Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
In the classic 1995 movie, Heat, master criminal Neil McCauley, played by Robert De Niro is having a bad day. He tries to control the rogue actions of one of his men, while also planning one last heist before retiring. He’s an outlaw with morals. Al Pacino's LA Detective Vincent Hanna is onto him. He... Continue Reading →
(I originally ran this story in September 2017.) I shake my head some days. I grew up in a rural farming community where small, simple church steeples outnumbered taverns and watering holes and you had to drive 30 minutes to get to the nearest grocery store. Each small village had a post office and maybe... Continue Reading →
I have questions. We're watching a spy thriller on TV. I have questions about what's coming next. I want to know where the spy is going on a dimly lit road. I want to know who he's meeting up with and what they're whispering to each other. I'll grab the remote control and stop the... Continue Reading →
The world can be a crazy place. Sometimes it helps to step back and list a few of the things you’re grateful for. I’m making it a habit each week to list three blessings. Here’s what I’m grateful for this week, September 14-20. What I'm grateful for: —Brum, brum. A car that starts in the... Continue Reading →
This past June, I was driving late one evening. My mother had a bad fall and was recovering near her home in a rehab hospital. We had visited with her and I was driving home. I was tired. I hadn't had much time in front of the laptop. I had a million thoughts racing through... Continue Reading →
When I ask about my wife's day, I learned long ago to brace myself. She's reserved and never uses the names of the kids in her class. But, oh when she gets started, she's got some war stories. Real doozies in fact. When we lived in Washington D.C., there were the stories about the young... Continue Reading →
The biker whizzed past me on the trail. I caught up with him about a half mile up trail. He must have had a slow leak in a tire. He stopped at the "Bicycle Fix It Station" and was pumping up his front tire. When the tire was fully inflated, he used an Allen Wrench... Continue Reading →
I sat stuck the other night. I wasn't sure what to write. I was tired and a bit cranky. And then I thought about classic composer George Frideric Handel. He locked himself in his London home and worked nonstop for 23 days writing his Messiah oratory. When he was done on September 14, 1741, he... Continue Reading →
The world can be a crazy place. Sometimes it helps to step back and list a few of the things you’re grateful for. I’m making it a habit each week to list three blessings. Here’s what I’m grateful for this week, September 7-13. What I'm grateful for: —Plain talk. People who talk in plain simple... Continue Reading →
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