Fog When I try to recall the events surrounding my wife Marsha’s death, it’s like on TV, or a movie when you see someone dreaming, or struggling to remember, and there is this one tiny circle in the middle of the screen that is almost clear, but everything else on the screen is obscured. That’s…

We Never Said Goodbye As we get older, we lose friends and family along the way. There is no avoiding it. I lost Marsha, my wife of 43, years in March of 2017. I think I’m now ready to share with you a few thoughts about what our family has been through. It’s my hope…

Improve your luck Part 2 17 Learn and move on. Failures happen – Learn and move on, trying a new approach. Do not be afraid to take the calculated risk. If you should happen to fail, don’t be discouraged. Learn what you can from the effort. Don’t keep repeating the same mistakes over and over.…

Improve Your Luck Success is only a matter of luck. Just ask any failure. It’s easy to become discouraged. All you have to do is turn on the TV and listen to the news reports of layoffs, foreclosures, bankruptcies, manufacturers shutting down plants and moving them out of the country. Wars. Budget deficit. National debt. Cultural…

Keeping it real, sharing my journey with you as I endeavor to reclaim control of my weight, my health, and my life. So, here it is. The good, the bad, and the ugly. I started a health plan that has a weight loss component included. In fact, most people start this plan for that reason,…

It is important for each of us to identify why we are motivated to make changes in our lives. What is our reason why? It’s been said that we can endure any how if the reason why is strong enough. Like many of you, I told myself that my family, my daughter and my grandchildren…

Some of the ideas I put forth as bucket list suggestions require leadership skills. There is a huge difference between a leader and a boss. A boss is someone who tells you what to do, and you do it only because you want to keep your job. You do not necessarily have any respect for…

I mentioned this in a previous post and said I would provide more details of the night that my wife Marsha and I saw a UFO. I realize there are many out there who are skeptical. I can’t offer any proof. I have zero evidence to back up what I am about to tell you.…

Separation Anxiety – (SAD) is generally considered to be an irrational fear that bad things will happen to people we care about, resulting in separation from them. I, along with some other people I know, have experienced what I always thought would be considered separation anxiety not in anticipation of, but rather following major changes…

More bucket list items Learn to fly Few things a person can do will provide the sense of adventure and satisfaction that one experiences when learning to fly an airplane. I was 19 years old, attending the local junior college and looking for a job. I’d always been fascinated by airplanes, so on a whim…

Bucket List – First Installment. More to come. I’m constantly working on my version of a Bucket List, adding to, deleting from, modifying it. And I’ve checked off quite a few items. I’ll mention some of them here, just in case you are looking for ideas. Keep what suits you and discard the rest. These…

I hate being that guy, the one who is always telling others his troubles, the host of a never-ending pity party. That is not what this blog is about. The unavoidable truth is that as we get older, we begin to lose friends, family members, and spouses. I do not intend to dwell on it, it’s just…