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Go off script, go on purpose
~ can we park our stock answers long enough to tell truth?
Dec 10 • 
Mark Kolke
You are worth it
~ moving ourselves from afterthought to priority
Dec 9 • 
Mark Kolke
Starts with you, starts with me
~ small choices that lift spirits change how the world looks, change how it is
Dec 8 • 
Mark Kolke
A day that will live in reality
~ when reality taps, answer the door
Dec 7 • 
Mark Kolke
Clear mind, one more year
~ slippery slope or solid ground, is always a choice, one sober day at a time
Dec 6 • 
Mark Kolke
Mellow mode, slices, blood...
~ laughs last night, triage today, blood on Monday
Dec 5
Pick your mode...
~ December calendar, mixed-media-mode
Dec 4
Rabbit missed the memo...
~ pondering the gap between this life and what comes next
Dec 3
Tired, for good reason
~ routine work, steady effort, quiet reward
Dec 3 • 
Mark Kolke
Hard work still works, harder than ever ...
~ we keep returning to what matters, virtues that refuse to die
Dec 1 • 
Mark Kolke

November 2025

What we can hold, and what holds us
~ kindness outlasts everything we ever chased
Nov 30 • 
Mark Kolke
I had no plan B
~ life runs the show, not us; it's a mistake to think anyone cares about our plans
Nov 29
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