recovering from a spiritual flat tire

A few years ago, I bought a nice new bike. I was a special order since I’m a very tall guy, a bike that would actually fit me. I thought of myself as a “cyclist”.  And I wanted a bike that would be comfortable ride a lot. A few years earlier, I rode...

the ass-end of the story

Pardon me for going all “King James” on you with the subject line. But I’ve been thinking about Palm Sunday and an oft-overlooked character in the scene. Namely, the transportation. Yes, I’m talking about the donkey – or in King Jimmy...

from the back to the front

Happy New Year! It’s so odd for me to say that it’s now 2025.  That’s the kind of date that I used on strategic planning documents in the late 1990s when I wanted to pick a date “really far out in the future”. Now it’s what I have...

infamy

An historic day devastating action points to an even more historic action of divine consequence. Yesterday was the day that bears a unique moniker.  “A day which will live in infamy.” So said the American president FDR on December 7, 1941. He was, of...

History has its eyes on you

When the musical Hamilton took Broadway by storm, my daughter fell in love with it. Consequently, our household was filled with the soundtrack of the performance. There are definitely many great songs in that musical. I’ve  watched the video of it.  And...