Lost in Translation

As we approach 10 months in the new house, and prepare for our first holiday season here, Janet and I have been thinking about what Christmas decorations will go where. Since we have a whole different home, we have no…

Technically, the beginning of November earmarks the annual time when those who have passed away in the prior year are remembered. Halloween is the day before All Saint's Day, which occurs on November 1st, with All Souls's day following on…

Sixty years ago today, on November 4, 1954, I became an older brother. I know that sounds weird to say, but that's exactly what happened. Doug, the second of three children who were born to our parents, entered the world…

I did a stupid thing tonight. It eventually worked out okay but it was a little scary. As you know, I like to fish in the lake bordering our backyard and over the last several months, the water level has…

Yesterday, a group of people I know were going out to lunch and asked me to join them. Unfortunately, I was tied up in another meeting and unable to attend. But I was a little hungry and they were kind…

I came from a family that didn't have an extraordinary amount of disposable income. We didn't live in poverty or anything, but Grandpa used to say that Mom could spend more with a spoon than Dad could make with a…

I drove down to Evansville late this afternoon in preparation for meetings in the morning. I get to head back to Indy after work on Tuesday and then work locally for the rest of the week. After days of rain,…

This past Friday, Janet and some of her friends were having lunch together at a local restaurant - The Original Pancake House. The place is not open for dinner and closes after the lunch crowd is finished - in the…

Lately, I have been asked some pretty tough questions and to be sure, I don't know the answers to many of them. But, unfortunately, that doesn't change the fact that people come to me and pose quite a number of…

Tuesday evening, I spent the night down in Evansville preparing to visit the client I work with on the east side of town. A co-worker of mine also was down in the area working at another location and since we…