Writing from the Heart with Brian
Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
The white truck two parking spaces from me rumbled to life. The driver in jeans and blue shirt with his name over his left pocket seemed eager to leave the parking lot so I let him go ahead of me. I was in another place anyway. As soon as the guy started his engine and... Continue Reading →
I got an email the other day from a financial institution about how to watch out for scam emails and sites looking to expose users to malware and identity theft. Warnings like that always get my attention because they tap into my fears. The email explained that scams are on the rise and offered a... Continue Reading →
As a kid, I looked forward to hearing the loud, brassy opening music to the ABC Television's Wide World of Sports and Jim McKay's opening narration. You knew you were going to see and hear something special. Shots of faraway places and events would flash across the screen and McKay in his recognizable voice would... Continue Reading →
During New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941, the longest in Major League Baseball history, he struck out only five times and had 91 base hits in 223 at-bats for a .408 batting average. Even if you know little about baseball, safe to say, he was on fire. The man was on a hot streak. Likewise,... Continue Reading →
I rarely if ever leave two spaces at the end of a sentence. I'm good about remembering the Oxford comma. I'm adamant about choosing the correct version of there, their, or they're, but I still have my grammar challenges. I've talked about some of my hurdles in past blog posts. In my post Confusing Rules,... Continue Reading →
I've seen a number of different social media posts and videos over the years on the things that your mom or dad never told you when you were growing up. They include things like: Your mom always put you first. It broke your mom's heart every time you cried. Your dad panicked when he found... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, I found an old journal from close to 40 years ago, from when I was in college, and read an entry where I mentioned that I had an exam the next day in my Economics class. The day's events came rushing back to me. I was worried about how unprepared I... Continue Reading →
(A version of this story ran in February 2016.) When I first started writing this blog in 2015, I learned that it was different from anything else I had tried in the past. I jotted down a few of those lessons in 2016 and they still hold true today. Let me know what you think.... Continue Reading →
We live in an "all or nothing, I'm right and I need to be heard" society. However, some of the most important truths in life are contradictory. They seem like impossibilities, yet experience proves them to be obvious over and over again. Of course, I have to point to the George Carlin’s treatise on The Modern... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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