I’ve been asked, “Why fire hydrants?”. To answer that, I’ll mention my friend, Les Oswald. Les is an artist, photographer and videographer; and I’ve known Les since January, 1979. Les started a photo album on FaceBook with this statement and question: “Fire hydrants: always there, always ready. But are they […]
I’ve been listening to Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s album “Beethoven’s Last Night”, one of their three non-Christmas albums (the other two are “Night Castle” and “Letters From The Labyrinth.) I’ve probably listened to “Beethoven’s Last Night” a half-dozen times, at least, in the last few weeks. I love their music, but I […]
The other day, I was reading in “Meditations” the compilation of the writings of Marcus Aurelius, as translated by George Long. In book IV, Section 3 of that book, I came across the following: Men seek retirement in the country, on the seacoast, in the mountains; and you too have […]
On Saturday, August 26, 1916, William Wallace Flanigan (my Great Grandfather) discovered a natural arch on Cedar mountain. On Monday, September 3, 2018, several of his descendants, including me, their families and friends trekked to see the arch that is now known as “Flanigan Arch”. I had never had the […]
I was recently, and by recently, I mean, “sometime before today” introduced to the website, “Daily Stoic“. I have really liked the little essays that are published on this site; it’s worth taking a gander! They’re also on Facebook. One of the concepts that this site introduced me to is […]
I continue to have fun taking photos through a glass ball. Here’s a small collection of photos I’ve taken while taking little Frankie Beans on walks through Daybreak.
I attended a three-day training conference last week that was held at the Salt Palace in Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. The conference was very good and worth what it cost my employer for my ticket (very reasonably priced). In addition to all the training sessions, there were presentations being […]
As is the case with many people, I can act like a mean, unkind jerk and demonstrate many other anti-social behaviors as I attempt to navigate this life. Of course, it would be untruthful of me to not admit that I’m also capable of being very loving, kind and generous. […]
I was introduced to the idea of taking photos through vegetable oil in water, a glass ball and other glass objects. As a result, I have been having fun playing with these transparent objects that refract and distort what is seen through them. Part of the fun is going to […]
A friend at work recently posted this on Facebook after we learned that two of our fellow workmates were leaving the company. I like it so much and I agree with his sentiments, so I’m sharing it here: I have great colleagues… Well in truth they are my friends. Both […]
The last time I was at Hurlburt Field in Florida I was able to capture a few photos of the aircraft that are on display there.
In 1986, Byron Katie discovered four simple questions and a turn-around that helped her learn to be at peace. She realized that all suffering is caused by believing our thoughts, and the only way to relieve the suffering is to question our thoughts. She calls these four questions and the […]
I was listening to episode 3 of the podcast, “So, here’s my story” where I heard a wonderful quote by Julio Olalla: “Wisdom is a love affair with the questions; and knowledge is a love affair with answers. We have lost concern for wisdom” So I did a search for […]
Richard Feynman: making science easy to understand. Bill Gates and Microsoft have put Project Tuva together and its something that I really like. Project Tuva is a collection of videos on science, taken from “The Messenger” lectures by Dr. Richard Feynman. Here’s an introduction from Microsoft’s website: The Messenger lectures […]
It all started with Lisa yelling out, “I’M GOING!!!” And then she added, “Oh, and you can come, too, if you want” In January of 2007, at Jared Gomez’s recommendation, Lisa and I watched the movie, “The Secret”. We both thought it was OK and had some interesting things to […]