About
Ordinary Thursday is a record of a life I’m fortunate enough to live.
For a long time, much of my life was organized around things that needed to be done—building businesses, raising a family, making decisions, solving problems, planning for a future that always seemed to be arriving.
Eventually, many of those obligations fell away.
My wife, Shirley, and I sold our business, sold our home, and began traveling without much need to know exactly where it would lead. As life became less about what had to be done, I found myself increasingly interested in a different question:
What do you do with a life when very little is required of you?
This site is, in part, a record of finding out.
I write about what catches my attention, what I’m trying to understand, and what I want to remember. Some of it grows out of the places we go. Some comes from conversations, relationships, books, or questions I find myself returning to. And some simply comes from paying closer attention to the life in front of me.
There are also photographs and accounts of our travels. And each Thursday, I choose a photograph from the day—not because Thursday is special, but because it isn't.
I've come to believe that a good life is ultimately made up of good ordinary days. The extraordinary experiences matter. So do the quiet mornings, long walks, meals with people we love, things we are learning, and places where we gradually begin to feel at home.
Ordinary Thursday is where I'm keeping track.
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