This concept may be one of my fundamental goals, fundamental challenges, my life chrystalized each day. Love is centered on being and feeling and valuing the time, the moment, the people you are with. It's deep into NOW. Action is obviously, "the doing, the tasks, the active" -- it's how things get done. Taking action. …
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Lyrics Post: Magic Power
This song was released by the Canadian rock band, Triumph, in 1981 - I didn't hear it until maybe three years later. But when I did, it changed my life; it filled my heart; it strengthened my soul; it fortified me, and still does today, all these years later. What can I say? When a …
Peak misery, and the Happiness Curve
It turns out there are ups and downs in life; no surprise, really. There's a an apex of misery that typically occurs for most people during roughly the middle of many people's lives -- say in the later forties -- and then...? Then things start to get better. This podcast won't take very long, and …
From The Roof-Top, For The Girls!
Rounding out our celebration week for our two daughters' birthdays, I stand on the roof-top with a trumpet and play it to the heavens. I play it to the heavens, this old beat-up, dented horn, it belonged to my dad a long time ago. I play it from the roof-top, celebrating and proclaiming the wonder …
Diabetes and World Health: The Fight Continues
Diabetes is a global problem. It's on the rise in the United States. It's on the rise around the world. And left untreated, diabetes kills people. One of the main issues is, insulin therapy (what diabetics need to survive long-term), is expensive. Many organizations work to help those living with diabetes, and working to reduce …
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Anything but Novel
Wrecking havoc in the world currently, the novel coronavirus certainly is causing quite a stir. With hundred of people already dead from the disease and tens of thousands of infections on record, it's a serious global health issue. Listen to this ten minute podcast to get the facts; it's interesting, will quell some degree of …
Celebrating The Girls
This weekend we're celebrating our two girls' birthdays, a joint gathering to maximize the participation and the fun. Bonus? My mom's birthday is also in February, so we'll sing her Happy Birthday too. Thinking about these three people, and the massive effect they've had on my life, I share some simple, and maybe obvious thoughts. …
Asking for Truth from Power
There was a fair amount of press recently about the exchange between current Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and veteran journalist Mary Louise Kelly. At the time after I heard the exchange and the recount, I also recalled that earlier in the month Ms. Kelly had been in Iran, reporting there. I thought at …
Give It All You Got: Remembering a Super Dad
Listening to a little jazz, working through the usual chores, thinking about my dad this particular weekend. Two years ago everything changed. Two years ago on Super Bowl Sunday at around six in the morning, my dad passed away. Nothing terribly tragic about this situation: my father lived a long time, was successful as an …
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Good Habits
Seems like I see more and more people brushing their teeth at work. Might be mid-morning, might be after lunch, but oral hygene awareness and action is on the rise. Good Habit for sure, brushing your teeth frequently, even at work. We only get one set of adult teeth, and it pays both practically and …
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