Following many years of struggle, living with Bipolar2 and turning into "My own worst enemy", I jumped the mental health stigma hurdle an started writing and speaking in public. After a good 2024, I have just booked my first two speaking/book tour stops. May 8, 2025, St. James, MN library in the morning and Madelia, MN library in the afternoon.

inpreparation for a presentaion on EQ

Now available on Apple podcast platform. Random thoughts from a bipolar-2, Iowa grandfather while he entertains his 3-year old grandson with Paw Patrol. 25-minute podcast covers:      *Freedom of the Press and explaining sex to boys.

Haste makes waste. There have been many examples of doing things quickly, without planning, causes mistakes. The 2020 Census may be one.

Reading from my Amazon self-published paperback.

More than just the "flu", Covid-19 continues to wreak health havoc in people of all ages. Isolation, disrupted routines, loneliness, stress, anxiety and fear has climbed as the pandemic continues. 55% of respondents to a recent survey reported an increase in mental health issues.

From my basement, on the October day of Iowa's firs snow of 2020--shutting the TV off after another very poorly played first half of the Sunday Vikings game--I start adventure in podcasting--ORBITS--an initial effort to get us thinking about more than the gloom and doom of the pending Second Civil War.

Two items today: 1.) No stimulus money for tour buses? 2.) What is a "Boogaloo" rally?

Reading from two articles in Des Moines Register Eight strategies got managing mental health "It was a quiet death"