Musings at Altitude

I just landed in Los Angeles, bringing my total flight miles on United to 999,173.  On Thursday, I’ll add another 862, crossing that 1,000,000 mile mark. I’m trying to put this in perspective: that’s more than 40 times around the world that’s the distance to the moon and back – TWICE! at 60 mph, that […]

Many decades ago when I was in school, one of my math teachers asked this question on an exam:  “If you jumped off a building and are rapidly falling to the earth, do you mathematically ever hit the ground”? As I worked hard with whatever formulas I could pull out of my pea sized brain back […]

Everyone who lives in Colorado should be very afraid now.  My 15 year old is now officially learning how to drive and within a couple of months she’ll be out on the roads.  Her excitement to be driving is obvious, but before she gets to flaunt her skills (or lack thereof right now), she has […]

As Denise and I were sitting on the front porch this evening, enjoying the cool breeze of the evening, staring at the stars, drinking a glass of wine, and listening to our soft rocks hit coming through the window, this song started playing – I Believe in You. As I listened to the words, the […]

THANK YOU!!!! For those who sent emails and made comments, thank you! My sister, who is soon to a half century old (happy birthday!) weighed in with some wonderful wisdom: God is in ultimate control.  He’s promised that He will work out all things for the good of those who love Him and are called […]

I’m struggling right now.  Mentally struggling.  Creatively struggling.  Trying to fit things together that just don’t seem to fit.  Trying to figure out why people make decisions or decide on paths when those decisions are based on incomplete data or completely biased information.  Working through my emotions when I am affected by those decisions or excluded […]

Just after midnight, in the midst of an incredibly restful sleep, all in our house woke up to the flash of lightning, the crash of thunder, and the pounding of pellet sized hail hitting the house! For about 20 minutes, it was one heck of a storm!

When we were up in Alaska last weekend, on the second day of fishing one of our team members and one of our guides caucused together and decided that we wouldn’t pack a lunch, but instead catch a fish and cook it on the river banks.  That seemed like a pretty safe thing to do […]

I got home late last evening after being on the road for all but about 6 hours of the last 17 days.  Even though it was well past her self-defined, very early bed time, my 15 year old came out to give me a hug, before I even put my bags down.  That was nice. […]

I’ve spent the last 10 days averaging 4 hours of sleep per night, with my days equally divided between two very different locations.  The activities in both locations were uniquely meaningful, leading me to stay up late into the night digesting all the things that happened during each individual day. The first 5 days were […]