Brooklyn Desk Creative – Oregon Days

Annette came for a visit this past weekend. We had planned to go to the Sheephorn Lookout in the hills near Salmon, Idaho. Unfortunately it was a “three strikes, you’re out” weekend. Her flight was delayed to the point she missed the connection in Salt Lake and had to overnight thus delaying our departure by [...]

So it was pointed out that i’ve been remiss in my reportage. I’ve not once mentioned where i basically begin each day and the women who work there. I refer of course to the Starbucks that is attached to the building where i work. The store manager asked the question “would it kill you to [...]

Today is my wife’s birthday. I don’t think this is the first time we’ve been apart on her birthday, but i can’t recall a specific year where we might have been. She’ll remember. It’s also the birthday of a guy in my office who, keeping it short, has dual personalities. Mild-mannered fund-raising office-guy by day, [...]

Freakin’ awesome… that’s how i describe today’s weather. It started all cloudy. That’s right i said cloudy! Honestly after three months of nearly uninterrupted cloudless blue sky the presence of an overcast sky and, later, water falling from that sky, hits with the impact of the last part of the first Dune book where it [...]

Back in Minnesota i knew a guy named Adam. We used to joke that his anger arrived ten minutes before he did. He was one of the most pissed-off people i’ve ever known. Fact is he made me seem like Mr. Sunshine. I got to witness him really cut loose a few times we were [...]