Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
My wife is a special education teacher and sometimes pulls me into her world. Talk about a fish out of water. Oh I listen when my wife talks about her job and I've had my own educational experiences, but I'm most definitely in unfamiliar waters. So you can imagine my thoughts when she asked me... Continue Reading →
My mom lied to me. I'm talking a "liar, liar, pants on fire" lie. A big one. Right up there with The Grinch's lie to Cindy Lou Who that he was Santa Claus and he was taking her family's Christmas tree to his workshop to fix a broken light from the 1957 book, How the... Continue Reading →
I reviewed the list of record albums like my life depended on it. I'd put one album on my list and then take two others off. I had been going at it for forty minutes. I had no plans to stop anytime soon. I kept going back and forth. Eagles Live, check. The new band,... Continue Reading →
We complicate things. I know I do. I worry. I stress. I get in my own head. Let's not even talk about how I get in my own way. I saw a meme the other day that simplifies things to the nth degree. I would give credit, but there was no attribution, just wisdom out... Continue Reading →
My wife was driving to work the other day and nearly drove off the road. She called me from a parking lot full of excitement. She heard on the radio that musician Bruno Mars will be coming to Philadelphia for two nights in early September. My wife and son have talked often about how they... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid, my mom would drive every April to the little hardware store in town. It sold fishing licenses and trout permits. She would buy one for my dad. She'd put it in a card and give it to him on his birthday. He would open it like it held a king's... Continue Reading →
The 98th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday. The Best Picture nominees are led by Sinners (16 nominations) and One Battle After Another (13 nominations). Other nominees include Bugonia, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty Supreme, Sentimental Value, The Secret Agent, Train Dreams, and F1. This has not been a good year for me. I can't tell you much about any of them. I've seen a... Continue Reading →
I've been bracing myself. I've been preparing myself for some bad news. I'm not generally negative, but I had a feeling that a "no" was coming. I put an optimistic spin on things, but I couldn't fight the negative feeling. It kept coming back to me in the middle of the night. On top of... Continue Reading →
A few things on my mind. —Nails on a chalkboard. I have a pet peeve: People who drive without cleaning the snow off their cars. Snow turns into ice and when on a moving vehicle, it often impairs vision or flies off and ends badly for other drivers. It’s that simple. Everyone has to deal... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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