Japanese pen

A number of years ago I had a collection of pens that included a few cartridge fountain pens. I enjoyed them, but they had a nasty habit of getting messy at times! Blue ink can really leave behind a stain. Eventually, the need to write finer documents, the possibility of a mess, and the cost…

Policies and compliance

One of the areas I’ve had oversight of for the past six years is policy – not that I write them, well some I do, or even approve them – that’s another process, but I’ve had under my supervision the platform, access, and design of policies. I’ve moved us from what was a rather cumbersome…

A road trip? Maybe!

While we were living in Ontario, we often would take to the road southbound and across the Canada-USA border. We’ve visited some really unique places, like Voltan PA. We sort of stumbled across this unique town which once, as many of these places, was the central hub because it had a mill powered by the…