Birthday’s right around the corner. It’s one of these days that always makes me think back to how things were and speculate about how they could go from here. Who’s to say, really? This birthday makes me officially older than my dad. He died when he was 33, and I’m becoming 34. I will be… Continue reading Older than my dad

We’re all hoping to find a place in the sun, aren’t we? Just a spot that belongs to us, a small corner somewhere, hopefully warm, hopefully safe, hopefully not too far from the things and people we love. But in the end, we’re all essentially alone, aren’t we? There are days in which you wake… Continue reading Alone

Resilience. Such a nice word. Easier said than done, right? How does one learn to be resilient? How do you become able to bounce right back on your feet after a hard slap in the face? It’s the old “when life gives you lemons, just make lemonade”, right? I guess that’s a way of thinking… Continue reading Resilience

What does it mean to be strong? What is strength? Is it the ability to lift heavy things? How heavy? What things? Strong. When meeting someone new, it happens sometimes that they will say, “you look strong”. I sometimes wonder what it means. Perhaps it’s because of my grandfather always taking me with him to… Continue reading Strength

In the wake of yet another Orthodox Easter, it seems appropriate to contemplate. Is this a religious post? Hmm. I’m not sure yet. Let’s see what happens. Am I religious? Hmm. I have always thought about the message of Easter as something truly special. Christmas is about birth, about the beginning, it is an optimistic… Continue reading Contemplation

Funny how many things can change just in a short time. Funny? Hmm. To reconsider. Once again, I recall the words of my grandfather. He was a man with many faults, but these words I will always remember from him. “What you can do for yourself and to yourself, no one else can.” The well-known… Continue reading Reminder

Today was a memorable day. A day that started with good news, and ended with an excellent dinner. Both memorable in their own way. Memorable not because of the discounts on everything that can be bought, but rather because of the price of everything that cannot. The day started early, and it started well. I… Continue reading White Friday

Stress. The eternal problem. Stress everywhere, for anything, for small and big problems, stress always. It’s like there is nothing else to do other than getting stressed, each day a little bit more than the previous. Why do we stress? Why should we? Is it because we care? Because we invest? Because we believe? Because… Continue reading Stress relief

I love food. Rather, I love eating, hence I love food. And if you know me, you also know that it shows. But that goes beyond the topic of what I’m about to rant on today. My favorite food is meat. Perhaps 85% of my meals include meat, and I know that right now you… Continue reading A piece of meat

A dear friend of mine brought this topic up, and we had quite a nice chat about it the other day. We don’t have the chance to chat as often as I’d like, but whenever we do it’s as if not a day has gone by. What he brought up is, in many ways, related… Continue reading The State