July 6, 2022
One of my favorite quotations is, “I hate writing, but I love having written.” And that has been attributed to various famous writers including Dorothy Parker […]
June 29, 2022
Years ago, I saw a wonderful James Thurber cartoon that shows a man holding a phone and yelling into it,” Well if I called the wrong […]
June 22, 2022
Russell Conwell was a Baptist Minister, a philanthropist, an attorney, an educator and the founder of Temple University in Philadelphia. He was well known for giving […]
June 15, 2022
The saying, “You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression,” makes many people feel condemned to failure if they didn’t do so well […]
June 8, 2022
In baseball, when a runner arrives at the bag at the same time as the ball, people in the stands will often yell,” The tie goes […]
June 1, 2022
The mother of a friend of mine passed away recently and while making some arrangements, my friend was lamenting that she and her three siblings had […]
May 25, 2022
A riptide or rip current is a strong current moving away from the beach that can trap swimmers who are trying to swim to shore. In […]
May 18, 2022
I started my Rise & Whine episodes over 2 years ago, and the idea was pretty simple. It was just a way to connect with people […]
May 11, 2022
An article in a recent issue of Psychology Today noted that although we know the benefits of receiving a compliment, people are often reluctant to give […]
