Reboot, Rejuvenate, Resurrect

BOOTS ON THE GROUND As our plane lifted from Minneapolis, I was unusually awake for takeoff. I turned to my companion, a frequent visitor to the state and repository of much trivia, and asked, “Isn’t Minnesota the land of 10,000 lakes?” He smiled and said it was closer to 13,000. In fact, Minnesota has 11,842 lakes of ten acres or more. Looking out the window, I understood why the slogan fits. From above, the land seemed covered with scattered patches of water of various si

SHOULD I OR SHOULD’NT I? I was walking on the sidewalk in a neighborhood that I didn’t know existed in my city when I read a sign posted on a utility pole. “DANGER DO NOT CLIMB.” I thought, “Dah, why would anyone want to try?” The following morning, I read words penned by my new favorite author/poet, Mark Nepo… “living over hiding, being over thinking, participating over observing, thriving over surviving,” and the danger sign flashed in my head. Follow along as I attempt to

TIME 5:05 AM – a tiny sliver of a matchstick embeds itself in the pad of my right thumb. I am a bit of a pragmatist; I had two choices for quick removal; use the nails of the left hand to remove it or find tweezers to pluck it out. My fingernails were right there. At 5:10, I concluded that I had chosen incorrectly. As I stood to look for tweezers, I spied a small safety pin lying on the end table. “This should do the job” I thought. 5:17 – I had successfully extracted nothing

SNEAKERS AND SCARVES The father asked, “Son, how many pairs of sneakers do you own?” The son answered with a number that was more than he could wear in a month if he wore a different pair every day. The father turned to his friend, “And how many pairs do you own?” The friend answered with a number that far exceeded the son’s. The combined pairs of sneakers could easily stock a small footwear store. Not to sound judgmental - the question that begged an answer: is this a case