My parents, like most parents were always telling my sister and I how to behave and what not to do. Throughout our lives, like many children, most of their advice fell on ears that quite honestly, did not want to hear what we were being told. That did not mean that the advice was wrong … Read more
I remember the exact time and date that it happened, when I first realized that I had somehow become the “Last of the Dinosaurs.” It was on my very first day of what would turn out to be my final project with my former company. (Before I was downsized during the latest corporate attempt to … Read more
Back in the late 1980’s I wrote an article for “Training” magazine in which I detailed my search for a training instructor. So, much like Marty McFly, who, by the way, should be visiting us this very month, if you really believe in time travel, I am returning to my past to recount something the … Read more
Today, I was detoured down some backstreets and happened to pass by some old baseball fields that my son used to play on when he was in Little League. It was around noon and the five fields lay dormant, not a player or game in sight. It got me to thinking about my youth, when … Read more
I am the product of all of the choices I have made in my life. I am confident that everyone reading this post can agree with that statement, however, over the past several years, I have grown to fully understand that those choices I have made, the paths I have selected, the jobs and positions … Read more
In the remarkable movie, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones, played brilliantly by Harrison Ford actively and in his usual frenzied fashion, pursues the Holy Grail, a chalice purported to have been used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Through the usual trials and travails, Indy is chased by what appears at times to … Read more
Recently, many of my friends and colleagues have taken the grand leap and entered upon their retirement years. My finish line is still just a bit down the road, (but it is closing rapidly,) I recently had some time to contemplate my over 46 years of work experience. It all began by delivering papers and … Read more
As this aging boomer races ever more rapidly toward another birthday, I have found myself pondering what, if anything, I have learned during my brief time upon this marvelous blue orb. Alas, I soon discovered that quite a few of the lessons I have experienced have come at a terribly high price. I have frequently … Read more
At precisely 4:30 pm on Tuesday, October 21st 2014 SAMMY passed from this world to the next, with Kathy, our veterinarian and your grieving author close by his side. His time with us was over, his journey to the other side of the curtain was just beginning. The needles from the three-shot medications that eased … Read more
Miracles happen every day. I am not talking about those big, obvious life-changing miracles; like the birth of a child or a surprising and unexpected recovery from a severe illness. I am referring to those small, sometimes quiet and often very spectacular miracles that are happening all around us….if only we look hard enough. Have … Read more