When’s the last time you lost your smart phone, even for just a few minutes? Were you panicky, freaking out, wondering where you might have left it? I would guess that you’ve at least once been rabidly searching while you were talking on it? Yes, we've come to depend big-time on our technology for so many things. Of course phones, the Internet, social media sites and entertainment are amazing. Unfortunately, there are spammers, relentless ads, political calls and annoying t

My birthday is December 10 th .  I actually know several people who have the same day as mine. Of course there are probably thousands, (millions?), of others out there in the world someplace.   But birth dates while only a date on the calendar, seem to bring more reflection later in life. And that’s a good thing if we use those thoughts as inspiration, encouragement, thankfulness and a prompting to wisely use the remaining years we have.   You see, age isn’t how old you but

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Today we and millions of others have an opinion, insight, point of view, argument, disagreement or other perspective, right? Some of them...

I don’t know about you but most of us, including me, have had recent and past words said to us that hurt a lot, right? They were so...

In 2014 at the University of Texas, Austin, Admiral William McRaven gave a most distinctive and memorable commencement address. His main...

I’m a mountain guy. When I was a kid, my parents took our family everywhere from the Canadian Rockies to the Grand Tetons in Wyoming to...

Hey, no matter where you are listening to this vlog or reading my blog, take a big breath and let it out slowly. Yep, you know what I’m...

So Christmas has come and gone, presents have been opened and young children are still playing with the boxes their toys came in. The...

Gambling is all the rage these days, isn’t it? And by rage, I mean that when people lose a lot of money, they can easily become yes very...

Okay, so I'm now  75 years old and ready to take on the next year with continued energy, the third year of a replacement kidney and the...

If you’re into sports at all, you know that the events that have a running clock can be the most nerve-wracking to watch. Why? Well, it’s...

I’ve always wondered a bit about how God talks to us and how He’s talked to people in general throughout mankind’s time on earth. From...

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Everybody loves Morgan. People say she’s amazing. She serves others, volunteers for project after project and does things on her own for...

Just five months ago, Jackie and I, along with millions more, were standing outside our home to see the total eclipse of the sun....

I was in a strip mall parking lot the other day near a UPS store that we frequent from time to time. And while I wasn't going there that...

Maybe you've heard this phrase before. "You will know the truth and the truth will set you free." No, that's not a quote from Winston...

As some of you know, I'm a mountain guy, at least I used to be. I've done nine 14000' mountains which to serious climbers is nothing. I...