dirty money
Find a penny,
Pick it up,
And all day long
You'll have good luck.
Anyone who knows anything knows that this is not just a children's rhyme. It is irrefutable truth. Moreover, there are rules to it -- rules which must be followed exactly, in order to both reap the reward and avoid dire consequences:…
paradise lost
I did some air travel during the recent holiday season, the last flight having returned January 5th. As is my way, I chose the furthest seat back that I could. This is because I've noticed that most people become crazed when they fly, for some reason.
They line up close to the entry door in…
and i quote
I recently posted one of my favorite quotes on Twitter (@BestAdviceSoFar):
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stick with
problems longer." ~Albert Einstein
Only this time, in reflecting on the quote, something occurred to me for the first time -- or at least in a new way:…
This past weekend held some firsts for me.
For nineteen years, friends have been inviting me to stay with them at their family camp in the Adirondack mountains. And after nineteen years, I finally made it. Each summer past, something has come up that has prevented me from…the other half
I'm staying for a week at a luxury home in a resort community in Naples, Florida. I know, right? It's a story in itself, exactly how this came about; but the short version is that it was a generous gift from a family showing their appreciation for my investment in their teenage…
the gods are angry
We had a humdinger of a thunder and lightning storm this afternoon. The temperature dropped thirty-some-odd degrees from days prior. The wind and rain lashed with fury, downing branches and setting the flagpole in the nearby courtyard to clanging an urgent warning.
But the pinnacle of…
the choir
I love language, the whole idea of it. When you really stop and think about it, it's flat-out mind reading. Very mysterious indeed.
Aside from the inner workings of how language works, I'm often amazed by some of the truly odd things that we get away with saying to one another.
Idioms are particular…
Hello, friends. It's been a while. Rather than spend an undue amount of time explaining my absence, I'll just enjoy the moment of presence and do what I came to do – write.
First, a brief commercial break. I will have you know that I passed the first lemonade stand of the…