Gratitude
The folks at Studio C (hat tip Greenway family) have managed to capture the essence of my courtship of my wife in a six-minute video. Okay, not really, but it’s close. Estonia is only a short boat-ride away from Finland, share a similar language, and the werewolf monkeys do get kinda bad at certain times [...]
Yes, I’m early. But, besides the fact that I don’t post on weekends, come Mothers Day I’ll be busy enough with my own personal celebrations. It’s either now, or late. Mothers don’t get much credit. When you think about it, what accomplishment by the human race could possibly compare with mothers’ efforts to provide a human [...]
The human mind is an interesting and quirky thing. We remember a whole lot more than what we actively realize. This morning while in the shower my mind suddenly regurgitated a memory I don’t think I’ve recalled in years, even decades. Somehow I ended up thinking of the 1980s remake of The Jazz Singer with [...]
Last Friday on Facebook I saw that a friend of mine from college had been laid off from his job. Besides wanting to help, I felt a surge of gratitude that I had made it successfully through that very scenario not so long ago. Such things are always best seen in the rear-view mirror. I [...]
Jessica Hagy is back at it again, and comes out swinging for 2013 with an article titled Verbal Resolutions: 12 Upgrades to Your Vocabulary For the New Year. One highlight: August: Practice your acceptance speech. In the mirror, while getting ready in the morning, try to be concisely appreciative while leaving out the cringe-worthy humble-brags. [...]
Depending on what time of the day you are reading this I must question what you’re doing here. If it’s still Christmas morning, then get back to your family and friends! This will wait. If it’s Christmas evening then…okay. You’ve earned some rest, perhaps, and need me to help you take a nap. Warning: I’m [...]
Starting tomorrow I’ll be on vacation from work for ten days straight (one of the few benefits of leaving most of your vacation time un-taken until you’re just about to lose it. I really intend to spread it out a little better next year). I don’t necessarily have anything significant planned, but just as a [...]
I was just doing a little online reading when I came across this local article, from a new column called “Ask a cop” — Good reading to help us remember things to be thankful for. Here’s one: I’m thankful to the citizens who come up to us and thank us for the job we do [...]
It’s early in the morning and the house is quiet. We’re going to be taking it easy today, watching the Macy’s Parade, the Westminster Dog Show, and generally hanging around home. I may work on a project I didn’t get to last weekend. I’ve much to be thankful for today. It’s been a pretty good [...]
When we first moved into this house we found we had a dead tree in our yard. Years ago someone had planted a trio of aspens along the fence separating our yard from the neighbor’s. Two of them were on their side, one on ours. And ours was dead. I’ve been meaning to do something [...]