I decided it was time to really get after my bucket list. Near death experiences tend to lend some urgency to everyday life. The list is composed mostly in my head, although at various times I have written it down. But, with the passage of time, the list is constantly evolving and changing. I find …
Well, I’m on vacation this week and, based on early reviews, I’ll probably get several blogs out of this. But I wanted to share this one first to, hopefully, get the foul taste out of my mouth. I mean, we are on vcation. We should be making fond memories to tell the dog when we …
My wife and I moved to Bakersfield, California in 2012. Back then, we didn’t have high expectations for our new digs. Mainly, we were there because that is where my job as an oilfield machinist took me. As a nurse, my wife can work anywhere and, as a machinist, I have that option as well. …