Musings at Altitude

I was so excited today – my 14 year old popped into my office and said, “Dad, let’s go for a walk.”  I was skeptical at first, not knowing her motives, but it really was just an attempt to go get some exercise with her Dad.  How cool is that.  I asked, “where are we […]

One of my favorite movies of all times is “The Replacements”, starring Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman.  It has all the great themes: a group of misfits come together and achieve unbelievable success the failure as a player comes back and overcomes his past to be victorious in the end the tremendously talented bad guys […]

 This is the first day of summer break for my 14 year old.  Several things happen on this day: (1) With no school, no need to shower and get dressed (2) Since school is over, it’s now time to plan what she’s going to do in almost every single day of the summer (3) With […]

When things slow down just a bit, I spend as much time as possible in introspection, thinking back on my actions and my attitudes.  Quite honestly, I don’t always like what I see in looking back.  Oftentimes in the heat of the business battle I get into what one good friend and colleague calls a […]

This time of year is packed full of graduations, at all levels of academic achievement, and the one that brings out the most people to watch and wonder is the Air Force Academy graduation.  It actually isn’t for a couple more days, but one of the big thrills is the Thunderbirds, and they always show […]

This weekend has been a weekend of recovery for me – mentally and physically.  I’ve been recovering from the stress of three tough weeks in a contract deployment environment and recovering physically by getting back in the groove with my put on hold exercise program.  At my age, the mental recovery is so much easier […]

Speaking of graduation, the events of this week have me thinking about the events of life in general.  In a sense, we’re graduating all the time from something.  We go to school all the time – not necessarily in a purely academic environment with lectures and listening – but definitely in taking on new challenges […]

My oldest daughter graduated this week – received her degree in nursing – completed the academic work for her chosen career path – now has to study for her certification – I think that’s what they call it – mission not complete just yet – soon though – no doubt she’ll pass that too and […]

As we were driving back down I-25 toward home yesterday evening, the storm clouds were off to the East full of lightning and the mountains were off to the West.  I-25 is a North to South road at that point and you could fairly clearly see the demarcation between the storm and the clear skies […]

I’m at the airport again, and as I walked toward the security check line I quickly noticed (if I noticed, it must have been some sight) that lots of adults were hanging out on the ropes and lots of teenagers were in the security check line.  As I got closer, I heard many of the […]