I have my suspicion why the woman behind the store counter asked for ID today after ringing up my non-alcoholic beers. Later, I drank a few while reconfiguring my desk from standing to sitting position. Some things you stand, but other things you ain’t gotta stand for. #mbnov

I stare at screens and windows all day, but my simplest daily use display never gets attention until something as simple as a battery runs down and needs replacement, requiring the purchase of a precision screwdriver with a set of adjustable heads, and some in-person help. #mbnov

Caring for someone or something isn’t always supposed to be easy. When you minister to their needs, sometimes you sign up to go above and beyond the call of duty. You pick the right moment to say something or, more often, hold your tongue. Here endeth the reminder to self. #mbnov

Sometimes I’m too certain about how to respond to things to change my mind or be as flexible or as responsive as I could be. I’ve paid for that in the past, and will pay for it in future in some respects. If it was only my pride, and then as simple as a little […]

We saw some sun for an hour between rainstorms, so we walked around the civic center past city hall. Even on election day, it was pretty quiet. Tonight we wait for polls to close, for some kind of consensus to emerge from counted ballots in boxes not far from these flags. #mbnov

There’s a perfectly good stairwell steps from our place’s front door. I haven’t thought once about taking my guitar down to the bottom and testing out its resonant properties to see what kind of echo I can capture while practicing. It might make for a fruitful experiment. #mbnov