The Boys Of Summer
I was born in 1960 and have played baseball since I can remember. There were no formalized leagues in the 1970s for kids younger than 9, but we played pickup games every day. Today those games seem a thing
Be Sure To Eat Your Greens
Sometimes, when I ask people, “How are you?” they answer, “It’s Monday!” I interpret that to mean the week is beginning and the weekend is far away, so they can only be so happy. At mid-week, there is a lilt of
Urgent Life
I wrote and rewrote the first few paragraphs of this story three or four times because I kept worrying about being politically correct. I worried over leaving someone out of the matrix that went along with the story.
Decisions, Decisions
When I did one of my first college internships, I worked with a man who had a poster over his desk that showed a person sitting on a rock looking into the ocean, with a quotation in the lower corner: “No one can
Living Smarter
The manager at the restaurant I worked at through college offered me some extra hours one weekend. “Come in around 5 a.m., and we’ll clean out the walk-in refrigerators and coolers. I’ll give you $50
Let Tough Love Prevail
It was the 1970s and our school system was putting together a cooperative agreement between three neighboring communities where sixth-grade kids would come together for a one-week camping trip.
Choose To Be Grateful
Last year, a Harris Polls survey was conducted to determine those things for which Americans are most grateful. Responses were as follows: Health of family 85% Family relationships
Unjustified Mutiny
Whether it’s an excerpt from a good book or the lines of a renowned play, I am a sucker for great dialogue that teaches a lesson. Sometimes it sneaks up on me. Sometimes I find it in the oddest places.
What Do You Want?
Does your pizza have double crust? Is the crust cheese-filled? Maybe it is sprinkled with parmesan and/or garlic. You can get a side of wings with that. Regular, mild, hot or atomic hot; what’s the matter can’t you take it? You need protein! Get some
By Your Deeds
You're standing at the line and with one more roll of the ball, you will accomplish the first 300 game of your life. You've been bowling for 20 years now, since you were just in first grade.
Know Thyself
We’re flawed because we want so much more. We’re ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.” — Don Draper of Mad Men
Food, Glorious Food!
Some food is just food. It fills the hole and doesn’t really satisfy--just makes you “un-hungry.” Here's a little food for thought for you to chew on.
The Allure of Confidence
From the time we are children until the day we die, we are saddled with self doubt and insecurity. It’s natural. It’s innate to all beings.
The Allure of Confidence
Which one do you want to be?From the time we are children until the day we die, we are saddled with self doubt and insecurity.It’s natural. It’s innate to all beings.The puppy that cries that first n
End of Innocence
What's Wrong With This Picture? Absolutely nothing.Yeah - we were teenagers and most people that observed us do the crazy things we did always said that, “Well, they’re teenagers, what do you expect?
A Conversation For The Ages
The Fourth of July is the federal holiday when we in the United States commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence (from the Kingdom of Great Britain) signed on July 4, 1776. © Can Sto
The Silent Majority
Earlier this month, a South Carolina high school valedictorian stepped up to the microphone to make his speech. He’d discussed his proposed remarks with school officials and they had approved what he