Category: Life Lessons

My son, David, is becoming an expert in AI, and this week he’s in San Diego sharing his knowledge. The first time we had an in-depth conversation about AI was in the fall of 2024, when I was recovering from shoulder replacement surgery. He was working on several projects and gave me a little show-and-tell. …

When I began writing eight and a half years ago, April 11th quickly became one of my favorite days to talk about. It was Ruth’s birthday and for six weeks each year she was a year older than me. I ended up writing several stories about her birthday and our age gap. She played along …

I don’t remember where I found this, but I like it.  It may have come from my minister friend, Barbara.  It sounds like something she’d share. Youth gives you speed.  Aging can give you mastery and mastery is far more powerful.  The people who glow later in life didn’t escape aging. They befriended it. There’s …

When I was going through my cardio rehab last summer, the group leaders spoke about the importance of a healthy diet, regular exercise, positive mindset and a supportive environment.   When I spoke with our dietitian, she mentioned the 80/20 rule.  She emphasized doing the right thing at least eighty percent of the time. I did …

My sister, Jackie, bought me a book for Christmas. It’s an autographed copy of Mitch Album’s Twice.  I just got around to reading it.  The truth is I’m not done but I’ve got the gist. Mitch and I go way back.  Ruth bought me an autographed copy of Tuesdays with Morrie, his all-time best seller, …

When I returned to Florida after Ruth’s accident in September of 2022, the bed wasn’t made. It was stripped down to the mattress pad.  Ruth had a habit of changing the sheets just before we headed North or South, so we had a clean bed when we arrived. It was the first time I was …

I originally posted this story on January 24, 2018.  It was my twenty-fourth blog.  This is number eight hundred and sixty-eight. I’ve enjoyed a career in education spanning over forty-five years. I’ve taught, served as a building principal, been a school superintendent and now do consulting work. Once, several years ago in my elementary school …

Last week in my Single New Beginnings class one of the participants asked me a question about a quotation that we read every week. I’ve been reading it for over a year. She’s read it for over two but never raised the question before. I was surprised when she took exception to the statement and …

My friend Jim believed time mattered. Not just his own, but everyone’s. He treated punctuality as a form of respect. He set every clock and watch ten minutes fast. If he said he’d arrive at 6:00, he’d be in my driveway at 5:50. I didn’t mind that so much in the evenings, but in the …

I have a little bulletin board positioned above my desk in Florida.  I see it every day when I’m sitting at my computer and I change very little of it.  It’s got a place for storing envelopes, both legal and letter size, a postcard Ruth sent herself from Cuba in 2019, a post it note …