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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

I watched last fall as two dedicated volunteers were deadheading a large group of daisies.  I wondered if dead heading to flowers is as...

I was drinking some delicious cider and started wondering about something. Doesn’t a baked apple have about the same consistency, smell,...

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...

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...

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. ...

I just learned that I have a parasite by the name of Chris Vuick (rhymes with Yuck?) who has wrapped himself around my messages to you on...

In the Lakota culture there is a leather item, called a parfleche. It is a boxlike container. As I understand it, traditionally women...

As I sat with a couple whose young, beautiful, vibrant, innocent daughter’s young life had ended suddenly and tragically, I was reminded...

I returned recently from a trip to Switzerland. I was privileged to spend some very special time with a local family for the better part...

Ever notice that the word “imperfect” can be sounded out as “I-m-perfect?” It all depends on where I place the emphasis as I say the...