Who Will I be Today?

This week – and it’s not just me that’s been feeling this – has been a bit of a slog. I don’t remember much about the past week. It seemed like one day blended into another and all the weight of time felt like it was growing as the week progressed. The one thing I …

Even a Little Bit is Something

This is a post about time… On second thought, while time is a major part of it, ultimately this is a post about a particular lie that I tell myself. “I don’t have time to write.” What I usually mean when I think this to myself is that I don’t have the amount of time …

Power Loss and the Magic Generator

As you might recall from my last Five-Thing Thursday post, earlier this week, we broke down under the heat and humidity typical for a Michigan summer and turned on the AC. Promptly there was a massive storm that knocked out the power Thursday Morning. As I am composing this late on a Saturday night, it …

Easing Back into Things

It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for me, here at the Forge. You may hove noticed that I’ve missed a post here and there. Thanks for sticking with me. It all started one morning with that nightmare scenario where you hit the power button on your trusty laptop…and nothing happens. It’s an exquisite kind …