Moderate Living

Hello, I'm Mike – I write every Tuesdays and Fridays

Month: April 2026

  • A Profound Realization

    A Profound Realization

    I was heating chicken nuggets in the oven the other night to eat while watching YouTube videos on TV. Nothing crazy, just another calm and quiet night in the Williams house. As the nuggets were heating in the oven, I decided to plop onto the chair and start browsing through my recommended list. It was…

  • How Many Springs Have I Been Conscious Of?

    How Many Springs Have I Been Conscious Of?

    In one human lifetime, we get about seventy springs on average. How many of them are we actually conscious of? For too many years I walked right past them asleep. Spring was just a word when I was a child, then a season on the calendar by eighteen. It wasn’t until my thirties that I…

  • Passover 2026

    Passover 2026

    (Posting early, my mother is here for the Easter holiday) Even though I’m not religious I still observe Passover. It’s a beautiful albeit scary story. To commemorate, I don’t apply a slaughtered lamb’s blood on my door frame. Rather, I use a roll of red ribbon as a symbolic tribute. Because Passover dates are different…