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Every morning, we had the same thing. Eggs. This is by no means, a complaint. In fact, I loved this about growing up in my family. We were an egg-eating bunch. My Dad is to blame for that. He lived

Although I dislike the visualization of the phrase, it is completely true: “There is more than one way to skin a cat.” This is accurate for every activity under the sun, I think. Eating soup. Serving a tennis ball. Weeding

Epic Fail. There has been much said about failure, by a lot of smart people, over all these years. But, one stands out for me tonight. “Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.” — John C. Maxwell But

  I had to drive over to Dayton early this morning. I love to crank up music in my car. Alternative is my favorite. But sometimes, I just like to have perfect quiet in the car. Today was one of

Today I found out a good friend of mine had a pony when she was a little girl. A pony! And, my Mary, also had a horse when she was a girl. They both say they loved those animals. I

We all make mistakes. It is the human way. I used to work for a newspaper, in the “composing” area. We would construct ads, and mock up layouts, and that sort of thing. Sometimes we had to work really fast.

Today I was driving through town, on my way home from a meeting. I noticed the car directly in front of me, a Toyota. I did not recognize the model, as it was a much older version of the Toyota

Sometimes things break. It happens. For the most part, they work just as they should. If we are lucky. But every now and again, a gasket blows, a wheel falls off, a cookie crumbles. It is like pounding away at

Every once in a great while, there is too much that I want to say here. I’ve run this thing a hundred ways tonight. Write. Highlight. Delete. Over and over again. So before it all goes sideways, I decided to

Sometimes. You have to wonder about certain Nursery Rhymes. Throw it down, and say… what in the HOLY heck. I think the authors may have been going a little heavy on the Absinthe back in the days of knickers, and