The most recent unanticipated Panera run-in with old friend Bart Liddle was indeed a pleasure! These run-ins, essentially blasts from the past, are one of the greatest perks of working out of places like Panera Bread and Starbucks on weekday mornings. I have reconnected with a dozen or so old friends and acquaintances […]
There I was at Panera Bread – Brentwood, getting some things done: image editing for the Broderick Builders website, journaling about yesterday’s interesting goings on, and engaged in the ADHD-fueled juggling of three or four other activities, when I recognized the large, well-dressed fellow who strolled past, breakfast in hand. It was none other […]
Don’t Come Back Without These Exact Envelopes
After a noon meeting in the 100 Oaks area, I realized how close I was to Staples and I decided to feed my latest addiction. (I’ve found I am hooked on pens. Yes, pens.)
A thorough — very thorough — examination of the pen section was fruitful. Too fruitful. […]
Early on Thursday morning (2-7-08) Kelly Stewart suggested coffee at Phat Bites. I’d never heard of it, so I followed him there. Phat Bites Deli and Coffee Shop is located on Allen Road, just off Donelson Pike, across from Ellendale’s, one block north of Elm Hill Pike and directly behind Mapco Express […]
What a ride that was. It’s folk wisdom and it’s true: difficulties tend to arise when you mix friendship with employment, especially when you are the underling. The finale of this 22-month experiment was far messier than it should have been. It was decidedly discommodious, really; but I do not believe the baffling premature […]
This is still not a political blog, but I will occasionally taunt partisanshipping (Democrat or Republican) or mention government-related ideas and deeds. The only business conducted here centers around the assorted enthrallments, contemplations, and preoccupations of an independent, bald, neurotic Nashville hiker and writer. Naturally, those preoccupations occasionally involve the political.
Stimulate This
I just heard a […]
Big Al!
I have been writing so much lately, and there are no signs of a slowdown.
Around 2:15 this afternoon I received a call from a friend in Atlanta: Fred “Lawyer Fred” Bauerlein. I was pleased enough to converse with Fred Bauerlein in the first place, but when he mentioned the possibility of hiring me […]
Today I crossed the line from sickness into health; the stubborn cold has subsided to the point I’m ready to hike again — excellent! Even better: I met a dear old friend, Al Watts, at the west parking lot of Radnor Lake, on the Granny White side, at 1:30 today for a 4.5-mile hiking […]
A few days ago, the negative aspects of working for someone who is also a friend took center stage in my mind. This morning at Otter Creek, during the communion prayer (time I used to contemplate the situation), I was reminded of the obvious answer: a conscious separation of work dealings and friend dealings. I […]