There are a few opening song riffs that can immediately transport me back to a time and place. When I hear the beginning of “Alive”, it’s 1991 and I’m in Troy, NY. “Ten” was released on this day, 30 years ago. 🎵

View from our beach hut, Eleuthera, Bahamas. My dad and I built this in 2013. It’s made it through a few big storms, been completely under water more than once, but is still standing.

Last back to school drop off for our oldest as she starts her senior year at Cornell.

🖋New pen day. Tactile Turn Nautilus. I bought the short version to better fit in my pocket and cut down a Zebra Sarasa Camel Yellow refill to fit. It seems to fit just fine. The ink color goes well with the gold accents.

The Olympics have ended, so Settlers has restarted in our house. I came from way back for the win.