Work Walking

Work Walking

Work Walking “Sitting is the new smoking.” Anne Hathaway in The Intern If you haven’t seen The Intern, which came out in 2015, I recommend it. It’s a terrific movie, with wisdom, experience, and heart, and you can even watch it with your kids....
Hot Lasers!

Hot Lasers!

Hot Lasers! “When you are curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.” Walt Disney Every Sunday night, we watched Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, in black and white, until sometime in the late sixties when we got our first color TV. The...
“Geef”

“Geef”

“Geef” “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare When our twin girls were little, in the four-to-seven age range, we had many strategies, and even a few tricks, to get them...
She’s Got My Baby!

She’s Got My Baby!

She’s Got My Baby! “When you’re the only pea in the pod, your parents are likely to get you confused with the Hope Diamond.” Russell Baker When our firstborn, John, was seven months old, I won a ten-day trip to Paris and Monaco based on my...
A Single Push-Up

A Single Push-Up

A Single Push-Up “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” Walt Disney My friend Lee Brower has a unique fitness goal. Every day, he puts on his gym shorts with a plan to do a single push-up, because he knows that if he does one push-up,...
A Tale of Two Customers

A Tale of Two Customers

A Tale of Two Customers “The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Lao Tzu When in college, the idea occurred to me that, just for fun, I would like to make stained glass windows. Ok, the truth is there was a girl I was interested in who...