My wife surprised us with absolutely fantastic Spicy Tori Ramen at ima in midtown Detroit. I spent a good deal of the meal with my eyes closed, wishing the flavors would never end.

Bowl of Spicy Tori Ramen with a red soup spoon on a wooden table

The air is crisp and the evenings are more colorful as autumn arrives. 🍂

Large Fluffy clouds over a blue sky with sunset yellowing a plain block building in the foreground with an American flag painted across it

The lead in a flotilla of clouds caught the evening colors just right as they passed.

Silhouette of a roofline with a long and fluffy pink, red, and yellow cloud against the darkening sky.

I managed to capture the evening colors before they left. They lasted less than a minute.

Black silhouetted trees in the foreground of blue cloud streaks colored red and yellow along their bottom with the sunset

Enjoying coffee and a sunrise on the first cold morning of this year. (50°F, 10°C)

Sunrise colored sky before the sun crests over the foreground

Finally getting around to reading the original Thrawn Trilogy from the earlyy 1990’s. Really enjoying it so far!

Photograph of a wood table with coffee cup and open ebook cover of The Thrawn Trilogy

Taking time to appreciate the cooler morning before pushing the pixels.

Early morning sun splashes over a wooden table top with a white metal mug of steaming coffee in the center

Every member of the household celebrates the start of “cool enough to open the windows” season.

View outside of an open window with a cat inside looking out, sitting next to books, a plant, and several stuffed animals

Appreciating the new day with coffee and cooler temps.

Closeup view of a coffee cup with a sunny scene of flowers and a red umbrella blurry in the background

The impossibly blue Lake Michigan from Sleeping Bear Dunes.

Portrait view of a blue sky meeting the similarly blue colored water of Lake Michigan with a boat floating at the bottom with sand in the foreground

Today my grandfather passed away. He was my last living grandparent so now that generation has completely exited my life and my parents have no parents.

Thankfully, my daughter’s grandparents are all still here. They came to celebrate her artwork being shown at the Detroit Institute of Art.

Screen displaying a PowerPoint slide of a triptych painting

No matter my comfort level, it doesn’t compare to my cat.

tabby cat curled up on itself atop a grey sofa cushion
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