They take work.

Relationships take work. Period. Unless you’re the type to cut and run at the first sign of trouble. So maybe I need to change that first sentence to “Long-term relations take work.” The challenging thing is that the type of work required changes depending on the type...

Obsession

It’s amazing how something that I didn’t even know existed yesterday can take me over. Let me explain. I got a pair of pants for Christmas from NY&C. Not a store I would usually shop in. To be honest, there is no clothing store that I frequent other than Good...

Taking hostages

No, I’m not holed up somewhere with a gun making a list of demands. I was thinking more in terms of what taking hostages is all about: Do what I want or someone gets hurt. That seems to be the basic premise and actually, those opportunities come up on a daily basis....

The gift of challenges

We all try to achieve a certain amount of comfort in our lives. Let’s face it, comfort is nice! It can mean enough food when we’re hungry, enough toys to enjoy ourselves with or enough routine so that we don’t have to think about much on a day to day basis. But,...

Illusions

“Illusions” is one of my all time favorite books. It was written by Richard Bach and I was led to it after reading one of his other titles, a little book you may have heard of called “Jonathan Livingston Seagull”. I just finished reading “Illusions” again for about...

The best of times, the worst of times

Music. We all have types that we like to listen to. Some of us embark on the arduous journey of learning to play the darn stuff. I happen to have picked the banjo. I love the sound of it! I know that probably puts me in a minority but so be it. Learning to play it has...