Tag: life

Hymnal

On My Elders and Mentors

I’ve reached the unfortunate age where some of my childhood mentors and elders are starting to pass away.
This is life. I find these moments to inspire a bit of quiet introspection. It’s good to grab and hold onto gratitude.

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Salada

This Year’s Teacher Toolkit

My family loves toolkits. Toolkits for emotions, toolkits for sports, toolkits for marriage, toolkits for friendships, literal toolkits for plumbing. When one of us pulls

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The Last Lake Swim

It was a red flag morning, and the waves were quite spectacular, but Lake Michigan wasn’t so cold as to be bracing. I waded up to my shins (any further and the undertow became frightening) and did a quick dunk. The final lake swim of 2020

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