"By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes." This phrase comes from a novel by American writer Ray Bradbury, who first published the work in 1962. I read it 19 years later, when it was assigned reading in my 9th Grade Literature class. It had a big influence on my perspectives as …
Fix The Ear
My son got a toy mouse last weekend. Really to be more specific, it was a cat toy that looked like a mouse. Not long after he got it -- maybe fifteen minutes -- he tied to take the tag off the toy; the tag was attached to the little ear; the little ear pulled …
Let’s RUSH
I've had a forty-year love affair with the Canadian progressive (?) rock band, RUSH. They were one of the first bands I sort of "discovered" on my own through the radio. RUSH was also the first band for which I looked "back" to earlier albums, when I had caught up on what they had released …
Even More Respect…
I've always respected single parents and the Herculean efforts it takes to keep their family together and on the right track. My respect was "at an arm's length;" that changed recently. A few weeks back my wife went to a conference out of town. She was gone for four nights. Since it's summer time, our …
Guest Post: “Ain’t got time for the summer time blues…”
One of my old college friends recently posted the following story on his website. Yet another good example of taking that lemon, and making lemonade...or finding the good in a bit of a disappointing situation, or just flippin' coping with how life goes sometimes. Steve Debenedetti Emanuel, LMFT, and all around good dude. Dad, Husband, …
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Friday, Saturday, Weekend Good
I saw a classmate from grade school on Friday night. During the course of our conversation, she told me she reads my blog. She mentioned too that she could tell by some of the posts from time to time that "something was going on." That is good insight from an old friend and person I …
And Again, How is That? Just Write.
Play on words, used periodically to convey a simple truth. It's certainly right to write in my view. I’ve been writing most of my life, it’s provided me a baseline of thought, and outlet, therapy, entertainment, connection, continuity, just all of it. When blogging came about, it really seems that it was tailor-made for my …
Tostilocos, Doritolocos, Goodness
Tostilocos, Doritolocos, ahhhhhhh, what? Culinary Goodness from the ground level, from the street, from the everyday. Found this basic content via NPR and a series they produced a few years back: Borderland. It's still available in their archives, and narrates various aspects of the busy southern border between Mexico and the United States. As part …
Highs and Lows
It's part of life, pretty much every day. Highs and lows. They are really the essence of what life amounts to. Sometimes you'll be up; sometimes you'll be down. Sometimes you'll be one of those for a long while. Might seem like forever. Eventually the pendulum swings. Consider Alex Howes. Who?, you might ask? Unless …
Guest Post: “Be the Light” — YES!
I met Camille and her husband too last year when one of their son's played on the soccer team my wife was coaching (and two of our kids played on, too). Since then we've stayed in touch via social media, and we cross paths around town from time to time too. With that as backdrop, …
