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So many people are spreading thanks around this time of year. I see digital shouting in facebook, broadcasting thankfulness to family and friends. I can also sense silent reflection on what we have… not what we don’t have. It creates a collective epidemic of joy that is having an infectious effect on me. However, with…
I’ve been drawn to trees since I was a young kid, mostly as a climber. This old tree caught my eye on a hill that I drive by on my way to work. The tree is interesting because there are no other trees around it. It’s all alone on this hilltop, struggling against the elements…
Philippe Petit does the impossible… just because it SEEMS impossible. You may recognize the name of the man who walked on a tightrope between the World Trade Center towers in 1974, a story you should see in its entirety in the Academy Award-wining documentary “Man on Wire.” My son Evan and I just had the…
Just got challenged by my friend and co-worker to “write a blog post on that.” This challenge came right after I asked him “Got everything you need?” Now that I think about it, that really is an impossible, rhetorical question to answer. No one EVER has ALL of their needs met at any given time,…
We all learn to deal with stress in different ways. I learned by watching Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. Remember when Marlin Perkins sent Jim Fowler into the jaws of danger while he provided color commentary from the safety of an armored jeep? “It looks like Jim has successfully gained the crocodile’s attention, and he…
“I see your true colors shining through. I see your true colors, and that’s why I love you.” Why does this Cyndi Lauper song stop me in my tracks every time I hear it? It makes me visualize an old painting, like the ones you see on the antique roadshow. “My Great Uncle Henry had…
I ran, and finished, my first half-marathon Sunday morning. I’ve never entered a big race and never run that far in my entire life. Just last year I could barely run 2 miles without stopping to walk. They say 2 hours and 6 minutes is a respectable time for 13.1 miles, and I was fairly…
The word “reunion” literally means “to bring together again.” But is there actual unity after the initial re-meeting? My wife Carol and I just attended our North Central High School reunion in Indianapolis, and I’m still energized from it. The shared educational experience so many years ago was not really a choice for us back…
I had an obsession once. I wanted to bang the drum… the big bass drum that sat on top of a player piano at Farrell’s ice cream parlor in the Castleton Square mall. Long before Chuck E. Cheese baked his first pizza, Farrell’s was THE place for birthday parties, and it was my first real…
Revisiting a childhood home can be an emotional experience. After you get over the difference in scale (not as big as you remember it) you’re transported back in time to relive memories you thought were long gone. I recently got to visit my childhood home at 802 S. Lafayette Street in Macomb, Illinois, and I…