It’s 2022. It’s Starbucks. We have WiFi. This should not be “blog worthy”, but sadly, for me it is. I know, First World Problems, right?!? The thing is, I’ve gotten trained to expect things like free WiFi at public places, so when it’s not there, I get all twisted! My “office” is at our newest…

This weekend I did something I had done 12 times before: I went to see Sammy Hagar in concert. He was my first big arena concert back in the 80’s and has been my favorite singer for decades. “Wait a minute”, you may be thinking. I know, this is still a recovery blog. Indulge me…

I woke up on this Labor Day morning and went about the process of getting ready. For me, “getting ready” means taking a shower, brushing my hair, and getting dressed. My plan for the day was to head down to Starbucks and have coffee while getting some writing done. I have coffee at home and…

When I go to the prison it is just a little over an hour drive each way. I got up on Saturday and got myself ready. I had some coffee and watched a little bit of Premier League from England to get my day started. It was lovely. I noticed that it was almost time…

I had an appointment this morning about an hour and a half from home. I got up early and moved through my morning in order to be on time. Now I’m sitting in the parking lot and realize that I did bad math. I added an extra hour to my travel time. Planning is important…

You may remember that ear worm of a song from the Proclaimers from the late ‘80’s. If you look at it on a map the 500 miles then the 500 more could actually put them in Iceland, depending on which direction they set out. That’s a lot of walking on water! Being back in the…

I was sitting at my local Starbucks. Nothing out of the normal there, right? Something was rotten in the state of Denmark though. The Wi-Fi wasn’t working properly. The front door wouldn’t stay closed so the air conditioning forced it slightly ajar when, in turn, kept the very noisy fly fan on. To top it…

If you are a child of the 70’s and 80’s you probably remember that spooky line from the little girl in Poltergeist. She was announcing the arrival of the ghosts that were about to change the lives of the main characters. I hear that as I prepair to go back inside the prison this evening.…

I’m back on the mainland and sitting at my local Starbucks trying to get back into the swing of things. One problem is that I slept in late so my day is behind schedule. The other problem is that Starbucks is short staffed today. I was third in line when I came in the door…

I watched something amazing on Sunday. We were visiting Kailua in Kona. We had Hurricane Darby pass by to the South of us on Saturday. In Waikaloa we hardly noticed it. While eating dinner we watched big waves pound the coastline at Kailua. They have an interesting wall along the downtown area. At one section…