Narrow Spots

Friday the 13th of June, 2003 – 17 years ago – I was 54 years old and ready to become right-handed. I had lived with chemotherapy treatments and the knowledge that I would lose my [...]

My month has been hijacked. Yes, I have been taken to a destination I did not intend. I am in need of sitting at the bottom of my hourglass – with my head up – after navigating this [...]

A new decade…will this be the “Roaring 20’s” of the second millennium?  Only time will tell. Any knowledge I have of the previous 20’s is from history classes, television, movies and reading for [...]

It is dark in December. 2019 is coming to an end. Of course, 2020 will soon be upon us – ready or not for what the next decade will bring. Reflection is usually a very beneficial exercise. [...]

Due to 3 dislocations, last week I had a revision of the total hip replacement done in October 2017. Having invested no small amount of effort to maintain my flexibility throughout my adult life, [...]

I love this quote. It succinctly states the obvious. Until it ends, life goes on. We are approaching Fall – the season of transition when we put away our toys of summer, begin  or resume a [...]

I hiked Mt. Whitney in California in August. It was an adventurous experience initiated by a question posed at a speech given to the Edina Rotary Club in October, 2013. I had shared some of the [...]

I have recently been asked, by more than one person and on more than one occasion, “Why Nepal?” Here is a more thoughtful answer than I have previously given. I have been a spiritual “seeker” for [...]

I attended a memorial service today.  It was a celebration of the life of Charley – a warm, kind, talented, generous, wonderful man, husband and father; who died, too young, from pancreatic [...]

Life is full of challenges – narrow spots.  Have I said that before?  Those narrow spots may be big or small, include crisis and disaster, occur by accident or design and/or be positive or [...]