The World Needs a Bunch of Bananas
On Friday evening, I had the privilege of watching the Savannah Bananas at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. I had seen clips on Instagram of the Savannah Bananas playing baseball with a few tricks and some funny dance moves, so that’s what I was expecting to see. I did see those things, but it was that…
Live a Life You Don’t Need Holidays From
We just ordered a screen for our van. It’s one of those quick-to-install screens that attaches to the van by magnets and features magnets down the middle for easy opening and closing of the screen. The impetus for this purchase was my getting up in the middle of the night while camping and opening and…
A Dog At My Feet
It’s a beautiful day in the Pacific Northwest. We keep the summers a secret up here because there truly is no better place to be on a summer day. The sun greets you early and lingers long enough for an evening of play. The temperature rises but stops before it begins to swelter, just at…
Five Years of Writing
It seems to be true that time flies when you’re having fun. It’s hard to believe, but I’ve been a writer for five years. It still feels strange saying that, but I suppose with sixty straight months of being published and my first book under my belt, I can say that. The reality is I…
An Inspiring Day Trip To Anacortes Washington
To celebrate Mother’s Day, Lindsey wanted to take a day trip to Anacortes, a small coastal town in Skagit County, Washington. We always enjoy strolling the quaint downtown, popping into little shops, and enjoying the restaurants. There would also be a farmers’ market to meander through on this particular Saturday. That’s where we started our…
Lost Days
I have been thinking about this piece for about a week now. I had one of those days where it seemed like I could never get to the things on my list. I had some long unscheduled phone calls, dealt with unexpected computer issues, and had a few other surprise work pieces pop up along…
Finding Readers
A week ago, I received a call from Sea Port Books in La Conner, Washington, letting me know that I needed to bring in more copies of A Wandering Mind because I had sold out. I was so excited and appreciative. Local bookstores have proven to be a great partner for me since publishing in…
Writing and a Podcast
In life, it’s important to know your strengths and weaknesses. You can lean on your strengths while working to improve your weaknesses or avoiding them altogether. I’ve realized that one of my weaknesses is web design, specifically working with WordPress, which happens to be what this website is built through. The site has been fairly…
From Blog to Book: Exploring A Wandering Mind
Over the last couple of years, my blogging has trailed off, with just a few random posts a year. My influx in freelance writing has contributed to that, as that’s where a lot of my mental writing space often goes. In addition, I have been working on publishing a book. My book, A Wandering Mind,…
More Than a $1.00
School fundraisers are a part of elementary school life. When I was a kid, the big thing was selling pizzas. Over the years, what is sold for these fundraisers seems to have changed. We have bought copious amounts of cookie dough from neighbor kids. We recently bought some cheesecakes, and I think one time we bought frozen pretzels or something. I also faintly remember some catalog…
The Pam Way
We recently went on a vacation to Tennessee, and a part of our road trip around the state was to stop in Pidgeon Forge, home to Dollywood. While our trip entailed listening to live country music, eating Nashville hot chicken sandwiches, riding coasters in Dollywood, seeing the Great Smokey Mountains, and a bunch of Moon…
A Thoughtful Child
Most of us are so wrapped up in our own world that it’s challenging to step outside our brains and think about someone else. Our days are filled with trying to get everything done and caring for those in our immediate circle. As a result, we rarely have the mental space to think about someone…
I’m Writing a Book and Need Help
No matter how far you progress through life, you still don’t know what you don’t know. That is never more obvious to me than when I try something new. My current something new is figuring out how to publish a book. I have been working on a book for a while now, and I’m nearing…
More Than Basketball
The Mt. Baker High School boy’s basketball season recently came to a conclusion. Years ago, I had told myself I would never coach high school sports again, at least while my daughter was young. I coached high school track, cross country, and girls’ basketball. While I enjoyed the coaching piece, the time commitment had me…
Back To Western
The other day I had the opportunity to return to Western Washington University. This is my alma mater, and while it is just up the hill from my office, I rarely return to the brick-laid campus where I spent so much time. I have been back a few times for some sporting events, but other…
Learn It, Do It, Teach It
Learn It, Do It, Teach It I was talking with someone on our Moceri Construction team yesterday about what he has been enjoying since he came on board. He has been with us for about six months and has done a wide variety of projects, many of which were new to him. He has enjoyed…
Talking Movement
Fitness is a big part of my life. I see it as a key piece of being healthy along with stress reduction, eating healthy, and getting enough sleep, and it is the piece that I am most consistent with on this list. I have been intentional about seaming movement into different aspects of my life…
Taking a Break
This summer I appear to have taken an unintentional break from blogging. I didn’t stop writing altogether. I have written some articles for a few publications and did some writing for a couple other projects that may or may not ever see the light of day. I did sit down and do a little blog…
Perspective
Over the Memorial Day weekend, we took a day trip out to Lummi Island. This is a place I grew up going to and have been to hundreds of times. As we pulled up to the ferry line in Fiji, our VW Westfalia, it was apparent we would have at least a one ferry wait…
My Easter egg Hunt
Easter is in the rearview mirror and today I went out and did some weed eating I should have done before we hosted, but the weather and me not wanting to got in the way. I did mow so I wasn’t a total slacker. With Lindsey and I hosting I was in charge of the…
Lessons Learned: Our Not So Barn Cats
Our family has never been cat people. Lindsey and I both had them as kids, but having a house cat has never really appealed to us. Plus, I’m allergic to them, so having itchy eyes certainly takes away some of the fun. Over the years, we have had some barn cats, some have not made…
Building Bellingham in a Whole New Way
The name Moceri has been tied to building in Bellingham and Whatcom County since 1974 because of Moceri Construction, but recently I had the opportunity to be a part of building Bellingham in a much different way. The Building Bellingham Podcast put together by Leo Cohen of the Cohen Group NW and his awesome team…
Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover
On a recent trip to Palm Springs, we were looking for a place to celebrate a friend’s birthday, and we landed on Paul Bar/Food. We had never heard of it, but the menu looked good. The location was a little way off the main drag in a strip mall which we assumed wouldn’t have the…
Enjoy Something For What It Is
I love games. I love playing them. I love learning about them. I even love reading about them. I love games so much that I have an Instagram page dedicated to nothing but games, @yardgamenation. I am always on the lookout for books about games in hopes that I will learn some nugget of information…
How Much is Too Much?
There is a good chance you are waking up from a night of overindulging, and if not last night, the holiday season likely meant consumption on a grand scale. Frankly, it’s one of my favorite things about the time from Halloween through New Year’s. To my doctor’s dismay, it is a time to consume. Candy…
White Christmas
In our corner of the world, the Pacific Northwest, we get a wide variety of weather. This year, it has been exceptionally varied. I saw the thermometer at my house hit 108; we got something called an atmosphere river which means it rained a lot and caused awful flooding. My phone is now telling me…
In Search of a Sunken Ship
I’m currently sitting in Maui, Hawaii, with a couple days left on our family vacation, waiting for it to get light out so that I begin my search once more. I’m staying on Sugar Beach, and there is a rumor of a sunken sailboat just a little way offshore in water shallow enough that it…
Happy Halloween!
I have always loved Halloween. It was a night where it seemed rules were suspended. As a kid, I was able to run around neighborhoods to all hours of the night, taking candy from strangers while wearing anything I wanted. In my teen years, I continued to feel like rules were suspended until one night,…
Lessons Learned: The World’s Greatest Backyard Games
Sometimes in life you meet people that have made the choice to go for it. They have a passion or something they want to accomplish, and they put their mind towards reaching that goal. Matt Grear, author of The World’s Greatest Backyard Games is one of those people. A little over a year ago I…
While The World Sleeps
There is nothing more distracting to me than having other people around. If another human is in the room I’m talking to them, whether they like it or not, and just being in the same building with someone creates an urge almost as great. This has always meant that I had to find ways to…
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