It’s been over a year since I have posted a blog on this website. I miss it here; I really do, but I’ve got a bit of writer’s block. So, let’s see how this turns out. Peter, let go of the result. Your muse will guide you when you begin. Just write. This is our healthy and happy dog, Tuukka, in the Spring of 2019. Handsome boy, isn’t he? Well, I certainly think so despite the blurry iPhone photo. The …
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I miss a lot of things since COVID-19 turned the world upside down. I miss publishing my thoughts on this website. I REALLY miss it. So, it’s time we all get reacquainted once again :) The …
If my memory is correct, at some time in the fall of 2006 I watched a 20-minute video that profoundly mixed my emotions with the intensity of a Ninja blender. The video featured a soft-spoken …
I had known about Thoreau’s quote about going to the woods where he documented and chronicled his experience (for two and half years) in the book, Walden. I have been to Walden Pond in the quaint …
I spent an afternoon by myself getting back to the earth and enjoyed an uneventful stroll along the unmarked footpaths of a state forest. I came upon this ambitious plan-in-progress of a beaver. This artwork of …
Shortly after sunrise on a late spring morning, I walked to the end of the dock at my sister’s and brother-in-law’s house. After seeing the name of their boat, Next Chapter…, a heaviness of emotions consumed …
During my morning commute to work earlier this week, my muse delivered a revelation to me. You know Peter, you’ve pulled yourself out of some pretty undesirable situations. You accomplished goals you never wanted to set. …
There are periods in our lives (I like to call them seasons) when we find it difficult to maintain our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual strengths. A sniffle here and there turns into frequent sneezing and …
As I looked across our backyard, a blanket of dying leaves nearly covered the green grass that hadn’t encountered a first frost. It was a peak-week of glorious colors in southeastern Connecticut’s fall foliage season. Why …
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