On The 12th Day of Christmas
I am writing this from the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, where the only resemblance to Christmas is the (unusually) cold weather. This too shall pass. Congratulations! You have made it to Day 12, in our …
On The 11th Day of Christmas
Where did the saying “handwriting on the wall” come from? Impending misfortune seems to be what the dictionaries define as a general definition. In my CrossFit gym we had a couple of handwritten sayings on …
On The 10th Day of Christmas
In college my Areas and Facilities class was something I was not looking forward to. Since it was a class typically reserved for Seniors, I reasoned that I could endure it because I was so …
On The 9th Day of Christmas
Welcome to the 9th challenge in our 12 Days Of Christmas Business Challenge! Counting today, we only have four more challenges to go! Like most workouts, at least for me, 2/3 of they way through …
On The 8th Day of Christmas
Russel H. Conwell wrote a great book, Acres of Diamonds. It starts out telling the story of a weary farmer, tired from the relentless work he was doing on his farm and not getting the results …
On The 7th Day of Christmas
I like to get out early in the morning and take a walk This morning’s walk was in a rest are in the hill country of Texas. There were plenty of sidewalks, but I expanded …
Westward Bound
I am heading westward on my annual migration to winter sunshine. The odometer says that I’m almost one-third of my way to sunny Arizona, and I’ve stopped for a while at a rest stop. It’s …
Half-Way Point
As CDs were coming of age, there was a bit of a crossover for a short time. Record producers offered albums and CDs of the same artist at the same time. One of Tom Petty’ …
On The 6th Day of Christmas
I had to return an item to a sporting goods store yesterday. I dread going to stores, but in this case, it had to be done I waited until the evening in an attempt to …