A ‘health journey’ is a phrase used by people with lots of doctor appointments. If you’re old enough you either take that rough road yourself, or you show up for others on it. Personally, I’ve never liked the term. I like it even less when it applies to young people coming down with old people […]
GUITAR PLAYERS OF THE PAST
April 30, 2024 by
My guitar friends say guitar players are the same from every era. Unlike current critics of the NBA who say past greats played against milkmen and plumbers and wouldn’t survive in today’s game, musicians from the past are just a request away. Or a documentary. I recently saw The Wrecking Crew.
PERFORMANCE PRESSURE SELF INFLICTED
April 29, 2024 by
Performance pressure starts with doubt. Will you be good enough? Have you trained to win? Can you do it? These are the same questions asked when people decide to get married.
HALL OF FAME: WHICH ONE IS FOR YOU
April 28, 2024 by
A Hall of Fame career deserves to be enshrined in a place of honor. Why? So others can see their accomplishments and try to copy them? That’s partly correct until you start learning more about the people. A great player doesn’t always mean a good person. But why limit inductions for only sports?
TOYOTA HIGHLANDER FOR LIFE?
April 18, 2024 by
I owned a Toyota Highlander, but it didn’t start that way. Somehow the wife and I went to a car dealership traded a van and ended up with a Rav4. She decided it was the worst car ever since I insisted on the barebones cheapest version. By the time we got home I knew it […]
HARD LOVE DADDY ON A HEALTH KICK
April 16, 2024 by
I saw hard love work on my Dad after he got his heart fixed. No smoking for the old chimney. The doc said it, the family said it, the friends said it. You’d say it too.
OVER TALKING? WHO DRAWS THE LINE
April 14, 2024 by
Over talking is not an illness that needs a diagnosis and a treatment. More like a habit; for some a vocation. After all, every radio personality is an over talker by definition since we can’t see their faces. Not any more. Now everyone’s on a screen, ready or not. But I’m still a radio fan. […]
RIPPLE EFFECT OUT OF NOWHERE
April 12, 2024 by
You’ve seen the ripple effect if you’ve ever tossed a stone into calm water. The rock goes “PlooP’ and sends little waves across the water’s surface. Small waves for us are huge to the little creatures on the shoreline. What happens when we are the small creatures?
HOMEWARD BOUND? YES WE ARE
April 10, 2024 by
Homeward bound is the goal of all travelers. First it’s all about getting out and around, seeing new places and new people. Then it happens. Whether a face, a building, or something you eat, you’re ready to turn the corner and head for home. That’s the story, but . . .
COMEBACK STORY IS THE BEST STORY OF ALL
April 9, 2024 by
The comeback story usually falls into the sports file. Everyone loves a comeback, except the losing side. Muhammad Ali was a comeback fighter against Joe Frazier in 1971. The Portland Trail Blazers were a comeback NBA champion in 1977. My Dad had always said coming back was hard, that’s why so few sports greats make […]
