Family
It's been one of those weeks when I think about having and raising kids, doing it the best you can, and then sending them out to the world. Few topics can occupy my brain the way this one does and has for a long time. You think about
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I've been writing about journaling for nearly as long as I've written on this site. (20+ years) It's a practice that helps me immensely in the moment and in retrospect. In my own journal I have early 9,000 entries since 1992. For the
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Frisson, which means “shiver” in French and is pronounced free-sohn, is a new word I learned recently. It's used to describe when your body responds with shivers or chills to some sort of stimuli to one of your senses. Our family was talking about which of our
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Candace and I recently returned from the Adriatic Coast. Our main countries of focus were Croatia and Slovenia. Here are a some notes of interest and a few photos: * These two countries are among the tallest populations of the world. I had no idea, but you catch on pretty quickly
Faith
Earlier this year, I wrote a post about using AI in your study of the Gospel. The feedback has been great. It's clear that many of us are trying to find the best way to use these new capabilities in the most beneficial ways. As with any new
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It's been two years since Will and I visited with James at the Hollywood Bowl. Since he decided to come to me this time, it called for concert number 24. I won't write up the whole thing again because the jokes and songs mostly remain the
Faith
In a recent update to the handbook for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, some guidance was added on the use (and usefulness) of artificial intelligence. Section 38.8.48 Appropriate Use of Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) presents opportunities and risks and is continuously changing. AI
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It's been a while since I shared a stockpile post, so here is a list of...things: Spring Break 101 We've seen a lot of places in this beautiful world, and then I realized I've never seen the Central California Coast. So for Spring
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To coincide with the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, Walter Isaacson released a book titled "The Greatest Sentence Ever Written." It is referring to the second line of the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
Family
In a previous post, I talked about how we use Notes app as a family. I had a lot of feedback on that one and promised a similar post for Reminders. It's time. The Reminders app comes on every iOS and macOS device by default. It started off
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In an ironic approach on accomplishment, I try to live a life of zero: * Zero red dots * Zero debts owed * Zero inbox items * Zero physical addictions * Zero past due tasks * Zero unreturned messages * Zero desktop clutter (virtual or physical) * Zero Oreo flavors untasted It’s not that responsibilities don’t
Some time ago, my grandmother told me a story from when she was a young parent in Southern Utah. She said that each week she would play the piano for a group of young children at church. The adult in charge of the junior Sunday School was Alice Holland. Each
It's been a while since I posted a stockpile post, so here is a list of...things: Music and Media Candace and I really enjoyed the documentary Billy Joel: And So it Goes. It is 5 hours of interviews and media from his career. I really enjoyed the
Last week, 60 Minutes did a piece on Spanish soccer sensation Lamine Yamal. He seems to be a fun and very talented kid with a lot of skill and a lot of potential. At one point, a very entertaining soccer expert was asked if Lamine really had the potential to
Tech
A phone home screen is an incredibly personalized thing. You've noticed this before when trying to use someone else's phone. Holding their phone, you need to open the camera app and out of instinct you tap where the camera resides on your own phone. It'
For the last few weeks, we’ve been tortoise-sitting at our house. Sunny and Turbo are quiet and easy houseguests. They just need a little food, a small bowl of water, and flipping over from time to time. Jane is especially fond of them. She even created a portrait