Random Thoughts September 2024
I noticed myself noticing other men’s hair as I walked behind them in the airport a while back. I have a hunch it is because it is...
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Dr. Ted Klontz
Aug 305 min
Hemophilia My Gift
The last time I sent one of these missives, I spoke of a medical incident that caught my attention in a big way. In it, I spoke of the...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jul 285 min
The Gift of Pain
It was 2:30 AM last night, when I woke and tried to get up. As I was raising my head, it felt as if someone had grabbed hold of it and...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jul 116 min
Random Thoughts July 2024
I am an “old-time diner” kind of guy. My aunt used to have a “restaurant” of that ilk, named “Bernie’s. I remember my brother painted the...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jun 204 min
Reflections on Father's Day 2024
Father’s Day arrived a few days ago and I woke up reflecting on my ‘scorecard’ as a father. I know there are those who consider such...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jun 85 min
Random Thoughts June 2024
What is the opposite of ‘stand-up comedy?’ A scene on TV this morning reminded me of how as John Gotti walked to his trial he was...
Dr. Ted Klontz
May 268 min
Charlie Billy
Back in the ‘70’s as a high school teacher I sponsored a trip for students to the Navajo reservation in northeast Arizona. “Navajo,” by...
Dr. Ted Klontz
May 122 min
The Station Inn
I was at the Station Inn recently, in Nashville, Tennessee. I went at the invitation of a friend, to witness a family share their music...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Apr 274 min
My Little Lady In Red
I was sitting in McDonald’s in Las Vegas very, very, very early on a recent Friday morning, munching on my “Big Breakfast,” deeply into...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Apr 125 min
Random Thoughts April 2024
“Jakeing,” in the tractor-trailer world is using the truck’s engine to help slow down the vehicle. If your ears have ever nearly been...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Mar 227 min
Getting To Know Fred-Mo
One warm humid fall day, I was walking down 17th Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee, an area known as “Music Row.” I heard a car’s tires...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Feb 295 min
Random Thoughts - March 2024
I have referred to a person’s authentic self as the “soul.” The essence of who we are. I have a hunch that to the degree that this...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Feb 245 min
The Essence of it All
I made a trip to a midwestern city with the primary purpose of attending what most of us would call the funeral or memorial service of a...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Feb 114 min
Putting Wheels on the Dragon
I was recently asked what I do. That’s a difficult thing to answer. As I pondered my response, this story came to mind and I shared it....
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jan 264 min
The Power of Hope and The Exhale
As a young one I had heard of Hawaii. My mother listened to a radio show every Sunday afternoon hosted by a man by the name of Don...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Jan 144 min
Random Thoughts - January 2024
I watched last fall as two dedicated volunteers were deadheading a large group of daisies. I wondered if dead heading to flowers is as...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Dec 31, 20233 min
Random Thoughts - December 23
I was drinking some delicious cider and started wondering about something. Doesn’t a baked apple have about the same consistency, smell,...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Dec 2, 20234 min
Courage
One of the things I do is meet regularly with groups of people virtually and in-person. I ask them (and myself) to reflect on a...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Nov 19, 20234 min
Random Thoughts - November 2023
I was reminded as I was making the long trek through the airport that if I slow down, I become part of a natural flow of humanity that is...
Dr. Ted Klontz
Nov 3, 20233 min
On The Road to Find Out
A friend asked me what I think about what has happened on the world’s stage made so starkly evident in early October in the Middle East. ...
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