Burn The Ships

Burn The Ships

Today is the fifth anniversary of the passing of my father. He would be 100. I am well aware of the great blessing of having him as my Daddy. His story is one of hard work and success. He started off dirt poor, worked his way through college, served as a county...
Carrying The Cat by the Tail

Carrying The Cat by the Tail

Oh, how I hope this title doesn’t get me in trouble with animal lovers. For the record, we have a cat and a dog and love them both. I never, ever carry Millie by the tail. When I started on my current journey, I planned to post updates and other thoughts regularly,...
Eight Days to Remember

Eight Days to Remember

About my week at Tennessee’s AgLaunch Bootcamp! I recently spent eight intensive days learning about starting an ag tech business, the state of agribusiness and the ornamental horticulture industry.  I have met great people who are passionate about agriculture...
Conflict, Friction and Vibration

Conflict, Friction and Vibration

I’ve often heard that I think and behave like an engineer.  It’s a good thing, I think, because I spent many years studying to become an engineer.   I remember coming home from college complaining to my Dad about how hard my thermodynamics and differential...
What’s Your Number?

What’s Your Number?

Engineers, mathematicians and scientists are likely all familiar with an important imaginary number.  An equation ends up having the square root of negative 3 in it.  A negative number can’t have a square root can it?  So ingeniously, someone decided to start...
Why am I Writing This Blog?

Why am I Writing This Blog?

Someone asked me recently why I am writing these posts. Well, it’s not too complicated really. I have always enjoyed discussing ideas. I like sharing thoughts and hearing others’ thoughts as well. Now that I’m working mainly from my home and not in...