Author: Earl

I grew up on a working farm and as an adult, I had career paths divided between the USAF and corporate IT. These life experiences and my natural curiosity and need to experience and understand things around me influenced the different subject matters found on this website.
  • Humans and Stories

    “Tell me the facts and I’ll learn. Tell me the truth and I’ll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in heart forever.”  – Native American Proverb https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2021/02/EBM-20210227095228.jpg “Humans” — Brandon Stanton (Author) I purchased a physical book the other day.  It’s been probably ten years or more since I’ve purchased a…

  • A Happy Valentine’s Day

    https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2021/02/atriumhealthclinic.jpeg A cold, cloudy and rainy Valentine’s Day but certainly with a silver lining.  Bonnie and I got our second Pfizer vaccination today at an Atrium Health drive-through clinic conducted at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.  The people running the clinic were outstanding in both a professional and friendly manner.   Highly impressed and…

  • A day of new hope

    “A new day: Be open enough to see opportunities. Be wise enough to be grateful. Be courageous enough to be happy.” ― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2021/01/EBM-20210116131518.jpg Sloan Park, Rowan County, North Carolina — January 2021 After four long years of struggling and national decay, our nation has…

  • Digital Expressions — 2021.1.16

      “Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him.” ― Jennifer Donnelly, Revolution https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2021/01/EBM-20210112103820-800×1200.jpg Winter Leaf – 2021.1.16 Only a few days until hopefully the beginnings of better times.  What a mess we find ourselves in.  I’ve not been writing…

  • 2021; that didn’t take long!

    “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” ― Abraham Lincoln https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2021/01/EBM-20200305105541.jpg What a week, and it could have been even much worst with hostages and more deaths. It was a coup attempt; let’s call it nothing less. And sadly, I don’t know if this…