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Contours of Tomorrow

Chisel and Thread

Reflections on Living a Life Well-Lived

Thoughts, parables, and meditations on shaping the future with intention.

About the Blog:


We shape the future in more ways than we realize. Some efforts are forceful, intentional—like a chisel carving lines into stone. Others are quieter, persistent—like a thread weaving meaning through moments, binding one day to the next.

This blog is named for both.

The chisel represents action: deliberate choices, bold changes, moments of clarity and commitment.

The thread represents connection: subtle influences, care over time, the quiet strength of continuity and memory.

Together, they reflect two ways we shape the world: through what we do, and through how we stay connected to what matters.

Chisel and Thread is a space for reflections, questions, and perspectives in progress. It’s not about having the answers—it’s about attending to the shape we’re leaving behind.

The Little Done Thing...love me some checklists

May 18, 2025

Here’s a confession: I’ve stared at my to-do list like it was written in ancient runes.....

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A Small Echo Forward

May 16, 2025

Sometimes, when I visit my father at the nursing home.....

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Tiny Slices, Big Moves (When will I ever need calculus in real life?)

May 14, 2025

It might have something to do with the fact that I’m an engineer.....

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What I’d Say at Graduation (If They Handed Me the Mic)

May 13, 2025

It’s graduation season again. You can almost hear the folding chairs creaking....

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A Job Not Worth Doing

May 8, 2025

There’s an old saying that goes, “If a job is worth doing,....

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That One Thing

May 7, 2025

Recently, I rewatched the 1991 movie City Slickers....

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Deadline, Downbeat, Dinner Bell

May 6, 2025

I was listening to a journalist describe what it’s like to write a weekly column....

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The Quiet Want: Belonging in an Unanchored Age

May 5, 2025

There is a longing that goes largely unspoken, a quiet ache not for answers but for others...

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Echoes of Creation in Diverse Traditions

May 5, 2025

In the opening lines of many spiritual and philosophical traditions, the process of creation...

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The Shape Around the Thing

April 20, 2025

We spend so much time focused on what fills a space—what we can name, build, measure. But sometimes, it’s the absence that matters most...

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Emergence – More Than the Sum

April 14, 2025

Some things don’t arrive all at once. They arise...

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Perpective - it's Elementary

April 8, 2025

The other day I happened to be in my old elementary school building...

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My Role in What Matters

May 2, 2025

When we talk about ideas like "emergent divinity" or...

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On Persistence: Memory as Shelter

April 8, 2025

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