I’m officially “old’ I suppose and one of the prime evidences of that fact is that I love to tell stories!  Those of us with a lot more history than future tend to do that. One of my late uncles… Continue reading

Are you, by nature, generous? Do you tend toward being engaged and ready to share life with others?  Think of a time when you have worked with a person who has a generous spirit, someone who is positive towards others,… Continue reading

This week was not a great one for me. Without boring you with details, let just say that I allowed myself to wallow in toxic thoughts that did not bring out the best in me. I knew that I could… Continue reading

In a loud or crowded room conversations can be difficult because my hearing is not what it once was. I cope by mentally ‘filling in’ the words I miss, making an educated guess based the context of the conversation.  I… Continue reading

It is a curious paradox of the 21st century. Despite having technology that makes us the most ‘connected’ society in history Americans are lonely! Just prior to the outbreak of COVID a reputable national survey found that three in five… Continue reading

There are people with whom I am ‘close.’  I know them, love them, and share life’s up’s and down’s with them. Life would be so much poorer without those relationships. There are hundreds of people with whom I am acquainted;… Continue reading

Last night’s elections will provoke a flurry of analysis. Some are glad, some are sad. That’s politics.  One pundit suggested that one of the factors behind the Republican surge is a reflection that “Americans are over COVID and want to… Continue reading

The thing of which I write today is one of those that is very difficult to see in ourselves, though we see it so plainly in others!  It wraps itself in ‘the pursuit of excellence,’ hides behind the desire to… Continue reading

I remember being a kid waiting for Christmas for most of the month of December. Anticipation built steadily. Dreams about what was going to happen on that ‘day’ were a regular occurrence. The wait distracted from school work, although it… Continue reading

Perfectionism is a curse.  It drives a person to set impossibly high standards. It robs the one who experiences it of satisfaction in a ‘job well done’ because that person focuses instead on the question –  “Could I have done… Continue reading