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BIG PLANS FOR A SMALL TOWN

Big plans come with big responsibilities. Such as? Such as, if you buy stuff for a plan and fail, you’re stuck with the stuff and no plan. Or, like so many, you pretend the fail was part of the original plan. See how easy that was? All done, but . . .

LOTTERY WINNER: WHAT IF IT WAS YOU, OR ME?

I don’t know about you, but if I were to come into $650,000,000.00 I’d have to be as a lottery winner. But that’s just me, a regular guy. I’m a regular guy doing regular things, you know, normal stuff. A self-proclaimed Alpha Male Apex Man? That’s someone else. Now you know I’m not the guy […]

PRICELESS GOLD YOU CAN’T BUY

Priceless gold nuggets from a 50th high school reunion? I had it checked out. They looked at the front, the back, turned it over. “How much,” I asked?

HARDEST WORKER? MOMS FOR THE WIN

Who is the hardest worker you know? If it’s not your Mom, or the mother of your children, you’re wrong. I know this how? Every baby boomer knows the answer.

PROJECT PLAN: HOW TO WRITE A MEMOIR

Every project plan starts with an idea, a glimmer of light shining in the darkness. It either has a flashing moment of recognition before fading to the places, or finds life on a list of things to do. A ‘To Do’ list, and ‘Action List’, an ‘Order of Operations List.’ This is when an idea […]

MAKE ART THAT MEANS MORE THAN A BRAND NAME

Make art that lasts, something that leave a clue about who you are. It doesn’t have to be complicated; you don’t have to give it away. If you make art that makes you happy, do it. No one expects you to look into the soul of a loved one and make them a perfect gift. […]

MAKING PLANS, NOWHERE PLANS FOR NOBODY

Making plans in December has been an American tradition unlike any other. Everyone shows up year after year, just like last year, just like next year. Making plans in normal times was easy until a status change shifts everything forever. After that no one makes plans thinking they’ll stick.