• Photography

    Sunrise Over Virginia

    Left the southern command early to head to home back north. Was able to capture a some pre-dawn shots Knew it was going to be a good day for photos when this was the first thing you saw. As we went over the bay bridge the east was gold with the pre-dawn sunlight trying to make its way over the horizon while the Moon and Venus could still be seen in the distance, not yet drowned out by the sun. The last one is where I had to pull off the road to take. The sun was just peeking up over the horizon and a wisp of fog was hovering…

  • Blog,  Retirement

    My Last Paycheck

    Sometime ago the business was sold. I stayed on a year beyond my stated contract because I loved what I did. I really did not see myself leaving, but I found myself leaving the state more and more and not being able to run a company to be best of my abilities. I was willing to step down from CEO to a sales position, but that was just not going to work out either. So I announced my replacement, and stayed on until my replacement told me to just take off, he had It. So I did. It coincided with my knee surgery, so that made for an easier transition.…

  • Blog

    Survived My Surgery

    The knee surgery came and went along with some wild dreams that I can’t remember, but do remember them being odd, and I’m in the recovery stage. They gave me some anti-nausea medicine that I have not had the need to take, a light opioid that I have been taking for pain, but took two of them before going to bed and was up all night. Definitely not making me drowsy. Even gave me some Oxycodone… Not interested in taking that and thought that was overkill. I even had to sign a waiver saying I would destroy it/hand it in when I was done. Leg up and sitting in a…