2017 Year in Review

2017 was pretty significant year!  It is highlighted here.  I’ve composed it into a book to print and keep at our house, but the online version is visible here.  (If the frame below doesn’t load properly, you can also view it here: 2017 Year In Review...

Honeymoon 2017

Kim LaViolette and I were married on September 3rd, 2017 in Asheville, NC, our home.  We subsequently spent almost 3 weeks in Central Europe: in Czechia, Austria, Slovenia, and Croatia for our honeymoon.  Of course, the purpose of this trip was to just relax together...

“My Roots Song”

I first wrote and debuted this song in 2002 at our Mosteller Family Reunion as a reminder of the family roots I cherish in my life as I was trying to find my own place in life.  At our most recent Family Reunion in 2017, I performed it again, but it had further...

Swiss Alps and the Via Alpina

As in the previous two years, I took advantage of my final spring student tour group ending in a major airport hub (PHL), to seek out a cheap flight to somewhere new to explore – giving myself a little break at the end of very busy stretch of work tours. This year I...

A Pilgrim’s Progress: Reflections After the Camino

As the months have passed by since we finished our trek of the Camino de Santiago, I’ve been meaning to write a wrap up about the experience of walking the 500 mile pilgrimage route.  I think I wrote plenty during the walk, but much of the experience of the Camino is...