It was eight years ago today that Janet’s father passed away. Janet was with him in Williamsburg at the end, while I was here in Carmel. We had just returned about two weeks earlier from Williamsburg where we had attended…
I received a message from one of my friends earlier this week that he had retired from his last “job” and wanted to speak to me and get my counsel on the next thing he had in mind. Normally, I…
The last three or four years, Janet and I have had several times when we needed x-rays, MRI scans or other ways for the medical profession to determine what was happening with us. Janet fell near Christmas several years ago…
We have a patio deck on the back of our home. We like to sit out there and watch the swans, geese and ducks swim in the lake behind our home. It’s not a big lake – 15 acres or…
Today is National Dog Day. I actually found out about this day last year on August 26th, but apparently forgot about it until it showed up on my calendar earlier this week. In case you don’t know or have forgotten,…
I recently met a man who is a doctor and we started to engage in a very interesting conversation. During the course of our discussion, he said that I seemed like a “why” person. I was a little perplexed and…
Thankfully, I have overcome several personal obstacles in my life. Admittedly, it hasn’t been easy at times – I have been successful more times than not, but there is always room for improvement. So, I’m going back to being disciplined…
I’m pretty good about remembering birthdays and sending greetings on FaceBook and other social media platforms. But I confess that today was a busy day – I know more people with birthdays on today’s date, August 8th, than any other…
Earlier this week, Tuesday, August 2nd, was my father-in-law’s 100th birthday. Unfortunately, he wasn’t still here on earth to celebrate it – he passed away eight years ago this summer – in 2013. It seems like yesterday that we were…
It’s coming up on that in-between time of summer. July is almost behind us and everybody seems anxious to get on with Fall. I’m not quite there yet. We still have the entire month of August in front of us…