Knowing what you’re good at and knowing what your contribution to the world is supposed to be are two very different conversations. I’ve been thinking about that gap a lot lately. Not in a defeated way — more like standing at the edge of what I know and sensing something just past it. I have … Continue reading So Many Brown Cows
Category: Life
The Laundry
In 1999, my bride and I were newlyweds living in an apartment complex with no washer and dryer. We’d carry our clothes over to the laundromat, sit together while things ran, and just talk. One afternoon I folded something and she looked at me and said, “You didn’t fold that right.” What do you mean … Continue reading The Laundry
The Challenge From My Son
My son was a couple of days into a 30-day ab challenge when he invited me to join him — and that’s not the kind of invitation you turn down. So I jumped in. And then, because apparently I can’t leave well enough alone, I extended it to 60 days. He got me started. That’s … Continue reading The Challenge From My Son
The Coffee Shop
I sat down at a coffee shop this morning with a hot cup of coffee and no agenda other than space. No meetings. No interruptions. No one asking me for anything. Just a table, a cup, and whatever my brain wanted to work on. By the time I left, I had completed a final edit … Continue reading The Coffee Shop
The Process
I passed a group of protesters on the side of the road yesterday. Maybe fifteen or twenty of them, posterboard signs, standing on the shoulder. I’m not going to tell you what was on the signs. It doesn’t matter for what I want to say. My first thought was honest and probably not very generous: … Continue reading The Process
