Dance Under The Stars Day? I know what you’re thinking: today is Valentine’s Day. Yes it is but today also goes by this other name in the faraway place of Moonwater Meadow. That’s where Ollie Bug, Adventure Spider lives. NOTE: I usually post humor fiction or motivational stories. However, most of my work centers around…
Fear is an inside job. Fear is sneaky and devious. It will deflect and distract until you shrink away from your goals blaming everyone from your parents to your dog but it’s really you causing all that ruckus. Stepping up to the challenge of getting what you want from life isn’t easy. You do the…
Need a little new year motivation? Welcome to 2020, the so-called Vision Year. 20/20, get it? Welcome to The Year of Taking Action. No pressure. It means you’re going to have to pay attention to all those dreams gathering dust on the shelf of memory. You know, the ones where you live the life you’ve…
Neil Peart, drummer/lyricist for the band Rush, who succumbed to cancer, is often called the greatest drummer who ever lived. He isn’t – because no one holds that title. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about John Bonham, Keith Moon, Bill Bruford, Buddy Rich, Ginger Baker and so on. As long as there is room…
A good will post-holiday observation: We took the Christmas tree down on January 5th. After days of preparation and care setting up, it all just disappeared in one day. It was like a pop-up art installation. Just like the sudden spike in good will and “holiday cheer”. Some people put the decorations up a few…
A short story lesson: Chasing the past does not lead to the future. The summer sun burns through the hazy atmosphere searing my skin. No amount of shade or gentle breeze can cut the sharp blade of heat and humidity. Sweat drips from my forehead. The salt burns my eyes and lips. The heat radiates…
The memories of my childhood are punctuated with special moments shining like trophies in the glass case of memory. Occasionally I like to visit them, take them out of the case and dust them off. In doing so, I often forget that the memory is just a recording. I cannot go back to those places…
Maybe model rockets aren’t very sexy but as a boy I wasn’t very athletic so it was that or stamp collecting. At least I could fly rockets. The Estes Big Bertha was an intermediate model and easy to assemble. It had a 500 feet ceiling and stood a proud but slightly obnoxious two feet tall. …
Mental blocks. Who needs ’em? Mental blocks are the worst. It’s a paralysis of all possibility and a complete nuisance for those reaching beyond their perceived limits. Let’s talk about blocks. You’ve got your: road blocks wooden blocks concrete blocks Then you’ve got your: stumbling blocks building blocks and the kind of block where…
I powered up my laptop. It buzzed, spit and fizzled with a little plume of smoke. The screen went blank. This is unusual. Normally it smiles at me and says, “Ahoy, Tommy! Where ya been?” My laptop, upon which I had become creatively and financially dependent checked out. I had a few choices: buy a…