When I’m writing this I’m sixty-nine, and one hundred still sounds like something you see on TV. The cameras show … More
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How lucky I am.
Lately I’ve been watching a YouTuber named Kurt Caz. If you’ve never heard of him, he’s not the typical travel … More
Failure Is Usually Just a Delayed Introduction to Success
Failure Is Usually Just a Delayed Introduction to Success When you get to my age, you realize something interesting about … More
The Day the Toll Booths Disappeared
Yesterday when I entered the Pennsylvania Turnpike, I noticed something that made me pause for a moment. The roadwork was … More
What are three objects I couldn’t live without?
I had to laugh when I read today’s prompt: What are three objects you couldn’t live without? That’s a dangerous … More
The Experience That Changed Me Forever
“A healthy man has many goals, a sick man has one.” When I look back over my life and ask … More
The life you cherish in hindsight is often the one you took for granted at the time.
Most people think of life as a series of chapters where you close one and move on to the next, … More
If I could be someone else for a day
. If I could be someone else for a day, I wouldn’t pick a celebrity or a billionaire. I wouldn’t … More
The Diamond in the Rough
That one’s easy for me. The most ambitious DIY project I ever took on was the complete rehabilitation of a … More
Let it go
If I could give advice to my teenage self, I would tell him not to waste so much energy arguing … More
Not being Productive
I’ve noticed over the years that certain things bore me more than others, and most of them have one thing … More
Not many, I can tell you that
“A life well-lived is not measured by how many people remember you, but how deeply you are remembered by the … More