Worthy to Print Column | Never Give Up
How about that Super Bowl! Did you get to watch it?Ā I canāt remember the last one that I have watched, but this one was really a good show. Lorraine and I enjoyed ourselves just hoping the best team would win. You know what? The...
Worthy to Print Column | Moving Along
Have you ever had a situation that required you to step way out of your comfort zone? Perhaps meeting someone that is important to your future for the first time? Or maybe you are looking for a new job that might be a little...
Worthy to Print Column | Itās Not Fair
Boy oh boy! How many times did I say that as a youth? I was third of four boys. It seemed that my Dad always favored the older two boys in almost every area as a youth. My oldest brother would get a new...
Worthy to Print Column | Tasting the Stars
Happy New Year! Whatās that? You have a little bit of a headache? You had a second glass of what the bartender told you were like tasting the stars? The phrase, āLike tasting the stars,ā is credited to Dom Perignon (1638-1715). He has also...
Worthy to Print Column | A Trip Down Memory Lane
I know I have told you many times how much I love living here in the Valley. It is a place where magic happens on a regular basis. Of course, we have to pay a price for this privilege. You remember the rain that...
Worthy to Print Column | Coming of Age
Are you getting any older? Do you often go into a room and forget what it was that called your name? How about sports? Do you still get as much out of running as you once did? I donāt mean playing a game, where...
Window on the World Column | The Super Fan
It was football season 2011. I still have the ticket stub for no reason, back when they gave you paper tickets. It was going to be a game in San Francisco, indeed, the famous Candlestick Park. I had already attended an American baseball game...
Window on the World Column | The Dog Noodles and Other Sad Stories
Something just crept up inside my tiny brain and said, āOh, you have vacation coming up next month with a lot of moving parts. Maybe you should check on some of those pieces?ā I do listen these days when the female intuition kicks in,...
Window on the World Column | The Call of the Sea
I was born on the East Coast of England and many of my formative years were spent by, in and on the North Sea. To this day I still feel the call of the water. Itās so primal. Not just that water, all bodies...
Window on the World Column | The Year That Was and the One to Come
Iāve never been much of a fan of the āYear in Reviewā news magazines that are a key post in the ground at the end of each year. I donāt mind recalling the good stuff; but I would not choose to go there with...