Musings at Altitude

My wife watched Armageddon for what must be the 100th time tonight, and as always, she teared up when Bruce Willis gave his farewell speech from space to his daughter and then again when the shuttle landed and the little boy runs out to hug his father.  She’s like that.  Even when she knows what’s […]

The Bible says “who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life” and “be anxious in nothing”.  Pretty clear guidance there.  Even so, I worry all the time about things I really shouldn’t be worried about.  So this morning I began thinking about some of the things throughout my life that […]

It’s not even 7:00 am and this has been a fascinating Wednesday!  I’ve been up since 2:30 this morning.  It started out with some form of acid reflux causing me to cough, and I shook the bed for about an hour keeping my wife from sleeping.  Around 3:30, I finally gave up and went to […]

(1) 60 degree temperatures in winter (2) answered prayers (3) unexpected contract opportunities (4) Fellowship Friday (5) a call from a friend I’ve known for 30 years (6) a family conference call (7) a web cam session with the daughter and granddaughter (8) seeing my 14 year old go to school in jammies (9) weekend […]

I read a quote a while back, “Culture is what happens when people aren’t watching”.  I can’t remember who to attribute it to, but it was a wonderful description of something all of us know – culture is not just what you see, but all that stuff that goes on behind the scenes as well. […]

We received two wonderful pictures this week. One was a picture of our soon to arrive grandson who was letting us know quite bluntly and beautifully what he thought of the pushing and shaking to get his face visible for the 3-D ultrasound: And the other was a picture of our 6 month old granddaughter […]

I spent three days this past week focused on leadership development, both for me personally and for the team of executives that I’m blessed to partner with in business today.  As a leadership team, we have about 20 decades of experience, and each one of us felt like we learned something important from the coaching and the […]

Hey Guys! It’s the 14 year old again! My dad has been bugging me to do a guest blog again so here I am! This blog I am going to talk about all things random, which BTW, I can go on and on about!  LOL! Avs: First, I have to talk about my favorite thing in the world, […]

Back in my very younger years, my Mom and Dad gave me an allowance and a list of chores.  They assessed my performance against that list, and then deducted from my maximum allowable allowance based on their grading of my performance.  The maximum I could make was this:   I can’t remember much about those […]

As I was making coffee this morning, my 14 year old came up and gave me a high 5.  The Avalanche won last night, so joy abounds in our house today!  She’ll probably still be giving high 5’s this evening because the thrill of victory lasts quite a bit longer than the agony of defeat.  Since […]