Russell

I turned 48 today.  I woke up this morning not feeling awesome.  I slept in.  I tossed and turned for a bit.  I took stock of most of the things that weren’t going right for me right now.  I tried to go back to sleep.  Melissa crept out of the room early to hang those […]

We were so excited to go ice skating over winter vacation. We were up in British Columbia at a ski village called Big White and the weather was frigid. We took a day off from skiing to strap on some skates and give it a go on the ice. We rented our skates and headed

I walked to Met Market this morning after a grueling end of year run.  I’m sore.  I’m hungry.  And I’m energized.  Forget the fact that as I was walking into Met Market, I dropped my laptop and cracked the screen (the very screen that I’m using to type this post).  I closed my eyes for

“I have no time!” I said to my friend Terry when he encouraged me to become a “celebrity” dancer for Seattle Dances with the Stars. It was December 2022 and while I appreciated the encouragement, I was just so darn busy. How would I fit in all of those hours of practice and the fundraising?

In December 2022, I hesitantly agreed to do a celebrity dance competition (Seattle Dances) to raise money for Plymouth Housing, a local nonprofit.  These three words threw me from the get go:  Celebrity + Dance + Competition.  What? I am flying way out of my comfort zone here.  There is no way I have the

  I wasn’t sure I wanted to write this as a post. I mean, could I make it interesting and engaging and sizzling hot? Well, probably not. But I just don’t think I can ignore it any longer. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a lover of meetings but I have learned that meetings effectively