Musings at Altitude

My 14 year old began studying for her finals more than a week ago – yep – more than a week ago.  With each passing day the anxiety built because she had that most dreaded final in math first – which is today.  She has four more the rest of this week, but none of them […]

For our wedding anniversary, I got my wife an iPod…she too is now part of the now generation! Tonight, though, she wanted to download some games and a movie…that would make her complete.  We went out to iTunes and quickly downloaded Tetris, Sudoko, and a Casino game, and then we went to look at the […]

On December 11th, my wife and I celebrated our 26th anniversary, but this time on the road together as she accompanied me to Baton Rouge.  I keep thinking back to how many of our anniversaries that I’ve missed in my travels, and they are way to many to be proud of.  So this time I […]

I want to visually compare the difference between snow in Baton Rouge and snow in Colorado Springs:   Baton Rouge 12/10/08   Colorado Springs 12/1/08 Although my wife’s family is from Louisiana on her Dad’s side, we now live in Colorado.  We used to get as excited about snow as they did in Baton Rouge […]

I ended up spending some time this week in Baton Rouge on business, and before I left home in Colorado, I received this photo as a warning as to what I should expect upon arrival: As we were landing in New Orleans, we could see clearly from the air the unusual whiteness around the area.  […]

As we were getting ready for bed last night, my wife turned up the thermostat from 69 to 71 degrees, because we didn’t want the grandbaby to be cold at night.  That subtle change made it uncomfortably warm in some parts of the house and yet the perfect temperature in the baby’s room.  I thought […]

Audrey didn’t want to go to sleep tonight…what almost-4-month-old would…I mean, after all, this world is quite the exciting place to a relatively new passenger on this fast moving bus of life!  As I watched my daughter struggle with Audrey, I did the honorable thing and said “give her to me”, and I immediately started […]

I live a very passionate life.  It could be passion in a relationship.  It could be passion in my job.  It could be passion in any particular interaction where I think I can help or I think I can learn.  It could be passion in the awe of God’s creation.  It could be passion from a song […]

I spent many hours today Christmas shopping with my wife.  Our family split up into two teams – my oldest, my youngest, and the grandbaby went one way and my wife and I went the other way.  After about 3 hours of shopping, my wife said, “you’re doing very well today”, knowing how much I […]

I made it to 37,000 feet four different times this past week, and I truly enjoyed the freedom of thought that came from being removed from constant connectivity and the associated tension when on the ground.  That freedom begins the minute they make the announcement, “please shut off all electronic equipment”, and that freedom leaves […]