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Toastmasters
This past weekend I went to an area contest with toastmasters. It was a great experience and the speeches that were given were the...
Feb 25, 2025


Planning the Future
As I continue on with this blog I am debating on how best to proceed. I started on the this path 3 or 4 years ago hoping that I could...
Feb 20, 2025


The Sins of the Father
I went to a wake for a friend and cousin who died after several years dementia in his mid 70’s. At the wake all appeared to be normal the...
Feb 18, 2025


Is a budget a story
I was at a church meeting when the conversation turned to the budget. As we reviewed the numbers, two of the group leaders admitted that...
Feb 13, 2025


Living life well
I recently came across a thought-provoking Pearls Before Swine cartoon by Stephan Pastis. In it, Pig climbs a mountain to seek wisdom...
Feb 11, 2025


A Life Well Lived
It has been a tough week. I have been struggling for time between putting class plans together for four classes, two of which I have...
Feb 6, 2025


Its never to late to set new goals
"Its never to late to set new goals or dream new dreams" C. S. Lewis In this last blog on the book “Living a Thousand Years” he goes into...
Jan 30, 2025


Its never to late
This is the second of three blogs about living a thousand years. I will talk about his thoughts on a time to learn, living in the...
Jan 28, 2025


Can a third space be a football game?
I had a bunch of family over for a birthday party and we got talking about football games and tailgate parties. My daughter has had...
Jan 21, 2025


How many friends is to many?
When you talk to some people and they talk about having hundreds of friends on Facebook or Instagram or Tic Tok. You find they do not...
Jan 15, 2025


More on the Third Space
In the book “The Third Space” the author makes a lot of good points. Social media makes our lives busier, but it obscures our...
Jan 14, 2025


Creating a Third Space
I am on our churches stewardship committee and we have talked about how do we become a place that we will become peoples third space. Our...
Jan 9, 2025


The Corner Pub
It is strange that as social media has become more prevalent our society has not become more social. When I grew up in Buffalo, NY back...
Jan 7, 2025


Lets Resolve to be Happy
Building upon Tuesdays Blog of taking care of yourself first, lets resolve to be Supremely Happy People this year. How does a person do...
Jan 2, 2025


Things to ponder before the New Years
I have three things that you should do as we approach the New Years. Everyone makes New Years resolutions but do you approach them in a...
Dec 31, 2024


Gifting Yourself
Here are some more gifts to give yourself this Christmas week. Engaging in some physical activity like yoga, dancing, running, strength...
Dec 24, 2024


Gifts to give yourself
We will celebrate the birth of Jesus tonight. A person who changed the world. He gave us the gift of eternal life. I would also hope that...
Dec 24, 2024


Toughest Time of the Year
I remember talking to my minister about a book we both read about purpose in retirement and making it worthwhile. I didn’t realize at the...
Dec 19, 2024


Giving Thanks
I have been neglect in posting this past week for many reasons mainly having to do with end of the school year rush, grading papers and...
Dec 5, 2024


Are you a do nothing?
I always talk about retirement planning and you have four options: The Four Levels of Action in Retirement Planning Retirement, a...
Nov 21, 2024
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