I just read somewhere that if you want an extra day, you just had one. What did you do with it? The reference was to February 29, being Leap Day and if you didn’t catch the recent 30 Rock episode devoted to a celebration of Leap Day, find it. It’s worth a chuckle or two,
My Dad would have been 100 yesterday and my thoughts about him included a lot of memories that are both vivid and meaningful. In my 75th year, I have now lived ten years beyond what he was given. During those 42 years that I knew him, loved him and was guided and inspired by him,
–> Here is an interesting phrase, “taking time off” because one can not really ever turn time off. What we mean is “time out” from the usual and ordinary, perhaps to invest in the unusual and extraordinary. Like it says in the old ads for Timex, it just keeps on ticking and one day,
Whether this was a bumper sticker or just intended as a catchy slogan, the message is fairly clear. First of all, it does not ask a question. It’s in the imperative voice and asks for a choice or a response. You may or may not choose to lead. You may or may not choose to
According to various calculations, standards and clocks, Winter solstice in the northern hemisphere will occur this year at 5:30 AM on December 22, which is 10:30 PM December 21, Mountain Standard Time. While it happens technically at a moment in time, the recognition and celebration may occur at any convenient time, or period of time,
As I went through four days of mail, not email but real USPS mail, I became aware of the plethora of requests for a year end gift to support just about everything you could imagine. The invitations to give ranged from Michelle Obama’s holiday card asking for a contribution to Barack’s campaign to a variety
