Recently, I went to Berlin for the second time. The first time I went was two years ago. At the time, I was in a weird state of mind and needed a change in my life. Berlin proved to be the trip I needed – it forced me out of my comfort zone in a […]
Today I was walking the Schuylkill River Trail when I noticed something I had never noticed before: a 9/11 memorial. It’s nothing fancy, with only a piece of a beam from the towers, an inscription around the beam identifying what it is, and the names of three Philadelphians who died in the attacks. It’s simple […]
“I tramp a perpetual journey,My signs are a rain-proof coat and good shoes and a staff cut from the woods;No friend of mine takes his ease in my chair,I have no chair, nor church nor philosophy;I lead no man to a dinner-table or library or exchange,But each man and each woman of you I lead […]
Approaching 30, things start to change. Friends start to move away for their careers, or sometimes just for a plain old change of scenery. Relationships that seemed destined for marriage dissolve in quick flashes, while other relationships that probably should have dissolved end in weddings and children and moves to the suburbs. The only permanent […]
On browsing through today’s Wall Street Journal, something in the design section caught my eye: an article detailing and explaining the return of the 70’s color palette in contemporary home decor. It explains how the 70’s color palette is being used to update contemporary styles and giving the 70’s a breath of fresh air by […]
Walking The Dog – Rufus Thomas (1963) Are you a dog person or a cat person? This is one of the prompts on the dating app Hinge, one of my favorites of their many prompts designed to start conversations among complete strangers who are attracted to each other. I find myself gravitating towards cat people, […]
The older you get, the harder it is to change your perspective on the world. Part of this is because of the repetition that seems to be a hallmark of adult life. Every day, you get up, go to work and come home, and you only get a small portion of each day to yourself […]