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This week on my morning jog around the Beach Bar Lake, I turned the corner, stopped and snapped this photo. The scene struck me. It offered a path. It offered hope to those who believe that tomorrow can and will be better than today.  For reasons I don’t fully...

I find that fall and spring are both filled with hope and opportunity. Part of this comes from being born and brought up in Maine, New Hampshire and Prince Edward Island.   Both spring and fall are times for rebirth. Both engage a ritual of putting away one set of...

Talk around the Beach Bar over the past week has been about the anger inherent in tribalism across today’s world.   When we are THANKFUL we embrace the good in the world.  When we are ANGRY we digest the bad in the world.    Expressing anger makes...

A recent quote by chef Jacques Pepin on cooking is great advice on LIVING and INNOVATING, especially in a Covid world: “Cooking / LIVING / INNOVATING is the art of adjustment.  It is not always about following the recipe.   The recipe is a guide but also a...

Lexi feels it’s the BEST of TIMES! Around the campfire recently, we talked about how happy our dog Lexi is with Covid-19.  She gets more walks and gets to hang out with us all day. The conversation reminded me of the famous Charles Dickens quote: "It was the BEST...

This past week the temperature retreated from the 90s to a more reasonable 70s and low 80s.   As the temperature came down, I’ve been getting outside more.   I’ve been jogging around the lake, kayaking, swimming and eating outside more. In the process I’ve...

A new mindset is growing on what matters and what doesn’t.  As the sun sank down over the lake at the Beach Bar recently, the conversation turned to how each of us has changed our mindset on what matters and what doesn’t. With the new mindset, what used to be...

Today it’s time to put away the motor boat and enjoy sailing. Motor boats are direct. You simply point the bow, give it some throttle, and off you go from here to there.  Sailboats are indirect. Sailers work with the wind that is available. This makes sailing a...

As I sipped coffee on the dock as the sun came up, my mind was bouncing through the latest news of the day and my reality.     No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t find solutions to the cascading issues, uncertainties, and unknowns. I snapped the attached...