I am undecided. I am part of the 10-15% of the voters who are undecided. Perhaps we are disappointed, flabbergasted or just plain horrified at what is happening. I probably should not be undecided. I will not vote for Hillary Clinton in any scenario. That is not up for debate. A requirement for my current … Continue reading Is there a choice?
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The Angel Oak
Sometimes you just have to see something with your own eyes from different angles before to you understand how amazing it is. If you live along or visit the southern coast of the United States you will see Southern Live Oaks (Quercus Virginiana). These are venerable icons of the old south, lining roads and driveways often providing complete canopies that … Continue reading The Angel Oak
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Sliding through time
It arrived about a week ago. A box, from my father in Massachusetts, full of rotary slide trays. Weighing in at about 20 lbs with all the packing and trays. More importantly, for me, the trays yielded over 1,200 slides covering family subjects from the mid 1950's through the mid 1990's. As the unofficial family historian … Continue reading Sliding through time
Michael's Monologue 