Our four-year-old daughter sits watching the film version of the wonderful children’s novel THE TALE OF DESPEREAUX.
It is there I find my inspiration for today’s blog.
As I type this she watches the screen, engrossed and intrigued by the brave little mouse who dared to break away from other…

Before you criticize me for being heartless to little furry critters, I am an ANIMAL LOVER.
Aside from loving some animals medium well to well done, I have been a pet owner all my life.
Currently, we have thee dogs, a cat, a canary, and a rat.
Yep. A whole…

One of the hardest parts about being human is the constant tug of war between who we are and who others want us to be.
I would have to argue that this battle is one of the biggest sources of stress and unhappiness we experience.
One issue that has gotten…

I made it to the gym yesterday and, as I had predicted, the place was PACKED.
Packed with people who won’t be there in a few weeks, if it takes that long.
Why?
Because they will not stick with it. Most of the new people are those who are well…

As if the Air Force didn’t have enough on its hands with the recent revelation that partial cremated remains of hundreds of Veterans were dumped in a landfill like yesterday’s trash, now a controversy involving a tasteless photo.
The photo being probed shows a group of airmen posing around an…

I’ve written before about the practice of treating someone in the drive-thru line just for the heck of doing something nice for someone.
But I think it’s worth exploring again as we get close to Christmas and the New Year.
I know it sounds totally strange and random to many…

A new study finds that your rear end will turn into a bowl of jelly if you sit down too much.
Well, not literally and not exactly.
But close.
Sitting down too much makes you fat.
And the cruelest past is that it doesn’t matter how much you work out…

I am not looking forward to the New Year’s rush to our local gym. But I’m preparing for it.
Don’t get me wrong, I will be happy to see my fellow Americans set health related goals for themselves. We all need to!
But let’s be totally honest. Most will go…

Let me preface this blog by reminding some of you that I am a proud gun owner. I support the NRA and most of its positions.
I am a firm believer in the Second Amendment and believe that this Amendment protects all the others, really.
Having said that, I do…

Kids aren’t growing up anymore with the sayings that came in handy for the generations that preceded them.
Like “Haste makes waste.”
This is SO true.
We are living proof of this right now as our second floor deck is being completely demolished.
Yesterday was a noisy day around the…