Keeping Track: Using a Journal to Lose Weight
posted 2 days ago | 2 comments
When my children were young, I registered their growth on the hallway doorjamb with pencil marks and knife notches. Next to each was inscribed a date and name. Since those statistics are most likely meaningless to the latter owners, I assume sandp...
Overdoing the to-do list: A conversation
posted about 1 month ago | 2 comments
“Yay! I am finally moving forward on my goals for the year!”
“Good for you! So, what are these great plans you have?”
“Well, I always make resolutions and then I give up. So, I did some research and I found out that experts say if you’re really ...
“Good for you! So, what are these great plans you have?”
“Well, I always make resolutions and then I give up. So, I did some research and I found out that experts say if you’re really ...
Handling Family Gatherings
posted about 1 month ago | 3 comments
Not all family reunions are, well, shall we say, “familial.” Despite the two-dimensional, everything-works-out-in-the-end, sitcom model of American life, some relatives are just not cut from the same cloth. Gatherings can more resemble armed camps...
Dear Santa - A New Years List
posted about 1 month ago | 4 comments
Dear Santa…
There are some things I’d like for the New Year. I know that’s not within your usual bailiwick, and you’re probably pooped from a long sleigh ride, but if you don’t mind…
First, please give me good health. My body carries me faithfu...
There are some things I’d like for the New Year. I know that’s not within your usual bailiwick, and you’re probably pooped from a long sleigh ride, but if you don’t mind…
First, please give me good health. My body carries me faithfu...
Did Congress Really Declare Pizza a Vegetable?
posted 2 months ago | 2 comments
A “meme” is a basically a “thought virus.” In the same fashion that influenza infects one person, replicates itself and then spreads to another, eventually infecting large numbers of a population; memes follow the same process through the consciou...
Trying to Help When Help is Not Wanted
posted 3 months ago, updated 1 day later | 3 comments
My wife, Mary Ann, is one of the most nurturing individuals you will ever have the pleasure to meet. She is also a passionate advocate for animals. More specifically, one might refer to her as “one of those cat ladies.” I personally would not do t...
Observations After an Accident
posted 3 months ago | 0 comments
This is my 312th column, putting a period on six years. These thoughts I share every week do not have a “mission statement” or goal per se; however, I always aspire to use the privilege of this space (and your time) to inspire, uplift, and to be s...
Getting Hit by a Car While Biking
posted 3 months ago | 6 comments
Yesterday was horrible.
I was going to ride my bike to my appointments. The bright sunny clear morning sky cooperated as I headed north on E Street. Upon reaching the intersection of Highway 101, I waited for a green light.
Once it changed, a ca...
I was going to ride my bike to my appointments. The bright sunny clear morning sky cooperated as I headed north on E Street. Upon reaching the intersection of Highway 101, I waited for a green light.
Once it changed, a ca...
Stupidity in the quest of “Skinny”
posted 4 months ago | 3 comments
In the sixties, the main diet methodology was a purple collection of mimeographed pages covered with a lengthy list of foods and their calorie counts. Dieters were instructed to eat only 1,000 calories. Not knowing how to manage our eating (or we ...
In one lifetime, what can be accomplished?
posted 5 months ago | 2 comments
If there were neither barriers nor obstacles from birth until death, what could one person truly do in his or her time on Earth?
Over one person’s lifespan, he could build understanding between countries, generating bonds among millions. Should h...
Over one person’s lifespan, he could build understanding between countries, generating bonds among millions. Should h...
