The Strawbridge family stumbled into my life on YouTube a couple weeks ago. I was watching a video on someone’s hike—can’t even remember who or where they were hiking. If you ever watch YouTube stuff, you know that at the end of each video, suggestions appear for your next viewing….
This past Christmas, my daughter and grandson gave me a wonderful book suitable for the coffee table (do people still have those?). Unforgettable Journeys: Slow Down and See the World features over 200 journeys from all over the world. The book is divided into five sections based on mode of…
Turning to my left, I looked out the airplane window, waiting for takeoff. The effects of hours of light snow and sub-zero temperatures were obvious everywhere. A light layer of snow covered some areas of the gate area pavement. Plows scurried about, back and forth, relentlessly working to keep the…
Well, it finally came this year. The deep freeze, that is. Up until a week or so ago, here in the Midwest, we were thinking we might dodge the artic bullet this season. Oh, it’s been a bit wintry, but December was a breeze. Never even started up the snowblower…
Late last July, my wife and I spent a few days in Breckenridge, Colorado, just before our 40th Anniversary. To be sure, so much about the trip was wonderful. Beautiful scenery. Great weather. Time alone together. But there was too much reminding us of the COVID pandemic. For starters, having…
When my dad’s health deteriorated enough that he had to move out of his home to an assisted living facility, it fell largely to me to clean out his place and put it up for sale. In the process of going through everything, I came across a cache of old…
As you surely know—especially if you had the day off work!—this past Monday was a federal holiday, Martin Luther King Jr Day. In a few weeks on February 15, we’ll get another day off for Presidents Day, as it’s been known since 1971. How will you celebrate Presidents Day? Take…
I’m a child of the sixties, turning 12 in 1970. I’m told it was a tumultuous era, the 60s and 70s. From what I recall, it was. Playing on the floor in our living room as a 5 year old, I heard “We interrupt this broadcast to bring you an…
Finally, 2020 is in the rearview mirror and the almost twelve months of 2021 are in front of us. It’s a great time to stop and do some reflection, assessment, and reorientation. It’s also an ideal time to take aim at some goals for our personal life, work or career,…
True, it’s the title of another one of those romance “songs of the season” as the singer wants to know whether she gets to be the date on New Year’s Eve, or if she’ll be left wondering what the guy’s doing. Nevertheless, isn’t that the frequent question of conversation at…
