Maybe you've been wondering, or maybe you haven't... why I've not been writing in the past year. The most obvious excuse would be the pandemic, but it wouldn't be the only reason. The world has changed a lot in the past year, and the risk of writing has changed along with it. The risk of... Continue Reading →
A Story of Three Battles
So some of you have noticed, it's been awhile since I've posted. It's been a very rough couple of months for me, and I'm still reeling from it. Sometime midsummer I caught one of those summer colds that everyone dreads. Only it wasn't a cold. It evolved into bronchitis and the doc ended up giving... Continue Reading →
Check Your Bags
Have you been keeping score lately? Chances are you probably have. You've probably been keeping score for a really long time, and it's not for a game that's played with a ball. It's the kind of game that's played with the mind. It's the kind of game that's played in a relationship. Just about every... Continue Reading →
Being brave and being strong is a very relative thing
A lot of people describe me as strong. A lot of people describe me as brave. I’m not sure I am either of those things. Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad that people find positive terms to describe me, and find the things I have done and survived inspirational. I certainly didn’t think that was... Continue Reading →
So I Wrote A Book!
In 2017 I took a motorcycle ride that turned out to be the adventure of a lifetime. I wrote about it in my local newspaper, but so many people were interested in the story that I thought it would be a good idea to put it into a book, and that's what I spent the... Continue Reading →
A Bit of Needed Perspective
Author's Note: This column was published shortly after the presidential election in 2016, but with the current controversy going on with the Kavanaugh nomination for Supreme Court, it seems like a good time to revisit the subject. If you told me when I was younger that someday I’d be writing about politics in the local... Continue Reading →
Love & Relationships: A Many Questioned Thing
Have you ever just tried and tried (and tried) to figure out what some people want out of a relationship, but no matter what you say or do, it’s always the wrong thing? Well, what’s up with that? We all have some trying relationships in our life, and some we can walk away from, some... Continue Reading →
Here’s a New Year’s Resolution For You – Stop Making Them
Have you made a New Year’s resolution yet? Are you tired of hearing that question? Here’s a suggestion... stop making them. What’s the point anyway? You only make it a few days, a week, maybe a month if you are really disciplined about it, and then you break it, and you’re done. No sense in... Continue Reading →
So what are you doing this weekend?
So suddenly it’s Thanksgiving. How did that happen? Wasn’t it just Halloween? It’s that time of year when all the holidays start running together and it all starts to blur. One year I was so fed up with the whole thing that just for fun, I came up with the greeting “Happy Hallothankschristmakwanzukah” and designed... Continue Reading →
Kayak Weekend Take Two Part Two
I was a bit concerned when I woke up on Saturday morning. Things were starting to get a little stiff and sore, and I wondered how I was going to make it through the rest of the weekend. I had never actually done four days of paddling before and thought maybe I had gotten in... Continue Reading →