I’ve never had a job where I worked for tips. All three of my kids have, but not me. All of the jobs that I’ve held over the years paid an hourly wage or a salary. The first time that I ever heard about tips, and tipping, was about sixty years ago. Maybe more. My …
Category: Life Lessons
Trust
We all know the “trust game”. One guy stands erect, crosses his hands in front of his chest, falls back, and trusts that his friend will catch him as he falls. The test is “do you trust your friend” to catch you? Over the years I’ve been comfortable being the catcher, but I’ve never …
A Thought Sparked By Christmas Past
Ruth and I listened to Christmas music as we awaited our Christmas guests this past Christmas season. Most of our family was with us for a few days. The Christmas music helped with the spirit of the season because there is no snow in Florida and snow helps with the spirit as well. We’d …
Lost Not Found
Ring number three. When I was a senior in high school I joined the local junior achievement program. My friend, Bill, and I went to the organizational meeting in the fall of 1964. Several new junior achievement companies were formed that night. Students from high schools throughout Oakland County were invited to attend. …
If I Were You I’d
As I entered my adult years, my dad had a habit of offering up the phrase, “If I were you I’d…” The words that completed the phrase were his unsolicited advice. He’d tell my sisters, or me, what we should do given a certain situation. “If I were you I’d save the money until …
The Poet and the Hunter
When I was growing up, I never went hunting. We lived in the city and my dad was not a hunter. We didn’t have a gun in our house except for the World War II Japanese rifle that my dad brought home from the war and the BB gun that my Uncle Elmer gave …
Peeing In The Pool
Be honest. I expect that each of us has peed in a pool at least once in our life. If not as an adult, you probably did so as a child. When you’re a kid playing in the water, even if some of it comes from you, it’s more fun than getting out, walking to …
On The Road
My parents used to take my two sisters and me to Bowling Green, Kentucky to visit “Old Granny Barner”. She was my grandfather’s mother but we knew her as “Old Granny Barner”. We traveled most of the way on US – 31 which was the main highway heading south towards Bowling Green prior to …
We Like to Help Our Friends
The week before Ruth and I left for Florida I was having trouble with my cell phone. It wasn’t a first for me. I’ve had trouble before. Several years ago I had service with the S company and wasn’t receiving my voicemail messages. I knew that people were leaving them for me …
Timber!!!
Several years ago, within two or three years after we moved to Lake LeAnn, my mom (Kay) and mother-in-law (Kate) came to visit us for a day or so. One had traveled west and the other east. There was a self-proclaimed psychic living in the area that intrigued the three ladies so Ruth, Kay, and …