Nothing settles my troubled mind and makes me feel grounded like getting out in the woods and doing a hard day’s work. Out here in the woods there are no politics. No elections. No pandemics. No people. And best of all, no Twitter. Just you, nature, a chainsaw and a[…] Read On
Long day. Nice dinner. Good wine. A little Yankees playoff action. You know what? Life is good. Okay, so the Yankees lost. A little scotch to kill the pain. Life is still good. And you know what? Once we get through this pandemic, the race riots, the wildfires, the election[…] Read On
It’s popular to talk about age as if it’s nothing more than a number. An annoying negative thought that a little positive psychology can eradicate. Or a character flaw for the self-help aisle to address. You generally hear that kind of talk among boomers and the occasional Gen-Xer. I mean,[…] Read On
Six days, seven hours. That’s how long we were forced to flee our home of 26 years in the wake of the Bay Area wildfires. First we were locked down. Then we were locked out. Which is worse? You know, I don’t even want to go there. All I know[…] Read On
I’m sure you’ve all heard about the wildfires raging across California since that bizarre lightning storm ignited tens of thousands of acres of dry kindling that the Sierra Club’s lawyers blocked anyone from clearing for decades. As a result, the Tobaks have magically morphed into a family of meandering nomads[…] Read On
The phone is ringing. We stopped answering it years ago. Now it just records robocalls and stuff. Why even have a home phone? Our property has a gate. The home phone controls the gate. My not-so-smart home guy has a plan to fix that — along with half a dozen[…] Read On
Whether you realize it or not, you’re on a path. You can look back and see exactly how you got to where you stand today. The path ahead is far more nebulous, of course, but it’s still a path. Your actions and decisions help to define it, as do all[…] Read On