Loggers at the Office

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Yesterday, it was bitterly cold in these parts. New record low temperatures were reached at local airports. -15C… sounds colder than 5F. Nonetheless, whatever scale you use, it was damn cold!

The worst problem I have with cold — other than not being able to ride my Harley — is that my feet get cold. Even with boots and thick socks, I don’t like cold feet. (Ask my spouse!)

I have a fairly new and good-looking pair of Chippewa insulated “super loggers”. So I decided on casual dress-down Friday to…
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Visit to Langlitz

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Langlitz-LogoLast week when I was on business travel in Portland, Oregon, I squeezed out two hours of free time after a long day of meetings and before an evening function to make my way via bus to Langlitz Leathers. This motorcycle leather gear manufacturer is the ultimate maker of super high-quality gear for the discerning biker who understands the difference between superior leather hides and construction from low-grade inferior junk made in Pakistan.

Man, when I entered the store, the aroma of leather…
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Monumental Breakthrough

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Loyal readers of this blog know that my spouse has been dealing with serious issues related to long-term infections that he acquired from a tick bite. Three years ago today, he was officially diagnosed with the illness and began a long, torturous process of treatment, recovery, relapse, and now (we think) remission.

When a guy has been sick for so long, and living with serious consequences of that illness, you can’t blame him for dwelling in the present or for adopting a “one day at a time” attitude, without want to think about the future.

My spouse can’t walk without assistance, and he has constant pain in his joints from the permanent damage that those infections caused. So “just get through today” has been his ongoing mantra.

Until yesterday, when…
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Had To Take A Stand

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MarylandflaggayringsOrdinarily, my spouse and I live a quiet life where we do not engage in LGBT activism. I have participated to a degree when same-sex marriage was being considered by our state’s legislature by contacting certain elected officials I know by phone and with follow-up letters.

But most of the rest of the activism is not something in which we engage. If other states do different things, who am I as a non-resident non-taxpayer to express an opinion? Instead, we demonstrate that we lead our lives as good and caring citizens who happen to be married to the man he loves.

And by the way, the Earth has not stopped rotating on its axis or around the sun. Marriage is still marriage — it has not been “redefined.”

However, when my motorcycle club…
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Blogging When It’s Good

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My spouse mentioned to his doctor during a regular follow-up visit that he has found some blogs written by people who have the same tick-borne infections that he has. He noted that those blogs describe the pain and difficulty of dealing with the symptoms caused by the infections. These blogs are written sometimes by the infected person him/herself and sometimes by caregivers.

What bothered him most about those blogs is that they ended abruptly once the infected individual began to feel better. There were no more posts describing anything about recovery.

I realize that I have posted a lot about my spouse’s and my journey in dealing with those infections. However…
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Travel Observations

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I had a productive business trip to the West Coast, and also got to visit with some of my family while I was there. I returned home late on Friday afternoon to the arms of my warm, wonderful spouse.

Along my way, I made some observations…
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