
A New Year
For most everyone on earth this has been a year of hardship we have not known before. We’ve all had to navigate the storm. Some didn’t...

Batter Up
A Lesson in Baseball and Murder is the fifth in the Lesson series and, for your money, I think it’s the best. I’m actually going to keep...

Gratitude Reconsidered
I’m a lucky guy. For a number of reasons, but I only want to write about one today. I have good close friends. I don’t have a lot of...

Procrastination
I’m procrastinating. I don’t particularly like it when I do, but I’ve come to accept that I am choosing to get the most out of the...

Effort
As a teacher and a learner I've been taught that it is important to be rewarded for effort over results. While we all want the best...

Some of my Favorites
When I first started writing my blog I had no pictures. My daughter suggested I consider adding some and since then all my posts have...

Ann Randolph
Some years ago my friend Steve and I went to Esalen and took a writing workshop with Ann Randolph. It was one of the better learning...

Have To & Want to
I have been focusing on reducing my "have to's" and expanding my "want to's." I have written before that a lot of things we complain...

Motion is Lotion
This is a follow up to my recent post on back pain and what I'm leaning from my physical therapist as well as myself. "Motion is lotion"...

A Navy Story
This is a story about something that happened to me some time ago. I realized that while I write a lot of posts about this or that, I...

Moving Around
I've been undergoing physical therapy for my back. Not surprisingly, I’ve lost some degrees of flexibility and mobility over the years. I...

Praise From the Praiseworth
Do you liked to be praised? I do. But, not all praise is created equally. Well, that may not be correct. It all may or may not be created...

I am a Writer
Ever since I hit puberty and was gifted with a typewriter I have loved writing. My handwriting is lousy and my handwriting teacher had a...

My Typewriters
I got my first typewriter when I was in 9th grade. It was a Hermes 3000. A sweet Swiss number that had its own carrying case. I was quite...

New Year's Resolutions
New post old picture. I am reposting the picture because like the resolutions on it, it bears repeating. We often have good intentions...