In golf, one of the most difficult tasks to accomplish is shooting your age – that is when you play…
Sunday, July 21st was officially “National Ice Cream Day” in the United States. A day to celebrate ice cream –…
Eugene, Oregon, earned the nickname “Track Town USA” due to its rich history and significant contributions to the sport of…
Most cities have tag lines, aliases, sobriquets, slogans, monikers or nicknames that they use to advertise themselves. These slogans can…
My daughter Kelsey and I had our own JAWS-like experience recently – some 50 years after the filming of the…
My last blog was about hiking in the desert at night. I have another question for you. Why would anyone…
Why would anyone want to hike at night? Especially when you can’t really see where you are going, and who…
It has been 50 years since JAWS was filmed on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. The film was released a year…
“Playing it forward,” a concept popularized by golf legend Jack Nicklaus, encourages golfers to play from tees that suit their…
Yesterday the thermometer hit 124 degrees in the Palm Springs area of California. This is the highest temperature ever recorded…
Are you familiar with the TV show The Golden Bachelor? Last fall the American dating reality television series debuted and…
What a thrill to take my 5-year-old grandson Henry to his first major league baseball game a couple of weeks…
Diaspora stems from the Greek word meaning to scatter about. A diaspora occurs when a community of people is dispersed or…
The recent 81-page report released on May 3rd by the U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy highlights loneliness and social…
What does having a reservation mean? Did you ever seen the December 4, 1991 Seinfeld episode where he and Elaine…
Recently I attended the Opening Night festivities of the Seattle International Film Festival, along with some 2,000 of my closest…
I love carrot cake. I really love carrot cake. It is my favorite cake. But, the other day, I was…
Who gets their feet massaged? Apparently, many people do. Otherwise, how do you explain the existence of so many storefronts…
The other day I was shocked to discover that a close friend of my son and daughter-in-law has never been…
You can’t go to Costa Rica and not be instantly aware of the stunning environment. Two oceans, pristine beaches, numerous…
I am spending a week in Costa Rica to celebrate spring break from school with some of my delightful grandchildren.…
I had two nicknames in school. One was sunshine. The other was penalty. Today I am going to talk about…
A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for an infringement of the rules. Penalties are a part of hockey. The physicality…
When we have infants or toddlers with us – perhaps our kids or our grandkids – and we enter a…
The other night I had the opportunity to meet and hear from Sean Penn. Full disclosure, I was not alone…
Recently I had the opportunity to, once again, see the theater production of the musical Cabaret. I went for a…
Of course, there is often more to the story. And the story that I communicated just a couple of days…
When was the last time you had a shoeshine at a shoeshine stand? I am talking about an honest to…
When was the last time you had a real, honest to goodness cinnamon roll? Some of us dream about having…
I have been fortunate to have traveled to 62 countries throughout the world. However, I have never been to Bhutan.…
I had the opportunity to be in Denver Colorado two weeks ago. What a great city, what a great metropolitan…
When you hear “Bourbon Street” what do you think of? what images come to mind? Bourbon Street is an historic,…
The old saw is true, that you don’t tend to spend enough time and attention on the things and those…
La Piedra (The Rock) stands out in the countryside of Colombia, a two hour drive from Medellin. Near the small…
Just spent the last four days in Medellin in the country of Colombia. What is the first thing that pops…
Let me alert everyone, if you are not already apprised, of the current and potentially worsening crisis facing the Panama…
As I write this, I am on a vessel going through the Panama Canal. What an experience! It has been…
When was the last time you got in an elevator and went to push the button for the floor that…
It has been 50 years since I spent three months living and working in Panama. In the early 1970’s I…
It is one thing to pay for a bottle of water in the supermarket, or at an airport, or in…
I am assuming that we have all experienced at some point in our education — at some level, in some…
Every once in a while, I am struck by something that reminds me that I am getting old. Now… to…
Do you regift? I do not think I have ever regifted. I may have, but I can’t remember when I…
Exactly 60 years ago I traveled to the Gaza Strip. In 1963 I spent the summer in Egypt as a…
I have been saying Ummm Boy, Almond Joy for years. I say it with real emotion. Like I really mean…
A couple of days ago I was driving to Las Vegas from Southern California in my 2007 Jeep Liberty, which,…
Have you ever had a date shake? It is milk shake with up to a half cup or more of…
Every fall I try to find a way to make sure that I travel to New England to see the…
The other day I had a good friend call me to tell me that he had been ghosted. I said…
I don’t own an umbrella – the hand-held, folding umbrella. To be honest, I kind of see an umbrella as…