The Agency Holiday Party

The Agency Holiday Party

The Agency Holiday Party “If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.” Khalil Gibran When they think you might make it in the insurance business, they send you to career school for a week of...
Here Comes Santa Claus!

Here Comes Santa Claus!

Here Comes Santa Claus! “It is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself.” Charles Dickens I so remember the many times my mom took my sister and me to go see Santa at the May Company on...
Christmas Shopping

Christmas Shopping

Christmas Shopping “Glory to God in the highest: and on earth peace to men of good will.” Luke 2:14 When I was a kid, the first mall in our area was the Topanga Plaza. My mom and my grandmother used to do most of their Christmas shopping there. One...
The Oldest Guy in the Yoga Class

The Oldest Guy in the Yoga Class

The Oldest Guy in the Yoga Class “With old friends, you’ve got your whole life in common.” Lyle Lovett I met Dick Kelsey when I was fifteen. He was forty-seven and had just moved in around the corner with his wife Jane and their kids. You could have...
A Subtle Influence

A Subtle Influence

A Subtle Influence “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” Aesop When I was a kid, my grandmother, Vera Hawley McMurrin, lived about a mile away from me. She was a whiz at math and English; as a young woman, she had been the bookkeeper...
Winged Flight

Winged Flight

Winged Flight “An only child is never spoiled; they just enjoy the undivided attention.” Anonymous When our first child, John, came along, we began to look at our TV as something of a Pandora’s Box. Lots of shows seemed too scary or inappropriate for...