Writings
You Are What You Eat, so they say
If “they” (above) are correct, I am currently a banana. I have been accused of being bananas, so perhaps we’ve found the cause! In point of fact, the original statement was not to be taken literally. That was way back in 1826, when this phrase was used in a book
Good is Greater than Safe
Life, in so many ways, can be full of surprises. One way I’m often surprised is by meeting new friends, especially out of — as the saying goes — the blue. In the middle of this week, for instance, I was invited by a good friend to play in a
Phone a friend
I’ve been thinking about friends and friendship over the past few weeks. Part of that was triggered, I know, by the news that my long-time friend Steve had suddenly become very sick and was in the ICU fighting for his life. That news came from our mutual friend, Ron. They
More is Less
There are many “pairs” in the world, ranging from the human (Adam and Eve) to the natural world (night and day) to those cool little candies (M and M). Way back in the mid-50’s, Sammy Cahn (lyrics) and Jimmy Van Heusen (music) wrote a song called Love And Marriage, recorded
It isn’t the changes, it’s the transitions
You may have thought about transitions, but if you haven’t, I want to change that. Why? Because a lot of how you get through life is determined by how you handle the transitions. An aerobics class helped me realize that. (Are there still aerobics classes?) Here’s the story. I happened
Listening well
Back in the day I spent about a dozen years in the music business. As I was thinking about the topic of listening, a couple of experiences from that world leapt out of the recesses of my mind and said, “Tell them about me.” So I will. The first took
Laughing Matters
A young man is passing by a bar when he sees an old woman fishing with a stick and a string in a puddle by the sidewalk. “She must be a poor old fool,” he thinks to himself, and out of the kindness of his heart, he invites the woman
Checking your stats
If you are a sports fan, you might just have a lot of stats in your head. Football fans (I’ll start with that because it’s playoff time for both college and professional football) know everything from won-lost records to quarterback ratings. And countless other stats, especially on their favorite teams
What will you do in 2025? Here’s what we will do.
According to the calendar — and they have a tendency to be accurate — this will be our final feature article for 2024. The common theme for this time of year is “New Year’s Resolutions,” and perhaps you’ve already started thinking about yours. Almost every list I see is comprised
God rest you merry, Gentlemen.
Everyone who reads English, and especially everyone who writes English, knows the importance of a properly placed comma. Several years ago I picked up a book on the topic of punctuation, very cleverly titled Eats, Shoots & Leaves. The cover shows two panda bears. One of them is on a
Christmas movies — and a Christmas present
My wife just bought a Christmas tee shirt. It’s red, and the front is decorated with red and white and green and yellow icons from Christmas movies. See if you can figure them out. How did you do? Great, I’m guessing, which means you know a lot about Christmas movies!
Outside of time
I suppose you noticed that Christmas is coming. We know it, too, and unless we want people to say, “The Grinch must live there,” we need to start decorating for Christmas. But our calendars are full of other activities. There was Thanksgiving, there are meetings, there are events, there was
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