Grandpa’s swing
Grandpa Jones used to have a swing. This was back at his first house in Kentucky. He had tied ropes to a tree in his front yard and attached the swing to the ropes. It…
The first time I ran out of gas
My brother, Ted, and I are driving home from college together. We’re low on gas, as usual, but we’ve got enough to make it home. Really. It’s freezing cold outside, early 2009, I think. Remnants…
The first question is Why, not How
Most of us skip the Why question and jump straight into How. We let the How inform the Why. We don’t ask Why because we follow assumptions. And when we follow assumptions, we’re bound to…