Can you think of a time in your life when you had to make a decision about which path to take? Kind of like Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz – “Which way do we go, Toto?” Every day we’re faced with choices. Most are about the small things in life. But sometimes you come […]
Category Archives: FAMILY & FRIENDS
FATHER’S DAY: GRIEF & GRATITUDE
With the month of June being named after Juno, the Roman goddess of marriage, home, and family, and also coming off of Memorial Day and celebrating Father’s Day in June, I have been thinking about my stepdad, Ron, a lot in recent days. I wanted to honor his memory by posting some thoughts… Ronnie first […]
WHAT IS LOVE?
What is love? How do you define it? For many, when they say they want love in their life, what they mean is they want romantic love. With Valentine’s Day approaching, you may be someone who dreads the holiday because you aren’t married or don’t have a significant other romantic partner in your life. Every […]
DRINKS FOR THE NEW YEAR
With the start of the new year a few days away, I thought I’d post a few drink ideas for those of you who might be celebrating the end of 2020. And don’t we all feel the same – that this has been an exceedingly difficult year in so many ways? You might wonder why […]
THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT
We are nearing the end of 2020. So much has happened this year, not only to us collectively as a nation, but also to us individually. The bad news keeps coming, and you may feel that there is no end in sight. Discontent, COVID, family illness, political unrest, uncertainty about the future. Our emotions have […]
EUROPE, HERE I COME!
Alcazar Castle_Segovia, Spain
Photo courtesy of citypictures.org
TRAVELING WITH FRIENDS
Which do you prefer – traveling and exploring new places on your own or traveling with a group of friends with whom you can create lifelong memories, have a ton of fun, and maybe even get into a little bit of trouble? Both have their advantages and disadvantages, of course. Traveling with a friend who’s […]
MUSIC IS MY LIFE
Music has always been a huge part of my life. From listening to my dad and my Uncle Harry singing old hymns country-style and playing their guitars, to hearing the choir sing every Sunday in church, I developed my love for music early on and even sang publicly for many years of my life. I […]
IF YOU’VE SEEN ONE…
It was the Summer of Love. I was too young for love at the time, but we all love a vacation, so I was excited to drive with my family across the country from Illinois to California. A three-week adventure that would take us through the mountain states traveling West and through the desert coming […]
TAMARINDO!
So, I’m sitting there one day watching my (former) sweetheart putting an inordinate amount of cream into his coffee, (or should I say, he was “having a little coffee with his cream…”), and I was reminded of the first time I tasted coffee. During my childhood my brother and I would often take the CTA […]