There are days for wit . . . and poetry . . . and history . . . and axioms . . . and quotes . . . and life lessons . . .  and there there are days to pack! Last night I put the "finishing touches" on the car and we packed. Shannan and I are embarking on a little road trip to Memphis for our son's wedding. Very happy days! Then we are gathering...

There is a world of difference between remembering yesterday and lingering in yesterday. In 1933, Raymond Moley was at the center of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inner circle.[1] He was FDR’s chief speech writer and his “closest, most intimate adviser.”[2] He was Time magazine's Man of the Year. Some considered him "the second...

How does a person "stay afloat" in the high seas of a busy life? The answer is in the Plimsoll Line. Samuel Plimsoll was concerned–very concerned! Hundreds, if not thousands, of sailors were lost at sea each year in the 19th century. The reason? Unscrupulous owners were overloading their ships. Plimsoll published a paper, Our Seamen, in which he...

Seth Godin is thinking ninja. His mind is quick and powerful. It is one of the reasons I read his blog. I like a person who puts their noggin to good use. Because Seth thinks, he makes me think. In Linchpin, Seth discusses how anxiety hinders us from reaching our best. Here's what caught my attention: Anxiety is practicing failure in advance. . . ....

  'Tis God gives skill, but not without men's hand. He could not make Antonio Stradivarius's violins without Antonio." George Eliot, aka Mary Ann Evans   Actually, God could make Stradivarius violins without Antonio, but He did not do that. Instead, God gave Stradivarius his skill and through it the instruments that warm the heart....