“Please do me a favor.” These are words that are very difficult for me to ask, how about you? Yet, for over seventy years I have uttered this phrase more times than I can count. Most authors would be very happy to stay behind their typewriter or computer console and never have to market their…
Month: July 2018
Set a Few Boundaries For Your Own Life
As parents we spend a lot of time setting boundaries. The advent of tablets, computer games, cell phones, etc have made in my opinion parenting much more difficult. It was enough when my children grew up to limit their TV time, the boundaries beyond which they could’t cross or ride their bike, and the hours…
Over Seventy, And Still Feeling My Way
Did you ever play blind man’s bluff as a kid? Blind man’s buff is played in a spacious area, such as outdoors or in a large room, in which one player, designated as “It”, is blindfolded and gropes around attempting to touch the other players without being able to see them, while the other players scatter…
What Is Going On?
I get publications on a regular basis from Forward Movement including Forward Day by Day. In the latest batch I got a book titled Faith With A Twist, a 30 day journey into Christian Yoga. Now don’t worry I am not about to start teaching Yoga at the Hubbell Pew. I have enough trouble getting up and down…
It’s Hot, Damn Hot!
I loved Robin Williams in Good Morning, Vietnam, the story of Adrian Cronauer, a DJ for armed forces radio during the Vietnam War. Sadly, Cronauer died last week. In one scene Williams is asked to read the weather report. In only the way Williams could do it, he had me in stitches when he shouted, “it’s hot,…