Ride like the Wind!

Ride like the Wind!

Ride like the Wind! “There can be no courage unless you’re scared.” Eddie Rickenbacker At fifteen, I was too young for a license, so I often rode my bike to school. There was a pedestrian tunnel on the way that was fun to ride through, which came out...
The Flashlight

The Flashlight

The Flashlight “Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.” George A. Sheehan On one of our many Model A trips, we went to Monument Valley in Arizona, as described...
James Einstein

James Einstein

James Einstein “Stop trying to be someone you are not. If people don’t like you for who you are, they’re not going to like who you are pretending to be either.” Anonymous We celebrated my birthday a couple of years ago with our kids. During a...
ODCTMW

ODCTMW

ODCTMW “To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it.” Mother Teresa I always knew I wanted to get married when I grew up. I thought about it a lot. Over time, I began to think there must be something wrong with me, or I would have found her...
The Barbecue

The Barbecue

The Barbecue “Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” Mark Twain Aunt Mary and Uncle Jack lived in La Cañada, near Pasadena. Aunt Dolores and Uncle John lived right behind them, one street over. When we were...