by admin | Mar 7, 2016 | Life Lessons
The alarming rise of open hatred in this country, especially hatred wrapped in a red, white and blue bunting, is something we should all question. Yes, there’s a large part of America that wants to be all white. They are even afraid of their own shadows because...
by admin | Feb 29, 2016 | Life Lessons
I am no longer stuck between a rock and a hard place. The rental is just a fond memory as a bunch of exchange students move into it, and most of the boxes in our new home have been emptied and added to the mountainous recycling pile in the garage. It’s funny how...
by admin | Feb 22, 2016 | Life Lessons
As a writer, I try to stay dialed into pop culture. It keeps the writing relevant, being able to reference a popular song or a hit movie when the task requires it. This has never been a difficult undertaking for me, at least historically. But more and more, I seem to...
by admin | Feb 15, 2016 | Life Lessons
Things apparently went well this week. Kat and I are homeowners. Well, that’s what people like to call it. In truth, we will join the millions of Americans who willingly go in debt to own a piece of dirt topped off with some sticks. It’s been that way...
by admin | Jan 25, 2016 | Life Lessons
When I was young, I didn’t have many friends. In elementary school, it was Bob Core and Mike Culver. In middle school, pretty much Bob Core and Bob Cochran. In high school, Tim Davidson, Scott McComas and Wally Hazen on the male side; Jeany Hahn, Michelle...
by admin | Jan 11, 2016 | Life Lessons
I have always liked Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary. He’s no Paul, mind you, at least not since I found out he wrote Torn Between Two Lovers, which is an earworm from 1976 that will never, ever leave your head once it enters. You know the chorus: Torn between two...
by admin | Jan 4, 2016 | Life Lessons
My friend Cassie and I were talking about retirement a few weeks ago. Like a Boy Scout, she is prepared. She has been prudent throughout her life to ensure that she would be able to retire in relative comfort. Me? I tend to piss her off now and again because of my...
by admin | Nov 9, 2015 | Life Lessons, Religion
I’ve had it with religion lately. Now, don’t get all religiousy on me. I am a man of faith, often tremendous faith. Without it, I can guarantee that I wouldn’t have my happily ever after right now. I would still be a lost boy, cast adrift, looking...
by admin | Oct 5, 2015 | Life Lessons
There’s a lot of hate in the world today. Though we have worked and worked to become better educated and, in the process, better human beings, we continue to take two giant steps backward for every step forward we seem to take as a society. Case in point. I was...
by admin | Aug 24, 2015 | Life Lessons
I find myself these days, posting a lot of encouraging words to friends who are going through rough times. Though it seems like I live a charmed life these days, it wasn’t always so and I want my friends to know that even during the darkest days, there is always...
