Thursday, October 25th, 2018
It is one of the toughest things to understand in life — when someone so young, with so much life to live, suddenly has that taken from them. For the second time in less than a year, tragedy...
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Thursday, October 11th, 2018
Writing gives me pleasure most of the time, especially when the assignment is completed and the copy has been sent off to the editor. It is especially worthwhile when somebody pays me to write. That has been...
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It’s hard to miss the fact the days are getting shorter and the air is getting a little cooler and crisper. Somehow it’s already fall again. While there are plenty of reasons to like fall, a season...
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When death came knocking unexpectedly at my neighbor’s door, I felt a twinge of guilt as I quietly and quickly sighed in relief that it wasn’t at my doorstep where he stopped. I was in deep disbelief...
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Thursday, July 12th, 2018
My late father knew a thing or two about water. Part of that knowledge was already in his bones at birth: Born and raised in Denmark, his forefathers more than 1,000 years ago were likely seafaring Vikings. ...
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Thursday, June 14th, 2018
My late father loved jazz music and played drums in bands for about five decades. He also could play piano by ear. He would listen to a song a few times and then play it on the...
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Thursday, May 31st, 2018
I honestly don’t know what to do with myself now. I mean, the past five months were so chaotic. Game after game. Tournament after tournament. Final class project after final class project. And all of them, one right...
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Thursday, May 24th, 2018
I received news a year ago from my Scouting friends in Washington state that the Scout camp I attended and worked at for 25 years was going to be resurrected. Pacific Harbors Council, the Boy Scout organization that...
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Thursday, May 17th, 2018
Sometimes you just have to put down the phone, get off social media and leave town for a few days. That’s the thought behind the trips I’ve taken to national parks in the past two years with...
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Thursday, April 26th, 2018
Whenever I need a good reminder as to why I moved to Utah 40 years ago, all I have to do is fly back to my childhood home state of Michigan around spring equinox. America’s Great Lakes...
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