- I spend most of my time on my family's small farm, where I work from home and try to keep up with all the tasks of maintaining just under three acres.
- I continue to work for Flow Financial Planning, LLC. I've now been there for eight years.
- I continue to play the piano (and occasionally organ) for the Sunday worship service one to two times per month at Peace Lutheran Church in Silvana, Washington.
- April was the nine-year anniversary of my arrival back in the Pacific Northwest after more than two decades living in Southern California.
- I really like Bear; it has just the right level of DIY and reminds me of when I started blogging back in August 2001 (twenty-five years ago now!). Then I had to learn the basics of html; now I am learning the basics of markdown.
- I go through different phases of what I watch and listen to on YouTube. Here are some recent favorites:
- Chad Brooks
- Joel Wentz
- Thinking Out Loud Podcast
- Charlotte Niamh. One of many "planner" channels I watch, listed here because of her accent (NE England--Yorkshire, I believe).
- Austen in the Ozarks (Sarah Coller)
- Paper Tams
- Faith&books
- Nate Hagens of The Great Simplification.
- The New Enlightenment with Ashley
- Doomer Optimism
- Just a Few Acres Farm - Archive
- Some of the many email newsletters I'm subscribed to:
- Field Notes from Christopher Brown.
- The China We Never Knew from Dan Reid.
- The Bookshelf, by Tim Hoiland, a fellow MK (missionary kid).
- Theology & a Recipe, by Sarah Hinlicky Wilson.
- Front Porch Republic.
Now page inspired by Derek Sivers via James Altrucher.
Last updated: September 24, 2026