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A lot of you don’t know me that well, so here is a disclaimer in advance to my posting below: I was brought up Baptist, and my family was “religious” such that we attended church a couple of times each week, all thru elementary, JR and SR high school. That is, until high school ended […]

Ever have a favorite toy that you grew up with, that you absolutely loved playing with, but due to being “old”, you have forgotten what it was called? Well, I had a few favs when I was a kid, and for the life of me, I couldn’t remember the name of them – and if […]

I’ve spoken a few times before, about a former colleague of mine – where we meet about once a yr for lunch, and we always welcome each other with a huge hug, and it’s as if it were “just last week” when you saw them last – and the conversation picks up where it left […]

This past year, I did something that I’ve never done before that was very unusual and not at all typical. Without getting into the gory details, let’s just say I believe I put some surprise and (hopefully) joy into the lives of a couple of my former HS friends – two special and wonderful people […]

It’s midnight here in the Twin Cities and I wanted to share a short story (and some thoughts). I woke up this morning around the usual time, and looked out the window, and saw a most beautiful thing: Snow on the ground. This apparently occurred overnight while the Big Guy (me) was sleeping. It just […]