Month: April 2024
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Ordinary People and Superpowers
Reading Time: 4 minutesI’ve been busy in productive (rather than time wasting) activity the last several weeks. I’m focusing on pulling together everything I’ve written in the past for the Thinking 2 Steps Ahead book and trying to find a workable structure for it. It is a mighty struggle. Those of you who know me… Read more
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If You’re Waiting for a Sign…
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDo you ever look for signs? Not road signs or street signs. You know, signs from God that something you’re thinking or doing is the right or wrong thing. Things that happen that you take as signs suggesting, confirming, or reinforcing something going on in your life, or showing you that… Read more
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Age Has Nothing to Do With It
Reading Time: 4 minutesOne of my favorite memories of all time is when I was babysitting my great-niece, then age 3 or 4, and she asked me if she could play with my phone. She’s 16 now, so this was about 12 years ago, 2012 or so. At the time I still had a flip… Read more
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Goodbye, Xenon
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis week we said goodbye to a good and faithful servant, our 2014 VW Passat TDI (diesel engine) who we named Xenon. She was the second diesel Passat we owned. In 2012 we bought a new one, silver, from the dealer in Springfield, Missouri. Randy was in love with the diesel engine… Read more
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25 or 6 to 4
Reading Time: 5 minutesI was in the 7th grade at a Catholic school when a bunch of guys in the Chicago area who loved music found each other and formed a band called The Big Thing. Those guys, all about 10 years older than me, dressed to the nines in skinny suits ala the early… Read more
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In Anticipation of Leonid & Friends
Reading Time: < 1 minuteTomorrow night we, with two other couples, are adventuring down to the Seminole Casino Hotel in Immokalee, Florida to see a Russian Chicago Tribute Band. Of all the concerts we’ve been to in the past 20 years, this may be the one that excites me more than any other. My post… Read more
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The Spectacular (But Crazy) Eclipse of 2024
Reading Time: 5 minutesYou had to be living under a rock to not know about the total eclipse that took place yesterday, visible along a wide swath of the United States. There are actually 4 types of solar eclipses, a total solar eclipse, an annular solar eclipse, a partial solar eclipse and a hybrid solar… Read more
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Breaking Up With Sugar
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe all have relationships that definitely don’t enhance our lives. I’ve often said that if you are with someone who doesn’t bring out the best in you, that’s not a relationship you want to nurture. In fact, it’s emotionally healthy to minimize or sever those kinds of relationships. Yesterday I had… Read more
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The Unusual, Round Place We Call Home
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen Randy and I moved to Southwest Florida in July 2021 we didn’t know a lot about the area. Today, in fact, I found out for the first time that the closest city, Englewood, is unincorporated. This means there’s no local government or police force. All governmental services are provided by the… Read more