A very long time ago – obviously before digital photography- my passion for music led me to the saxophone. After learning the Tenor Sax, I explored the Alto and Bari Sax as well. Same idea, very different results. I found that I could coax classical, pop, jazz, funk, or whatever out of those instruments with……

It’s a few days before Christmas and throughout the property, all the animals seemed content, even the squirrels and mice. The cat and dog are cozy inside our house and there are many permanent residents in the yard, all of whom seem quite happy with their current state of being. We humans can learn something……

A friend recently posted an image of a customized iPhone Lock Screen that I thought was intriguing, but when I hunted for instructions, I came up empty-handed. Disappointment fed initiative which begat a blog post and here we are. The following will provide detailed instructions anyone can follow to create their own customized Lock Screen….…

This blog post has been sitting in my drafts for a number of months and it is time to finish and publish it. Since mid-April, it has been a collection of notes and bullet points, links and snippets – chaos that does not usually exist in my structured, ordered world for long.  It has been……

Some time ago I discussed my love of puzzles and in particular how they teach lessons for real life. I find it quite therapeutic to have this chaotic mass of disconnected bits laid out, that I know will come together into a cohesive story, if I just connect all the right shapes into the right……

As we kick 2020 to the curb and all look forward to 2021, I think it is important to reflect on all sides of this pandemic situation. There are many people who still dwell on the negatives, but I see a great many positives in this situation as well. Before all you villagers reach for……

You’ll have to excuse me, I’m not at my bestI’ve been gone for a month, I’ve been drunk since I left.These so called vacations will soon be my death,I’m so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest …– Spirit of the West, “Home for a Rest” Recently I was very fortunate to……

   “…not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse” This time of year has always been a time of reflection for me.  A time for family, warm fires, and closure.  A time to slow down and unwind with close friends and also to look forward to the following year.  This year as I look……

All I want for Christmas is your generosity. Seriously.  I don’t want stuff and things, I can get my own.  I don’t want books and videos, or trinkets and toys. I don’t want fudge and cookies… wait, actually go ahead and send cookies. Recently, I was asked what I want for Christmas and I said……

On November 18th, 1928, a fresh new face stepped out onto the world stage and captured the hearts of and minds of America and then the world.  Mickey Mouse spoke directly to a whole generation of people who were just trying to make it though the day.  He was the average guy, the embodiment of……

For as long as I can remember, puzzles have intrigued me. While the images in this post are of a classic cardboard puzzle, it is certainly not the only kind that occupies my time. When I was about 6 years old, my sister had a small mechanical alarm clock that was very common in those days and……

I had a case for my iPhone 6 that I really liked.  It took me a long time to find just the right case and I grew attached to it.  So when I upgraded to the iPhone 8, I was disappointed to see that the new design was going to force me to buy a new……

Merry ChristmasFeliz NavidadJoyeux Noëlᑯᕕᐊᓇᒃ ᐃᓄᕕᐊ At this time of year I like to take a step back, breathe, relax and enjoy the festivities around me.  We all spend so much time during the year rushing to do one thing or another and rarely stop to just take in the world around us.  Throw a snowball,……

Open letter to Calin Rovinescu, CEO of Air Canada Dear Calin, I’m leaving you. This is not about you, it’s about…  well ok, it is totally about you, and Air Canada’s lack of attention to its loyal customers.  There is a lesson buried in here somewhere for one of us. I was a loyal Air Canada……

Travel is an a large part of my world. Even though I take most of the trips myself on business, I know it affects my family and we work through those things as they happen.  Dinners with friends need to be rescheduled occasionally. Vacations need to be juggled, and “Family Night” sometimes has to be……

As a global manager, my week is full of meetings.  Many are one-off customer meetings or presentations, but my calendar also includes nine hours through the week that are for standing weekly internal meetings. A few months ago, these were spread out and broke up my days so that I could rarely get a two-hour……

  This is a tale of two very different vacations that happened all in the space of 12 days. One return flight, Mickey Mouse, a hurricane, ferries, and monorails were all in the mix. In all that, there were some lessons learned. If you have read my blog for a while you know I periodically……

A war rages between darkness and the light.  Good and evil, right and wrong, left and right, yin and yang, the story is ageless and has been written in every language, yet persists; evading the erosion of time. I have friends who wake every morning and thank Gaia for her gifts and others who converse……

In 1980 I was 13 years old and had dreams of working in space at some point in my life.  Solid fuel rocket motors, telemetry modules, and star charts littered my bedroom.  With STS-1, Space Shuttle Columbia took it’s first voyage to the void and Carl Sagan was my hero.  That was also the year……

I was just looking back over old files today and noticed a blog post I wrote from 2010  talking about the amazing advances in technology during the previous decade.  I knew at that time there was a new technology revolution on the horizon, but I could not have predicted how dramatically it would change our world in……