Golf almost every day. Smoke rolling in the backyard. Finally enough time for both.

I’m Steve Miller. After 40 years building enterprise networks, I retired in 2026 — and I’m not exactly slowing down. This is home base for the golf, backyard cooking, travel, family, and projects filling the next chapter.

Thanks for stopping by… After all, I’m Livin’ the Dream

This backyard is where many of the stories, recipes, and ideas you’ll find on these sites begin.

Meet Steve

I spent four decades in enterprise networking before retiring in 2026. My wife and I live in Tennessee with the youngest of our three daughters. Our oldest lives abroad, currently in Mexico, while our middle daughter is in California with my son-in-law and grandson—who I’m already making excuses to visit more.

Golf is close to a daily habit at this point, backyard cooking has been a 20-year obsession, and now that I’ve got the time, travel is becoming a regular thing too. This site is where the parts that don’t fit anywhere else live.