Where are the crayons? (What really matters)
posted 1 day ago | 1 comment
I was “row monitor” in second grade; sitting in the last seat making sure the students in my row behaved. On this day, all was quiet; no one messed with the law when Scott was around. My enforcement duties complete, I was able to turn my attention...
Keeping Track: Using a Journal to Lose Weight
posted 8 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 5 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 ...
