Started strong on this blog, then petered out as the realities of a job spiraling downhill combined with an irony-filled sales kick off meeting in Portugal left me with not much to say. Which of course is not the case at all with all that going on. I’ll work to be more consistent. The sales…
Before lead and copper and cast iron pipes, there were clay and wood pipes. Woods pipes sound crazy, but in a time when trees were abundant but copper, iron and lead were harder to come by it made sense to use materials that were readily available. Wooden pipes were basically logs that were drilled out….
Perched on the Northern Shore at the Mouth of the Tagus River, Belém Tower is a time machine back to the Age of Discovery. It was built while Ferdinand Magellan was still making the first circumnavigation of the globe, a high point on a string of maritime milestones for Portugal. It was designed by Francisco…
It’s happened a few times now. I’ll be driving along and notice the erratic driving of a certain driver ahead of me. Speed varying from well below the speed limit to well above. Drifting from side to side in their lane, or well out into the oncoming traffic lane. It’s clear that this driver is…
“For years and years I struggled just to love my life. And then the butterfly rose, weightless, in the wind. “Don’t love your life too much,” it said, and vanished into the world.” – Mary Oliver, One or Two Things I woke up restless. It builds rather than dissipates as I go through my morning…
You want people watching with stakes? Hang out at the International Arrivals gate for awhile. Hugs and smiles and screams and tears are commonplace at Arrivals, but every reunion is different. That stoic gentleman standing next to you? That teenager feigning indifference? They light up when that special person walks through the International Arrivals gate,…
