September 29, 2023
In this ever accelerating world that often leaves us not knowing if we’re coming or going, it’s nice to have a favorite recliner, some earphones, and music that speaks to the soul. Just click on arrow and scroll to hear.
September 25, 2023
In reading a new nook about Abraham Lincoln, a very young cowboy discovered a new word I’d never heard before. Sangfroid is one’s ability to stay cool and calm as pressures mount around you. I was hoping the author would segue to a similar word that could help with developing my sangfroid as Season’s 52 […]
September 24, 2023
Sally and Peggy were thrilled with their hot air balloon flight in Africa. They report that each day is better than the last and that it is truly the trip of a lifetime. You go, ladies!
September 16, 2023
The CU vs. CSU football game is about to start and ya gotta wonder why the CSU coach would “make it personal” by disrespecting Coach Prime. Here’s hoping CU romps 45-3 to put the Rams in their place. The consensus from nearly everyone I’ve spoken with is that Coach Prime might be the coolest character […]
September 16, 2023
A very gifted and hilarious tennis player shared this story with me on Friday. Her husband, a gourmet cook, slow cooked a brisket to wow his family. By her account, he did a wonderful job and the meal was delicious. In the middle of a bite, the cook exclaimed that he thought he’d lost a […]
September 16, 2023
A very young lady shared that she was in a spot of bother…that little annoyances were more upsetting than usual. It was, like most of us, a morning where low frustration tolerance rears its ugly head. A much older man…some have called a fossil, suggested a brief time out for music that heals and restores. […]
September 14, 2023
Good morning, Barry, I finished reading your story last night and kudos to you. You are a terrific writer loaded with spirit. Yesterday, as I read about Jonathan Cantor and you, another coach walked into our pro’s office and we spoke about your book. She, having lost both sons to the drug world and my […]
September 13, 2023
A young man not yet thirty was in the process of putting the pieces of a puzzling life back together. It had appeared to teammates that the pieces might never fit neatly in place…that his obsession with partying and substance abuse was a downward spiral like a toilet with a handle stuck in the flush […]
September 11, 2023
On this anniversary of 9/11, we remember the victims, their families and friends, and the gallant and selfless efforts of so many first responders. It makes me think of a term heard from golf telecasts from across the pond. When a golfer has a challenging shot from behind the trees, the announcer often says she […]
September 10, 2023
A whopper of a fishing story with odds to astronomical to calculate. Just click on arrow and scroll to view.
August 31, 2023
I’m thinking it’s about time for the fitness club I frequent to take action. Why can’t they place the sign displayed here on exercise machines to deter cell phone addicts and others who camp on machines for twenty plus minutes? I have to think that one member being towed away might make an impression on […]
August 29, 2023
If you’ve watched The Loyola Ramblers men’s basketball team play in The March Madness tournament, you have seen the love they have for their biggest fan…Sister Jean. I picked up her book today at the library and her enthusiasm comes shining through on each page. Sister Jean is now 104 years and still works five […]
August 26, 2023
Lew Paper has written a terrific book about Don Larsen’s perfect game in the 1956 World Series. He writes a chapter on each player who played in that historic game between The Yankees and Dodgers. In the chapter on Jackie Robinson, he writes of the heroic character that stood tall against the rampant racism that […]
August 25, 2023
A not so young cowboy usually chases wild trout on Thursdays and yesterday was no exception. I arrived at 6:30 a.m. thankful that I missed colliding with a deer that put on a quick burst of speed before he received a facial from my windshield. After a successful morning, I traveled a couple of miles […]
August 23, 2023
Yesterday, on the one hour trip in the dark to the river, I thought about a man with a different trip about to take place. A song came on that I’ve heard many, many, times and it reminded me that…on that trip that we’ll all one day take, perhaps the plan has always been that […]
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