Author: John Pepper

Day 8 and I had so much to say today, but nothing to say now that I’m sitting down to write. It’s really hard to stare at a blank screen and say anything that...

Today is Labor Day. Happy Labor Day. One of the blog posts I read this morning was entitled “Honoring Labor” and it’s short so I’ll paste it here: The author rightly points out how...

Since moving from Boston to our current home in Vermont six years ago, we’ve enjoyed a pretty massive back yard. It should be a field… it’s 2-3 acres of lawn, and then about 1.5...

No, I haven’t been drinking. In fact, I haven’t had a drink since December 3, 2019… which means that the other day I just celebrated 9 months of sobriety. Since I don’t drink anymore...

One of my favorite companies that I was fortunate to visit through my friends at the Tugboat Institute a couple of years ago is Radio Flyer. And while the brand itself carries enormous memories...

Yesterday, Maggie and I left VT at 430am to catch a flight from Manchester, NH to Chicago, IL, to Salt Lake City. We stayed in Park City for the night before going to pick...

The other day I had a so-called Twitter rant. My direct complaint is that the higher you go up on the food chain, the less people at those levels feel compelled to voluntarily participate...

I write something nearly every day. I’ve kept a journal since the fall of 1989. For years I’ve wanted to join the group of daily bloggers, but my problem is I lack discipline. Not...