Musings at Altitude

As a parent, I’ve come to the conclusion that kids know everything (at least they think they do), kids know things lots sooner than we do (at least it seems that way), and kids want to let us know they know things long before we would have known regardless of their relevance to anything significant […]

While I was in route home from Alaska yesterday, for some still unknown reason, the fire alarms in the house began to go off which really spooked our 14 year old.  Her 20 year old brother was home too, but that didn’t calm her anxieties any.  Her mother at the time was out shopping, but […]

I mentioned in my earlier blogs that I found perspective and serenity in my trip North of the Arctic Circle this week.  I went to the village of Kiana, Alaska, with several of our team members, partners and clients, and as always, I’ve come back to the “lower 48” now with renewed purpose, a revived […]

I’m visiting a part of the world right now where the air I breathe is pure, the land I walk on is unpolluted, and the view on the horizon is breathtaking.  I find myself staring constantly as I try to take it all in, and I find myself staggered by the magnificence of God’s marvelous creation. […]

Many of us are reeling from the rapidly rising gas prices, and some of us are already altering our behavior to try and recover the lost discretionary funds that are now going to fuel purchases.  Just recently, someone commented to me that we shouldn’t be too concerned about gas prices because we’re still way below […]

When I walked into my room to begin packing for this latest trip, my 14 year old daughter was sitting on the chair watching TV and our conversation went something like this: Her:  Will you go get me some lunch? Me:  No.  You can get it yourself. Her:  But I can’t right now. Me:  Why? […]

About 4 years ago I spent a few months tracking those I stayed in touch with, and I specifically wanted to track those contacts based on the period of my life when I first met each of them (something I read triggered me to do it at the time).  Here were the periods I started […]

I received feedback from several people that I don’t know what I’m missing and that I really should try staying in my jammies all day and see how much work I do get done.  I can’t imagine ever having the urge to do that, but let me give you some serious considerations just in case […]

I had the fortunate opportunity to spend a couple of days at home this week, and on Wednesday, both my 14 year old daughter and my 20 year old son stayed in their jammies all day (for those of you who have sons, you probably realize he doesn’t own jammies – so he was in […]

I’m a voracious reader, and I truly enjoy non-fiction, and most enjoy those books of real people with real struggles and real heroes.  I was really touched by the book “Chasing Daylight” by Gene O’Kelly, the past CEO of KPMG who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and given 6 months to live.  In those six […]