You’ll be pleased to learn that as of yesterday, I have a brand new phone: an iPhone 6S.  It’s by no means top of the line. But it is new and, unlike my old phone, fast, filled with extra capacity, and capable of running every app I want and need. It’s also, I must say, a work of art. Weighing just a hair over five ounces, and barely a quarter of an inch thick, holding it in your hand is like […] Click to read more…

I won’t lie to you – horses kind of scare me. They are just so immense. Of course, there are other large animals out there too. But you don’t often find yourself standing next to them. Or, as happened to me recently, climbing onto their backs and riding them (whose idea was this?). We were out in Western Colorado visiting my wife’s college friend Edie. Edie and her husband, Gary, live up in the hills at about 7,500 feet. They […] Click to read more…