It’s Cold, Late And I’ve Got Insomnia

I yawn and stretch and lie in the dark with all kinds of thoughts flashing across the inside of my eyelids. Not often do I suffer from insomnia, but tonight has been one of the rare occasions. Just what am I thinking?
Tonight one Democrat and one Republican are probably getting the first real sleep they’ve [...]

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Training

I completed my first indoor BRICK this evening, spinning for 40 minutes (15.5 miles) and then running two miles in 20 minutes. I’ve got a long way to go on accelerating my running pace, but hey, it’s all progress at this early base-building stage. Swimming will start in another 30 days. Until then it’s just [...]

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Premature Withdrawal…(That’s What She Said)

My blog posts on politics are few. Plenty of pundants exist in the world to cover this election year and its ensuing results. God bless the political bloggers one and all, because it’s a god-awful task to follow all this subterfuge, pining and posturing.
But today, I’ll note John Edwards and his decision to withdraw from [...]

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Deconstruction

I spent about 90 minutes in my old home last night…the house my former wife and I picked out together when we relocated to the city. She inhabits it now and our two teenagers split their time between “the palace” and my more humble habitat located about four miles away.
Several years ago, while still married, [...]

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Now I’m Found

It’s kinda’ creepy, actually. Thanks to The Google, there are all sorts of people in the world searching for specific answers and information about their most haunting questions. Well, okay, some are perhaps the random thoughts of idiots, but that’s fine, too.
Here are some search terms and phrases that brought people to Views from Minnesota [...]

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Touch

The exhiliration of making a simple dinner for a special someone can send you scattering into a million different directions. Where’s Chef Emeril Lagasse when you need him most?!!! As luck has it, my Mom did me a favor schooling me on the “how tos” in the kitchen. I’m not a master. Far from [...]

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Define It, Then Be It

Seems my “what I know about me” posts could continue ad nauseum.  This is less about what I know about me and more about my perspective on how we become who we are.
What defines us as individuals? Work? Life experiences? Friendships? Parents? Hard knocks? Luck? How do we roll up all the things that happen [...]

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Other Thinking Bloggers

Srkenney, owner of, The World: Ever Changing, blog recently provided me with my first-ever blog award of any kind: The Thinking Bloggers award. I’m so honored.
The participation rules are simple:
1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to five blogs that make you think.
2. Link to the post where you [...]

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Problem Solved

There’s still more I know about me.
My problems are small and very solvable. I could tell stories, and have, or write about my problems that I’ve overcome. But I won’t wear my problems on my sleeve because I know in the big picture, mine are small compared to what’s going on with the person in [...]

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In A Land Not So Far Away

There’s something else I know about myself. As my environment changes, so do I.
Moving to the Minneapolis/St. Paul region from rural Iowa exposed me to a world of new opportunities. As a kid, my hometown of 12,000 people was the biggest town in a five county area. The career growth opportunities for someone like me [...]

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