by aaron | Jan 4, 2017 | Essays
(This essay is the third in a series reflecting on 2016. You can read the first essay here and the second one here.) In these ongoing thoughts about the year 2016, today’s topic is America, a country where far too many of us got...
by aaron | Jan 3, 2017 | Essays
(This essay is a continuation of theme reflecting on 2016; the first in this series can be read here) I spent the evening of November 8th in Spokane, WA, posted up at a bar watching as CNN posted election results. The outcome that night was as...
by aaron | Jan 1, 2017 | Essays
According to the Chinese zodiac, 2016 was (more or less) the Year of the Monkey. Sadly, it’s felt a lot less like good ol’ Curious George waving impishly above, and a lot more like this: Living here in America, most of the year was consumed with the...
by aaron | Nov 14, 2016 | blog
Regardless your political persuasions, after last Tuesday I think most of us looked a lot like the picture above. If anyone was looking for The Understatement of the Year, 2016, it seems safe to say that many of us were a wee bit surprised by the election results....
by aaron | Oct 26, 2016 | Essays
Earlier today I went out for a jog. It was a beautiful, sunny day, and I plugged in my headphones, felt the brisk air on my skin and marveled at the fall colors burning across the hills. I’ve had a lot on my mind lately—work, money, auto repairs, Republicans—and...