Let’s Give This Loser the Boot!

It’s gotta be better! It’s gonna be better! Time to move on and give this loser of a year the boot! I had a rough morning thinking about what didn’t happen this year that I wanted to happen. Some highlights, a lot of lowlights. But, there was one big highlight: YOU! I pushed out 51 […]

WARNING! Your Retirement May Be a Cul-De-Sac

When I made my final corporate relocation and moved to Denver in 1979, I ensconced our family in a house at the top of an 11-house cul-de-sac where we remained for 21 years. It was a tight little community with, at one point, 23 kids under the age of 11. You can visualize what a […]

Escaping Your Cultural Captors – Your Portal May Be Pooping On Your Potential!

Have you ever thought of yourself as being in a “cultural fishbowl?” News alert! You’re in one! If you’re 16, you are in a cultural fishbowl with the world watching to see how well you manage your rebelliousness and bone-headedness. If you are 60, your cultural fishbowl is being watched by a crowd with a […]

Your Attitude Is the Difference Maker.

Coincidence? IF . . .  A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z EQUALS . . .  1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26 THEN . . .  K+N+O+W+L+E+D+G+E  11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96% H+A+R+D+W+O+R+K 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98% BUT . . . A+T+T+I+T+U+D+E 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100% Raise your hand if you’ve seen this clever formula 700 times? I thought about it today as I watched the views on one of […]

Whew! Good News About Being 60!

My mom didn’t make it to 60. She gave it up to lymphoma at age 57. Dad had a heart attack two years later at 59 and made it to 80, enduring 21 years of extended chronic illness. My grandparents all checked out in their 60s and 70s. I remember a Parade magazine article a […]

Happy Thanksgiving – I guess?

Well, COVID, the Feds, and our Governor say no to a conventional Thanksgiving this year. Then the weather says we can’t even do it on the back deck with space heaters.  So, it’s each family component on their own. Hmmm – a 14-pound turkey for two? It is what it is. Our family’s best to […]