Today one of the strategy gamer dads from my inner tier of friends surprised me by gifting me a subscription to an online board game platform. It was an act of spontaneous generosity from someone who knows me well enough to know I wouldn’t buy it for myself. We met when his family moved to our area 9 years ago, …
Espresso Spoons
Through a serendipitous series of events, I was invited to a book club that explores what’s next – a group of fifty-somethings figuring out their next act after kids leave, the divorce is finalized, or your life trajectory’s resemblance to your parents’ less than ideal narrative becomes too strong to ignore any longer. The group included an accomplished academic, a …
Another Year
Today is my birthday. I was up early for a bike ride. Dramatic clouds caught the colors of the dawn, and were in turn reflected on the surface of the Pacific. Shortly after walking through the door and receiving warm wishes from my wife, she informed me that an acquaintance we saw at social events (whose kids played sports alongside …