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Graduations, weddings, birthdays, new babies, everyone has their list of special moments they have given up in the last few months. And then there’s the moments we don’t even know we missed: that special sunset on the beach, the crazy dinner with friends at the Mexican place across town, the quiet conversation with a friend you ran into at the corner coffee shop. Our lives can feel so constrained right now, if we buy into that feeling. While they weren’t the moments I’d planned to have, I’ve had some great moments in the last two months. In staying in one…

There’s a Jon Kabat-Zinn quotation that has stuck with me for years: wherever you go, there you are. When I was a traveler, I would get on a jet and, boom, there I was in a new place. One day Dublin, the next day Luxembourg. Is this flight going to Beijing or Sydney? In my last job, I traveled so much that I was never home more than three or four weeks at a time. Then I became a full-time vagabond and moved on average every 4-5 days. To wake up every morning in exactly the same spot for a…

Despite the spate of 90F (32C) days here in Gainesville, we are still in the midst of Spring. This morning, the neighborhood gardens displayed fresh blooms of all colors and scents, from the heavenly smell of jasmine to the soft scent of that most southern of blooms, the white magnolia. So today, no deep thoughts or long posts, just a bit of beauty from that most wonderful of seasons, Spring. Blooming is one thing; but blooming where you are planted is another. It’s so easy to say, “I will bloom when I am there”, but you need to be saying,…

The phrase “shelter in place” took on new meaning last night. After getting a tornado warning on my phone, I walked into the house and asked where one might go if a tornado decided to drop in on us. The hallway, with all the doors closed, was the answer. That made sense; it’s in the center of the house and it doesn’t have any windows. Sort of like what I learned to do with earthquakes when I was growing up in California: get away from glass and stay low in a door frame or other strong structure. On this morning’s…

I am feeling uncertain a lot these days, as I am sure many people are. So many unknowns: How long do I have to stay home? How many people are carrying the virus? How much risk is there to going to the store? Will there be a second wave, and when? When I started out as a vagabond, I was coming off years as a project manager, where my job was to reduce uncertainty and manage risks. I was really good at my job and used those same skills to plan the tow vehicle and trailer purchase and pickup. After…