Backstory The traditional image of a good dad might have him tossing a baseball or pushing a child on a swing. Today’s involved dad looks different. He may be challenging the villain on a video game, wandering the room in virtual reality or watching Frozen for the tenth time on an iPad. However he shows […]
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Wise Moms
Edited and updated May 12, 2019. Backstory This week’s musings are about your mother and the place you held in her heart. It’s all in how you look at it. This may present some new perspectives. Click to listen or follow below to read. Wise Moms – #499 There is a time in life when […]
Hodgepodge of Stamps
(Edited 3-10-19) Backstory Learn something new every day. It’s advice I try to follow. Sometimes it leads to unexpected or colorful new knowledge. That’s what happened here. A discovery led me to explore something I would normally take for granted. My curious nature always “wants to know the story.” This time it led me to […]
Cabin Fever
(Edited 3-3-19) Backstory Today’s story could refer to January of this year and the Polar Vortex. The Northeast became a dangerous frozen tundra. Morbid cold demanded staying indoors, often for days. Particularly challenging if the kids were cooped up too. Click to listen or follow below to read. Cabin Fever – #534 Remember back to […]
Snow Birds
Backstory It takes a lot of planning and logistics to leave your primary residence for two or three months and live elsewhere – even if the elsewhere offers warm breezes and sunlit skies. It was a big decision to make and here’s the dilemma that we faced. Click to listen or follow below to read. […]
Shedding Her Skin
(Updated January 13, 2019) Backstory In simpler days, people pretty much stayed who they were and where they were. If you were a farmer, you stayed on a farm. An attorney remained in the law. A nurse kept caring for patients. Today, the marvel of available education allows us to decide who and where to […]