Don’t bring me flowers…

Don’t bring me flowers…

“Actions speak louder than words and are more to be regarded.” This phrase has been repeated, sung, postered, morphed, and pondered much over the last few centuries. Only this week, am I seeing its fruit differently than I’ve considered before. Visiting my big brother...
Hopeful Horizons

Hopeful Horizons

“When I grow up I’m going to be .  .  .” How many of us uttered those words, and how many of us are, today, what we dreamed of becoming then, when we were four or five years old? The daydreams of that age were far-reaching, if often unrealistic. Childhood idols were...
Do you smell what I smell?

Do you smell what I smell?

In an office where I once worked, the purchasing agent refused to see sales reps in the afternoon, because he couldn’t abide the essence of garlic oozing from their pores if they had eaten some at lunch. Coming inside after sitting around a campfire enjoying s’mores,...
Better than an e-reader

Better than an e-reader

Over 134,000,000 books (according to a brief online search) have been published since the invention of the Gutenberg press in 1450, and, on average, 2,200,000 more books are published annually. I think I’ve read hundreds of books in my lifetime – many novels, some...
Got Speed-dial?

Got Speed-dial?

As a non-DIY guy, it excites me to talk with someone who knows exactly what to do in any given project. When a seemingly straightforward task hits, what for me, is a shut-the-whole-thing-down glitch, and then hearing these wunderkinds ponder their way through...