Thoughts of Grace, Gratitude and Wonder
One of the reasons I enjoy the telling of stories, is the hearing of stories. One of the only reasons I enjoy a campfire, is that it affords the chance to hear tales. For the next five minutes, come sit by this fire. My father …
Beyond my backdoor there is a big world. There is the world I imagine and the world that is “real”. With little trouble at all, I could prove that both exist only in my mind. But, this is not the time for thoughts on the …
Most of us know the Christmas story. We also experience Christmas in different ways. While it seems a little innocent, here are my confessions of a Christmas Junkie. Before writing about the wonder of it all, let’s get the obvious out of the way. Christmas …
Some of the younger crowd may not know what the term means. Even I am not a rabid Star Trek fan. We are all tempted at times to say, “beam me up Scotty.” Brave beings from different worlds collected on a starship, and were beamed …
Basketball has been good to me, and it has been good to those around me. After I returned from playing in Zambia, I heard Phil Jackson got fired. Zambia was a funny trip. In the states, my team was a decent travel team. When we …
There are two foxes that I remember in my life. Both were introduced to me by my father, and both have influenced my thoughts. I know what it is like to be crazy, I am learning to be crazy like a fox. When I was …
Some of you might remember the song by the Beastie Boys titled, “No Sleep Till Brooklyn”. Most of you never took it seriously. Even I am unsure the exact moment the crazy set in. Sometimes the crazies set in and we are unaware. Kind of …
Somehow it seems a million miles away. Many moons and many mornings. My hope is that it still stands. My hope is to see it again one day. I would love to teach the course, Winchester 101. Winchester is where I honed my coaching. Winchester …
The craziest parts of my traveling have always been in airports. Airports where I am changing planes. It is one thing to take off from a destination and arrive at a destination. It is entirely another to land in a city, hop out of one …
