“Anybody can buy. It takes an artist to shop.” (Jennifer Finney Boylan) I’ve never been particularly accomplished at shopping in our travels. On cruise vacations, for example, I often impulsively ignore bargaining with local merchants […]
“As you grow older, you become faced with the problem of what to do with your time.” (Sunday Adelaja) Happy Thanksgiving Everyone: I immensely enjoy traveling over six months each year. Yet why does the […]
“Let go of certainty. The opposite isn’t uncertainty. It’s openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. “(Tony Schwartz)” Paradox – A person or thing that combines contradictory features or […]
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” (Joseph Campbell) Veterans Day reminds me to think of my brave military father. You might know then that he […]
“Like a path frequently traveled becomes clear and well-marked in the forest, so too does the path to your soul become more clearly marked in your consciousness.” (Genevieve Gerard) Have you ever been stuck in […]
“Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer, nothing is harder than to understand him” (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) I am deeply disturbed by the continuing presence of racism in our country today. In particular, I am […]
“Don’t wait for the sunshine to brighten your day.” (Anthony T. Hindi’s) Ruth and I certainly needed a relaxing break from lingering family crisis now. Yet I fully expected the rapid approach of Tropical Storm […]
The following original poem expresses personal admiration for my ninety three year old mother’s courageous struggles to remain independent as she copes with serious physical/ emotional challenges these days. I am particularly impressed how my […]
” If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?” (Vince Lombardi) In this modern era of digital information overload, how do scoreboards capture my live sports attention during baseball/football season at home? Tradition holds […]
“Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts” (Oliver Wendell Holmes) I’ve always embraced the stimulating “buzz” of community ideals existing in the college experience. For this reason, […]
