Treaming is a new word I recently created. It’s a combination of Thinking and Dreaming. I went with Treaming rather than Dhinking for what I hope are obvious reasons. Treaming is that place where you wonder if you are thinking or dreaming. Mine always takes place in bed where I should be sleeping but I …
Buddy Trips
My wife, Ruth, and I were staying in Cathedral City, California (next to Palm Springs) for two months – January and February in 2012. We had rented a condo that sits on the 14th hole of Cathedral Canyon Country Club. One day, Ruth, my daughter in law, Kate, son, Mike, and I played golf at …
The Origin of Social Media
Social media is a permanent fixture in today’s world. We are a Twitter with Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook. I’m told that you can identify a generation by the media it prefers. Old timers, such as myself, prefer Facebook. Generation X is into Twitter, and Millennials are fans of Instagram. Some people celebrate social media. Others …
AKA Woody
My cousin, Gene, is four years older than me. He’s the oldest of twelve cousins. I’m number two and his sister, Ruth Ann, falls third on the list. His given name is Harry Eugene, but most of his friends call him Woody. I believe his mom and dad called him Gene (followed …
I Just Want It To Work
I find technology frustrating. I grew up during the age of “write legibly”. Printing vs. cursive was the big battle. As I develop this blog, I am forced to accept the technological challenge of learning new things. While stumbling through the world of downloading and uploading, plugins and widgets, users and settings, …
Opportunities
Well over 30 years ago, I visited one of my college friends, Mike, in California. We visited several places: Pebble Beach, explored Wine Country, tasted sushi for the first and last time, and visited a coffee house – Starbucks. Mike told me that Starbucks was a new franchise business opportunity. I said, “Who is going …
I’ll Tell You No Lies
I’ve listened to and told stories all of my life. My dad was my original story teller. He spoke from experience and recounted memories from growing up and living life. He was a simple man with simple tastes. He was honest in all of his dealings and he loved children. I became a story teller …
Ed
I met Ed a little over ten years ago. Our first meeting was not a happy one. We met in a funeral home where I came to pay my respects to a friend of mine whose mother had died. Ed is his dad. Ed was ninety years old when we met. He turns 100 today, …
A Very Little About Me
I’ve thought about writing for a very long time, but thinking and doing are two different things. When I graduated from high school I wasn’t very good at thanking people for my graduation gifts, so my mom gave me a ditto master (Most of you don’t know what that is, but it was two giant …
Let Me Tell You A Story
I am a baby boomer who grew up in the suburbs of Detroit. My mother and father both came from large families, so I had several pairs of aunts and uncles. I knew both sets of grandparents and had them in my life for my early years. I am the oldest of three children. I …