Decisions, Decisions

I’ve been a huge fan of Seth Godin’s blog and books and talks and ideas for several years now. Every day he puts out at least one idea, no matter how seemingly insignificant or profound. He ships something every day. Of all the great posts I’ve read, this one although brief is one of my…

Winemaking – Sangiovese

My brother and his wife gave me a winemaking kit and some starter Sangiovese grapes for Christmas. After several weeks, I was finally ready to bottle and label the wine before racking it in the cellar. For a first attempt, the wine was relatively drinkable, though not ‘good’ by any stretch of the imagination. More…

Decide What To Be and Go Be It

I dabble in lots of projects… Music, travel, cooking, climbing, storytelling, writing and most recently filmmaking. None of which are my day job. And yet there have been numerous times when I’ve been introduced as ‘Miller – the musician’ or ‘Ryan – the social media guy,’ ‘the Firefly guy’ and most recently ‘the film maker.’…

Autumn in NY

My friend Tim just started his own blog and had a post that broke me out of writer’s block, so thanks for that. This past weekend was spent in the company of some truly great friends down in Ithaca in the middle of my favorite time of year. We filled it with great music, black…