I Just Put Away My Crabbing Gear for the Season... and what a season it was! Early on, I caught so many crabs that I only kept the jumbos. The crabbing stayed good throughout the season, and I’m grateful for another wonderful year on the water. Another opportunity to...
Little Things Can Ruin You. There’s a stump on our beach. It’s not much to look at, but it serves a pretty important purpose. It provides a little protection for some of the land behind it. The problem is, the water doesn’t care about this stump. The waves come in....
I Stood in The River with a Fishing Rod in My Hand. But I wasn't fishing. For several minutes, I just stood there watching two beautiful egrets and two great blue herons have a little standoff as they figured out how to share the same stretch of creek. After a little...
Every Area of Your Life Where Things are Really Good, You Went Through a Lot to Get to This Place. Nothing is ever perfect in life. No matter how good your life is. For me, there is always something I can consider to be less than I would prefer. And when I consider...
I Woke Up in the Morning With a Plan. I was going to take my paddleboard, paddle about two miles upriver toward the next creek, and do some crabbing. The water was relatively low, which meant visibility should be good. I hadn’t crabbed that particular area yet, and I...
There are People in Your Life Whose Word You Don't Trust. This isn't about dishonesty per se, or intent to do you harm. I mean people who you tell you they will do something, but you don't believe them. How did you come to not trust them? Because they have promised...
Would You Want to Spend 12 Years in a Cage? Probably not. But that is exactly what is happening for a large amount of the population. Only the cage is their body, and the sentence is largely self-imposed. Here's what I mean: The average lifespan in the United States...
The More You Chase the Easy Way, the Harder Your Life Becomes. That's not because you're lazy. It's because you're human. We're wired to look for shortcuts. We want the fastest way to lose weight, the easiest way to build a business, the simplest path to financial...
This Years 250th 4th of July Celebration Found Me Introspective.... I was thinking from a deep gratitude perspective about how fortunate I am to live in a country where freedom is a core value. And this was, and is, purely good fortune. Something I had nothing to do...
Every Day That You Wake Up is a Fresh Start. Yesterday you didn’t feel like it. You were overwhelmed. Scared. Worried. Down. You had every intention of starting the thing you really want to do. But you didn’t. Or… You HAVE actually started the thing, and in addition...
