Month: July 2025

  • Just Summer Things

    Summer brings with it a beautiful sight; miles of cornfields on quiet county roads. After Independence Day, like clockwork, most of the farmer corn stands are already in peak selling form. I absolutely love corn on the cob. And while I love its different styles of presentation (especially elotes), I’m perfectly fine with corn on…

  • “Should I Get Political?”: Thoughts On Independence Day And The Michael Williams Song Of Summer 2025

    My neighbor’s pool has been cleared of 95% of its basin debris. Luckily, nothing dead has surfaced. While the water is still green though, we can now start to treat it with liquid chlorine. The shallow end of the pool The deep end of the pool. The drainage plugs are at the bottom of this…

  • 5 Years Ago Today: The Kingston, New York Travesty

    It’s been 5 years since 2020. We all know what that year was but for me, the events of that year led to circumstances in Kingston, New York that I still have a hard time wrapping my head around today. Everytime this date comes around, I reflect on it. This was the day where I…