Medium.com post
The growth of the Internet has created so many options. I started creating a blog post here the other day and decided to post it to Medium.com instead since Medium has a wider audience. I also wanted the content on my website so here it is.
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System of Idiots
If you’re high up on a ladder and it falls, you don’t grasp your broken limbs while cursing gravity for working. You curse yourself for n...
Jan 06, 2022 / Read More
The Big Shift
My great-grandmother was born in 1875, ninety-nine years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence. As a child, we would visit...
Jul 07, 2021 / Read More
The “Lost Effect” in Writing
The TV series Lost started in 2004, back in the days before on-demand streaming. My family and I were captivated by the show. In those da...
Jan 01, 2021 / Read More
The Subtle Art of Showing up
Years ago I watched Hardball with Keanu Reeves and one scene has rolled around in the back of my mind ever since. I don’t remember the wh...
Sep 19, 2020 / Read More
A Look at the Current World: By Jeff
My good friend, Will Holcomb, asked me to write an article about how I see the current world situation and the situation in America. Will...
Aug 28, 2020 / Read More
I Grew Up
I grew up in an all-white community in northern Michigan. I distinctly remember seeing my first black person who was visiting our church....
Jun 22, 2020 / Read More
Doubt as a Product — Then and Now
The research was coming out and cigarette companies were panicking. Smoking was trendy, Hollywood stars were paid to smoke a company’s br...
May 24, 2020 / Read More
Death and Destruction by Single Issue Voters
I watched the Democratic debates for their 2020 primary. There were some impressive people on stage with some great platform points. I es...
May 22, 2020 / Read More
A Brave New World — Reimagined via The Global Pause
I went through a phase and read the major dystopian novels; Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, 1984, Animal Farm, etc. The great thing abou...
Apr 23, 2020 / Read More
Creativeness, Insecurity, and Permission to Fail
My story of becoming a writer starts with, “I never planned on being a writer, it just happened …” That journey is fraught with insecurit...
Mar 27, 2020 / Read More