I wanted to take a minute and apologize for my lack of posts for the last two weeks. What started as an opportunity to work a few extra...

Sam was out of town for the latter part of last week. Thalia, my daughter, and Nana, my mother in law, were both house sitting. So I was...

Beef Spare Ribs Chinese Style I'm late again and for that I apologize. In my defense I have already written this post once. In fact it...

I think by now we've established that I am not a food photographer. I'm not really a photographer, period. I'm a cook and an aspiring...

There are many gifts to having brought my business home, but the one most prominent in my mind today is - awareness. No, that's not quite...

Okay, so this is not ideal. I obligated myself to work again tomorrow, sanding drywall. Which is itself not ideal, but it is a paycheck...

There are some who posit that one of the big tasks of life is to attempt to bring some order out of the chaos of existence. It's a...

It’s here. Can you feel it? I can. The world is opening back up. No, I’m not talking about lockdowns or COVID restrictions. I mean the...

I missed my self imposed deadline earlier today. A home renovation crew I sometimes work for asked if I could help them out this week....

You’ve already seen me wax poetic about cast iron and watched me spit my ire over the microwave. Today I’d like to do a quick rundown of...

I’m going off script today. You’ll come to find I do this. I’ll be making progress on one task and something will set me off on a...

Geni, a dear friend and reader, commented on my Essential Tools post on Facebook. She said she couldn’t wait to hear me wax poetic about...

I remember the first time I saw a microwave. It was probably 1984. My Uncle Boatie, my mother’s brother, had just bought one for my...

Throughout my youth and into college I thought I wanted to be a visual artist. I had a talent for drawing as a kid and I got much joy...

One of the advantages of being sick is that it gives you time to think. Well, maybe not while you are sick but in those limbo days just...

Just show up. That’s it. That’s how you get better. Show up. Get your hands dirty. Do the work. Play the game. Whatever it is you want to...

True change comes from within. When you are lifting, where is your focus? Is it inside of you or outside of you? Are you focused on the...

As I kid I grew up watching martial arts movies. Back in the 80s we had an independent TV station, Channel 21. If you didn’t have cable...

What is bracing? Bracing is the conscious act of stabilizing the lower spine against load and extraneous movement. What is Inner...

As I was training this morning I started thinking about how my approach to training has changed over the years. I started to think about...