I didn’t realize until the other day when I actually HAD to go to the post office how horribly depressing of an event it had become. Growing up and through most of my life the post office had always been a hub of activity for the town. You would run into a neighbor or someone you knew and the peop...

     "If The Shoe Was On The Other Foot"- P. LaBelle I feel the way I feel. You feel the way you feel. Sometimes we are not going to agree. But it is my hope that we can find a way to at least meet each other in the middle. I respect the way you feel. I hope that you resp...

Warm-up day Monday is completed so you are now really up-and-running; In all languages it's the day associated with Mars, the god of war, so it's clearly not a day anyone is going to mess with you; It sounds oddly similar to Choose-Day: a great day for making some powerful choices abou...

A good friend of this site Lewis “Gus” Crump passed away on Sunday. Gus was recently diagnosed with cancer. It moved quickly and took his life suddenly. Gus will be missed by ALL that... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]...

____________________ Hypnotic, isn't it? I was thinking about just how many very stupid people there are. There's a bunch. Sadly, they breed like rabbits and most folks with sufficient sense to pour piss out of a boot without reading the......

Working hard definitely produces results, but it’s rarely a linear 1-to-1 relationship. More people will block you than encourage you. Thank those who encourage you so they are are inspired  to do more. It is a less Newtonian and Cartesian   world than our science lessons taught us: we...

____________________________ Asian markets were 4% down when they opened on Friday. That would equate to yet another 300 point loss on the Dow Jones. They have rebounded a bit from there - which I believe is merely a bunch of......

Jimmie Ruth Olsen taught art at the school I work since 1991; we came the same year. My first breast cancer was diagnosed in 1989 and hers a few years earlier. I dealt with treatment twice, but Jimmie dealt with it almost continuously for 22 years in both breasts and subsequent metastes. She was opt...

Our words. They are so powerful. I know on some days when I am feeling really low or “bummed out� – an encouraging word has boosted me for days afterwards. Because our words are powerful. An encouraging word can go much farther than we think. It can save someone from a damaging lifestyle or fu...

Growing up we all have encountered fashion trends that we have been less than proud of for participating in. While it is easy to pick on leg warmers, jelly shoes, and other ill-conceived fashion trends the one that gets left alone are t-shirts. Today I want to look at five different types of t-shirt...