ANY SLATS MISSING?

Last week was a sad and instructive week for me.  I attended two funerals, and learned of a third.   The first was for a young father and former Marine.  He was the husband of a student of mine who tragically left a widow and two beautiful daughters behind.   The...

COMMIT TO THE SHOT!

Life is about Choices.  We face them everyday, but we also live with the ones that we made, perhaps years ago, and over the course of our lifetime.  Who we ended marrying, or where (or if) we decided to attend college, and the kind of job we pursued all shaped the...

FATHER’S DAY

Once they arrive a few years past adolescence, most men become a problem for their loved ones on birthdays, holidays, and anniversaries.  They frustrate their wives, girlfriends, and children who seek input or possibilities for gifts they can proffer on such...

Disappointment is not Shame!

I’m a movie and trivia fan. My brain seems to be a repository of useless information. One of those more arcane morsels of unimportant facts is that Marlon Brando, the very prolific and talented actor, directed only one movie in his long career: One Eyed Jacks. It was...