Think, Laugh, & Cry Each Day
The United States celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday honoring the civil rights leader's life, legacy and achievements. King, a baptist minister, was the most prominent civil rights leader during the 1960s and advocated nonviolent methods to end racial segregation. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964. King is often... Continue Reading →
I’ve cut people off on the highway. I’ve told a white lie or two. When I was in college, I didn't return the $10 the convenience store cashier handed me thinking it was a dollar bill. When my day comes and I get sent to the Pearly gates and Saint Peter asks me why he... Continue Reading →
The early bird gets the worm. Time and tide wait for no man. Time is money. Time flies. Okay you get the picture. I’m hyper sensitive to wasting time. I’m very much an achiever, I'm restless until I'm able to accomplish something -- both big and small goals -- each day. I need to be... Continue Reading →
When I was a young reporter, we'd come back from a meeting or event and we would be under a tight deadline. You didn’t have a ton of time for lots of discussion about the best approach to take or what flowery language to use in the piece. We would often start by typing out... Continue Reading →
We're a few days into the new year. It's time for the real work to begin and to get serious about what we want to accomplish. It's time to ask ourselves: How we're going to make the goals become reality? What steps are we willing to make them happen? What's our plan? I had a... Continue Reading →
When I was a kid, we lived on the outskirts of a small town. It was the kind of town that you better not blink when you were driving through, or you would miss it. I would describe it as a "one-traffic light town," but it’s still waiting for that first traffic light. To get... Continue Reading →
Two years ago, my youngest son was hanging out with a couple of his friends and called us on his cellphone to let us know that he was driving on a busy road near our home, and got hit by another car. When he came home, he was apologetic about the scratch on the car. ... Continue Reading →
When I was a young, small-town newspaper reporter, a lifetime ago, I used to love being in the know, working on a story under a tight deadline, and breaking the news to the public. When the paper came out, I would run to the local coffee shop or courthouse to watch people’s faces as they... Continue Reading →
I log off from my work network and shut down my laptop. It’s late on a Friday afternoon and it's been a busy week. I have one last item on my to-do list before I call it a day: write my mother. I grab a piece of stationary and start the note. It will be... Continue Reading →
Writing from the Heart with Brian 
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