by Phil Bean | Jun 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
I doin’t always sit down with a plan on what to write. Some days I’ve got the topic days in advance, some days, days like today, I just let the words flow – I don’t know what’s coming, but I speak from the heart. Let the words flow out....
by Phil Bean | Jun 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
Bigger. More. Better. Words that humans can become consumed with in nearly every aspect of our lives. Made some improvements at work? Great. Now let’s make those improvements even more efficient. Got a new barbecue for the backyard? Yep, it’s 35% bigger...
by Phil Bean | May 27, 2026 | General
What an interesting world we’re living in right now. The words turmoil, uncertainty, frustration, confusion, anger and disruption all seem to come to the forefront of conversation amongst family, friends, colleagues and peers. As divided as the world may seem,...
by Phil Bean | May 17, 2026 | Uncategorized
In a quaint little town at the edge of a quarry, The loveliest place to kick off our story, Sits a man and his thoughts on a slow moving morning, Admiring the birds and the songs they’re performing. The dew on the ground, gives a glistening sight, As the sun...
by Phil Bean | May 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
As the clock ticked closer and closer to Mother’s Day, it made me nervous that the girls had still not come up with what gift to get their Mom. We had discussed plans for the weekend, a mechanism for how we’d be delivering said plans and had even decided...
by Phil Bean | Apr 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
I’ll admit, Little Women isn’t a story I’ve spent much time with. I’ve neither read the book nor seen either film adaptation, despite it sitting patiently on our shelf as a ‘someday’ read. Still, that didn’t take away from the excitement of...
by Phil Bean | Apr 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
As my wonderful wife made her way out the door Friday night for a rare and fun night out on the town, I saw it as an equal opportunity – or perhaps excuse – for me to stay up late watching movies. As one who is typically sound asleep no later than 10:00,...
by Phil Bean | Apr 12, 2026 | Uncategorized
Memories are precious things. Moments captured often without purpose that can be triggered by the most unassuming of events – a song on the radio, a smell from the kitchen, a word not often spoken. We don’t recognize we’re creating memories when...
by Phil Bean | Mar 29, 2026 | Uncategorized
It is sneaking up on 8:00, my dog is at my feet, my daughter is nestled up next to me reading her book, the fireplace is painting the room a wonderfully warm glow, and there’s the faintest of snowfalls decorating the world outside. That’s it....
by Phil Bean | Mar 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
The patellar tendon. The medial collateral ligament. The A2 pulley. Flexor tendons. All words and all parts of the body that I didn’t know until I needed to. Among so many others, these words coincide with the various injuries I’ve managed to sustain...
