How My Wake-Up Call In an Emergency Room Is Changing Me Last year, a few days before Christmas, I spent the afternoon in an emergency room. I was shaking, nervous, sweating, breathing funny, lightheaded, and experiencing chest pain. I thought I might be dying. I knew I wasn’t having a heart attack: I couldn’t be having a heart attack. I didn’t have any of the classic … Read more
Back in 2016, I created an account on medium.com just like (seemingly) everyone else on the internet. But I wasn’t sure what to do with it. I even started by writing a somewhat sarcastic post saying: “I’m writing this post on Medium for the first time ever. This is a test. Is there any compelling reason to post here rather than on my blog?” Well, … Read more
I’ve been blogging on and off (mostly off) since 2010. Aside from having an interesting place to store my inner musings publicly, almost nothing has ever come of it. When I first started, I was in Colorado Springs. Then I posted a few things when I lived in Boulder County, Colorado. Now it’s over 12 years later and I’m in Tucson, Arizona. So here I … Read more
Like many people, Americans, especially I have been chasing down my ancestral roots for several years. I’ve already recorded one episode on this topic. Number five from Ireland to America, if you haven’t already listened to it, but this episode is a little bit different. It’s about taking that one step further. Ancestry.com the most famous and most well-funded genealogical research, right. At least available … Read more
Many years ago, when I was a teen, I think 16 or 17, I took a trip to Waco, Texas with my sister. We spent a couple of days visiting friends. And as part of the trip, I ended up attending Baylor university for a couple of days as a sort of tag, along with one of my friends who had just enrolled the student … Read more
Like many opera fans. I have spent years trying to attend as many live operatic performances as I can. This often requires traveling to different cities or States either by plane or by taking a long road trip. So far, I’ve been able to see several operas by a few respectable companies, including the Houston grand opera in Texas and the Los Angeles opera in … Read more
(Photo credit: Cory Weaver / San Francisco Opera). You’re listening to Micron. A one-man podcast with weekly episodes about life, learning, laughter, and the people who make this world an interesting place. I am your host, the writer, editor, and producer, the man with the mic… Ron Stauffer. Micron is a podcast by me, but it isn’t about me. It’s about what I’ve seen, lessons … Read more
You’re listening to micron a one man podcast with weekly episodes about life learning laughter and the people who make this world an interesting place. I am your host, the writer, editor, and producer the man with the mic. Ron Stauffer micron is a podcast by me, but it isn’t about me. It’s about what I’ve seen lessons. I’ve learned things I’ve tried or discovered. … Read more
This is part three in a three episode series. About my time working in the food service industry. In the past, I worked in three different roles at three separate establishments. I was a waiter at a 1950s themed diner, a banquet server at a hotel and conference center and a bus boy at an Italian restaurant at each establishment. I gained valuable life experience, … Read more
This is part two in a three episode series. About my time working in the food service industry. In the past, I worked in three different roles at three separate establishments. I was a waiter at a 1950s themed diner, a banquet server at a hotel and conference center and a bus boy at an Italian restaurant. At each establishment, I gained valuable life experience, … Read more