About a year ago, you gradually stopped getting onto the bed to sleep with me. Now, I find myself moving to the floor to sleep with you. I’ve been trying to skip over the part of processing your progression away from this life, even though I know it’s coming, the “estimated timeline”, and I know that’s not how I should handle it.
Read MoreI had already been thinking about how it’s been some time since I’d posted a blog. And whether it was the guilt of lapsed time, or just seeking a better way to hold on to the moment, I heard myself loud and clear. “Write.”
Read MoreI’m sitting here writing this entry at Virginia Motorsports Park in Dinwiddie, VA. Maybe its the realization that it’s my last weekend racing sub-200 mph or maybe its the downtime since our class was called for the day and I’m in spectator mode. But the unexpected & unoccupied time with the soothing sounds of racecars has me reflecting about some of the most surprising things I learned this first year of my nitro experience.
Read MoreThis post is a slight deviation from my latest journeys of America’s highways & byways, but it’s still about a journey in another sense. From February to now, Pam and I have been on a tour of the east coast visiting and competing at NHRA drag strips. No, Pam isn’t clocking her own quarter-mile times, but her pilot has been.
Read MoreVery soon, almost too soon, I’ll be headed back on the road. This time, it will be for 90 days. Three. Whole. Months. That’s 25% of a year. Yep, it’s a long time. Aside from the panic setting in on all the things I need to do before leaving home for that amount of time, overall, I’m feeling worn out.
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