Flashing a truck driver must be a good omen to start a cross country trip. I picked my dad up at the airport this afternoon and while racing home to see the Patriots game we passed a trailer truck. Not an unusual occurrence, but this one had a sig…

Tonight Rylie made her first reconciliation. She was out in the open, sitting under the scary Halloween Jesus shown in the picture (which is worthy of a whole separate post). She has been a nervous wreck about the event and afraid of being a bad k…

Yesterday at lunch I received the above fortune. Normally, like the rest of the rational members of western society, I automatically write these off. However, given the things in life that are currently evolving, it seemed really appropriate. Mayb…

We spent New Year’s Eve in Harmony, PA at their German New Year Celebration. They drop the ball and set off fireworks at 6 pm local time because it corresponds with the German New Year. We were joined by friends and the kids were sure to make sure…

This evening, Christmas Eve, I got word that one of my best friends passed away. Walter Morton Soule, my grandfather, slipped into the deepest sleep at the age of 91. The picture above was taken of me with my grandparents during a visit with them …

This has been a great year for me. Lots of things to be thankful for in my life. I have been truly fortunate to be able to travel to some amazing places, each of them moving in their own way. This picture was taken sitting on bench looking back ov…

This is the view into the mountains from my room at the Harrison Hot Springs Resort and Spa in British Columbia. I am here doing my duty as a member of the Board of Directors for the Institute for Professional Environmental Practice. I felt obliga…

This morning I am leaving LA and heading back to Pittsburgh through Phoenix. I’m happily enjoying a first class upgrade the entire trip. I haven’t had a chance to drive around LA for almost a decade, and I Jove.to say it hasn’t changed that much. …

The Aircraft Routing Gods dictate that it is cheaper to fly from San Francisco to Los Angeles if you stop in Las Vegas. I’m not geographic genius, but I know enough to be able to say with certainty that it doesn’t make any sense. But it was the di…

This morning I left San Francisco. I was back out there for a meeting with the EPA and FDA, which is always an interesting experience. But it gave me some more time in one of my favorite places. For this trip I had a client with me, who actually w…