I'm not the first, nor the last to say this but, the only constant in our lives is change. Thank you for your loyal readership, or even your occasional readership in 2014 and before. Starting Monday January 5th, I will be unveiling a few changes to what appears here...
Don't worry, I'm not about to start posting pictures of food and recipes on a regular basis. But today is different. Because yesterday was different. My wife, Kathy was up at 5am and out of the house at 6 to go to work. She's a nurse and works part-time on an...
This is the time of year when we see "Best of" and "Worst of" lists popping up online. I don't really care about those kinds of lists. Instead I felt like writing today. It's late on a Saturday morning in Fort Wayne. I heard my wife Kathy wake up and prepare for work...
The past several weeks I have doing some planning for 2015 in many areas of my life including online. I would like your input. Are there certain things you would like to see more of on this site? Are there certain things you want to see less of on this site? Do you...
So once again it is Christmas Day. This is the 55th Christmas I've experienced, but I don't remember some of the early ones in my life. In my early days, my parents and I would sometimes get together with relatives as seen in this picture from when I was just 4 years...
I've noticed a trend the past couple of years, sort of a backlash as the Christmas pendulum swings back towards actually calling today and tomorrow Christmas Eve and Christmas. The backlash was due to the politically correct or culturally sensitive not wanting to...
January 2006 I wrote a blog post titled A Better View. Now, nearly 9 years later on the eve of my 55th birthday, I'm updating and reposting it: For the past 50+ years that I have been roaming this planet, I have learned a couple of things: 1. There are very few...
Welcome to the most stressful time of the year. It really shouldn't be, but for many it is. Why? We have lots of things to do and less time to do them. This month for example, I averaged 4 work days instead of the usual 5 each week due to special training events, a...
2015 is about 6 weeks away. There really is no reason to act surprised, each of us live by the same calender and clock. But some are better than others at planning ahead. It was December 2013 that I started a new position with a return to the radio and advertising...