Month: July 2021
Bicycling…A worldwide tradition
The basic bicycle design can be traced back to 1493, when Gian Giacomo Caprotti sketched out the idea. Another version was built in France in 1791. However, what many people consider the first practical bicycle was created in 1817 by Karl von Drais, a German civil servant. A four-wheeled human-powered vehicle with a rope to connect gears to the […]
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Getting Good Sleep Is A Must
The aspect of sleep, is one which, doesn’t get enough attention. Without proper sleep, how good can we expect to be the next day? Distractions from the day cloud our mind as we wrestle to calm our mind, and drift off. Not always easy. Upon awaking, we haven’t been well rested and then make choices, agreements […]
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Each Morning Is A New Start
Our lives have many twists and turns. Not every day is pleasant, and sometimes there is conflict. For a brief time, I was raised in the 19th Ward of Rochester, New York. It was the late 60’s. Integration was at the surface of discussion all through the U.S.A., but where I grew up, WE WERE INTEGRATED. No partiality […]
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Must-Haves in Your Kitchen
A quality living experience can be had regardless of the home you occupy. Be it a room with a kitchen, apartment in a low/middle-income high-rise, or a mansion on 15 acres. They all have a kitchen. And what’s in that kitchen sets the tone for your enjoyment and satisfaction before, during and after you dine. Here are some […]
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Do You Have A Plan?
Throughout my life, I’ve been asked the question, “do you have a plan?” The challenge of planning doesn’t end the older you get. You have to have a plan in life to take you to the next place in your life. Sure, you’ll pivot, dodge and adjust, but it is the plan that will lead you […]
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SNOW—You have to love it…just a little
I grew up in the upstate New York snowbelt. The lake effect moisture would get picked up over the Great Lakes and it would “pour” down on our home in snowflakes the size of a quarter…sometimes half dollars. Seems some parts of the country could use a little snow these days. So much heat…so many fires. All has […]
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Rebound from Discouragement. Get Your Life Back
There are many “voices” that keep us down and out in this world. Negative feedback, failures (which, really, are merely setbacks and learning experiences), bad relationships, bad choices, bad attitude. However, there is one area that covers them all—and if we can just overcome it—-then we are on a path to success, and, realizing our […]
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Do You Carry An “Albatross?”
In the seven part poem, “The Rhime of The Ancient Mariner,” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the main character, the Mariner, is forced by his companions to wear a dead albatross around his neck, after having shot it with a crossbow. His companions thought it bad luck that he shot it, when it had brought them all good luck. The theme of “having an […]
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Individuality In a Group Dynamics Society
Do you have any problems in maintaining your individuality in a world of groups? You know the groups…the entertainment celebrities…the sports figures…the billionaires…the politicians…even the news anchors. These are the people that life focuses on every day. What are they doing?…what are they posting?…what are they saying? If you don’t have a Wikipedia profile, you’re no […]
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Weep For Cities, And Then, Help Them
I grieve for the how there seems to be no value put on human life in the wake of gun violence in the cities of America. I don’t have a degree in criminal science, nor a master’s in public policy, nor a phD in sociology, but I have tried to come up with my own […]
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