An Experiment in Thanks-Giving!
Holiday Season This week ushers in the official Holiday Season, as far as I'm concerned. I know that if you were like I was this year, I was astonished to find that the local Walgreen's began filling its shelves with Christmas merchandise around Halloween! Talk about confusing! I am old enough to remember a time when […]
An Island We Are Not!
Yoda Rides Again! I know — this sounds suspiciously "Yoda-ish," doesn't it? Well if the title hooked you in to reading this post, then it has accomplished its purpose! Yoda's signature style of communication often causes us to pause and retrace his words to make sure we clearly understand the purpose of the message. To me, […]
Veterans Day Reflections
On this Veterans Day 2008, I have decided to re-post an essay first published in May 2008 on Memorial Day. I have altered the original essay only slightly so that it is more in line with Veterans Day. I thank you for reading and remembering! I sat this morning in the quiet of my study […]
From the Mouths of Babes!
Briefly, the other day I was blessed to witness an incredible display of compassion, care and concern! It seems that on a Saturday when we had all three of our grandsons — ages 5, 3 and 1 respectively — the middle grandson had an "accident" and peed his pants. We've all been there at one […]
"Spiritual Core" Follow Up!
Well, if generating interest in the exploration of personal belief and/or value systems was my goal in the "Scary Spiritual" essay, then it was successful! I received many emails from readers asking for clarification on the definition of "spiritual" as well as suggestions as to how I might address areas that might be construed as unclear […]
Scary Spiritual!
Oxymoron? Perhaps; however there is powerful mojo just waiting to reveal itself for the exploration! Halloween is upon us and regardless of your beliefs or feelings about this holiday, it carries some major weight in all we do each year — spending, planning, celebrating, contemplating! On the lighter side, it is a time when we […]
The Old, The Wise & The Bald!
One out of Three Ain't Bad! This title sounds a little like an early Clint Eastwood movie – i.e. "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly! Suffice to say that this has nothing to do with Westerns and certainly nothing to do with Clint Eastwood! Heck! I don't even KNOW Clint Eastwood! Further, although some […]
Breaking Free!
I haven't posted a new essay in a week or so — not that I haven't had anything to say! Lord knows I have more words than the average male! All you have to do is ask my wife! She will confirm wholeheartedly! No, I have been extremely busy working on other projects related to […]
PEOPLE DO . . . !
Perhaps one of the long-term effects of baldness is that intentions often become mis-aligned — discombobulated — out of whack! That certainly seems to be true for this "chrome dome" from time to time! This is a round-about way of saying that I invited two other important thoughts to rush to the forefront of my consciousness ahead of […]
Things Fall Apart!
Greetings! I have been away from the keyboard for over a week now — living . . . and contemplating! Mostly family and dear friends have held prominence in my thinking . . . yet the larger world has crept in filling the gaps as I pondered the personal life pilgrimages on which we all […]