Count your blessings. Some people never need to be told to do that because gratitude is ingrained in the DNA of their character, while others have to be encouraged constantly because complaint is a part of theirs. Which are you? Wait, wait, come back! Don’t give up on this article because I called you out […]

This is a hard one to write, that is if I’m going to be honest in this space. It’s a couple weeks or so until Thanksgiving at the time of writing and the next two months plus will be the Christmas holiday season, maybe even sooner as the ads on television seem to think it […]

How do you sign off your letters? Maybe you end them with “love,” or “sincerely,” before signing. As a teenager I ended most of them “Signed Sincerely, Jack,” referring to a song I loved back then. A bit redundant, but it held meaning for me as a teen! The Epistle to the Romans, also known […]

Thankful For Cooler Temps A happy and sunny Fall morning from the island, everyone.  Actually, as a rare occurrence, I’m in Seadrift this early morning, having ventured across the bay a few days ago to visit with my California sister, Darla, and her husband, David, who drove down to attend the 2nd birthday of my […]

It’s spooky season again, but this year I’m thinking that the scariest thing is how many people I know that are really struggling, how many are a missed paycheck away from some really horrible outcomes, how many cannot meet basic needs, how many are right now facing a horror story worse than any ghost, goblin, […]