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LesOct 27, 20235 min read

I’ve done business there for the better part of ten years. He’s been there all that time, and, judging from little comments here and there, was probably there a long time before I ever came in. The first time I did business with him I was almost sat back on my heels by his behind-the-counterRead More

ed, or, ing?

LesOct 20, 20231 min read

Does it make a difference? For sure. Especially if it involves little humans and the word train. To end that word with ed gives temporary relief to the urgent task at hand, but likely will yield disastrous results long term.…

Rite of Passage

LesOct 18, 20237 min read

Something happened to me the other day. Sort of, you might say, a rite of passage. But in reality, the rite of passage probably began almost forty years ago. Let’s go back there. ***** I’m a little squirt of a…

What’s in a Win?

LesOct 8, 20235 min read

The instructions flittered through the group several weeks before the end of school. There would be a contest, they said. The Dads and their children who were in the 7th and 8th grades would be in this contest. The instructions…

Does it Matter?

LesOct 3, 20231 min read

A while back, I attended a Zoom meeting where the question was asked, “How do you think you are known, or how would you like to be known?” I wonder what the first thought was that flitted through your mind…