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The Memory Collectors of Maromas

I’m a collector of things – but I am far from a hoarder. Instead of stacking newspapers in my basement, I like to pick up odd rocks and twisted sticks from the trail when I’m out hiking. In the spring and summer, I’ve been known to press flowers between pages, and it wouldn’t be outContinue reading “The Memory Collectors of Maromas”

Playlist: December

December is the beginning of the end; the swan song to the preceding year. We generally spend it getting ready for the holidays – which we’re still doing – but being that this year was a little off-kilter, I wanted to make a playlist that reflected more than just Christmas and New Year’s. So IContinue reading “Playlist: December”

King Edward: The Cider That Got Away

How not to make hard apple cider

A Note On Early Winter Hiking In Connecticut…

Sure there’s a staunch group of diehard outdoor enthusiasts disbursed throughout the world that don’t mind the cold weather, But most folks take the winter off – in terms of outdoor activities in colder climates. Truth be told: this is perfect hiking weather.Cold. Quiet. Covered in snow. It’s a real hell of a time toContinue reading “A Note On Early Winter Hiking In Connecticut…”

Toilet Paper And Bicycles

So you find yourself in the middle of a pandemic – with a little extra time on your hands – and you want to get back into mountain biking. Problem is, you don’t have a mountain bike. In fact, aside from a strong will and an able body, you don’t have anything that relates toContinue reading “Toilet Paper And Bicycles”

The Wooling Of America

During this pandemic, when life slowed down to a crawl, we should have all been given an opportunity to do a system’s check and suss out what we like and don’t like about ourselves, make adjustments, and adapt to what’s being called the “new normal”. This also should have been a time where we uppedContinue reading “The Wooling Of America”

Yeah So, About Craft Beer (A Connecticut Yankee In A Market Nearing Saturation)

“Where most businesses usually suffer due to internal struggles, or an inferior product, saturation in craft beer is when the market has reached its capacity and breweries start to suffer because of it. Saturation is a naturally occurring outside force that has internal impacts, out of your control. It can only be countered by amplifyingContinue reading “Yeah So, About Craft Beer (A Connecticut Yankee In A Market Nearing Saturation)”

Your Friendly, Neighborhood, Brand Amplifier

What is a Brand Amplifier? A Marketing Engineer who’s main objective is to increase a brand’s presence through social media, merchandising, and boots on the ground marketing. Life is about you, so why not make it about you? Why should we settle into an occupation that we were conditioned for, when we can work atContinue reading “Your Friendly, Neighborhood, Brand Amplifier”

Engineering: the Communication Breakdown

As a modern design engineer, your job is to design and virtually build a part or assembly that someone is going to have to fabricate and assemble in the real world. You are creating models and drawings on a computer that a fellow human-being is going to have dissect with their brain and transcribe intoContinue reading “Engineering: the Communication Breakdown”

Your Life, Live – In Concert (Skullcandy “Sesh”)

” For me, it’s not always about being an audiophile. It’s about being a functioning music aficionado who isn’t trying to block out the world, but to enhance his day to day life with some background music.” A little while back, I admitted that I listen to music all the time – even while sleepingContinue reading “Your Life, Live – In Concert (Skullcandy “Sesh”)”