The best teacher I ever knew

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

Choices

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

Leap of Faith

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

My Business Travel Adventures

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

Reflections of a Baby Boomer

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

SAMMY the Brave

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

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

Dad

It has now been over 30 years since my dad, Kermit Burley, Sr. passed on. He was 78 years old and was also the hardest working man I have ever known. He was a doughnut baker for most of his life, although he also toiled as a farmer and milk delivery driver, among other professions. … Read more