Generally, I am a creature of habit. I wake up and go to sleep at about the same time every day. Occasionally, that rule will bend this way and that. What helps is that I am retired and am not required to be somewhere at a specific time every day. …

So, I’m reading the news on CNN and was enticed away by one of the articles they have at the bottom of each page. This one was some scientist who had proof of what Jesus looked like. Of course, this was going to be one of those click “NEXT” stories…

Put Some Good Stuff Out There — Have you ever considered how much influence you wield in both your everyday life, your business life, and your online life? You have a choice whether you are going to uplift someone or to rain on their parade. It is so easy to say to somebody, “You are a fool…

Updates From the Edge #2 — I have had this condition for the last few years. It gets hot and my extremities swell up. What is particularly troubling is that my feet, my ankles, and my lower legs hurt. They feel like sausages if you can imagine that. My skin feels taut like it would burst…

Happiness is your responsibility. Nobody can make you happy. You might be happy with them, but it is not their responsibility to ensure that you are happy. That is your job. So, how can you make yourself happy? I would think that knowing what makes you happy would be a…

I remember somebody telling me that the hardest class to take is an introductory one. It is there that you get all the different areas of concentration, so many new concepts and vocabulary that it is just plain hard. They told me that it is higher level courses where the…

I Just Got a Job It sounded catchy. So, I invested $2k in PublishingLife.com and am taking a huge course. Huge because the learning curve on all this publishing stuff is large. I can’t say I would have eventually learned it on my own, but if it’s all been collected…

This is one of my favorite stories of a writer writing. James Thurber and his wife were at a cocktail party. In those days people got dressed up and ranged about a room drinking and making conversation. I don’t know if they still do things like that anymore what with…

Grazing on the Sweet Grass — There have been times in my life when I set out to do something and nothing, absolutely nothing would sway me from my course. More often, though, I find that the glimmer of an idea occurs to me. Two weeks later that glimmer appears again catching my eye for an…