As we come upon another holiday season, it is time to look back and reflect on the past and past holiday seasons. I took a little time and decided to write down the top ten things I have learned in the past thirty years. Now [...]
Recently I was talking to a friend, Marsha Warner, who has been a real support to coach me to get my house organized. There are those times in our lives when we have to stop and regroup and toss some of the items that we [...]
I have had such an interesting response from my article that I wrote last week. I have decided to follow it up with a few more thoughts, feelings and insights. I do not know the number of people that do not read well but I [...]
Once on a Delta airplane, I read an announcement in the in-flight magazine. The airline was beginning a new frequent flier program. There were three categories — silver, gold, and platinum. The announcement stated that if a traveler accumulated 100,000 miles in a year the next [...]
When I stop to reflect upon my favorite Christmases, they have very little to do with the gifts that I have received though the years. For me, it is not the presents that I have received that stand out; it is the messages of love and [...]
When I read, “It's more fun coloring outside the lines” in a blog written by Jackie Keller (the person who has coached me over the past few years to lose 85 pounds), I said to myself, "There is my next column." If you know me [...]
For two weeks I am staying in a beautiful town in Southern China call Yangshuo. Here you see a lovely lake in the middle of the town with the most unusual mountain behind it that I say looks like the back of a camel. There are [...]
My fondness for outdoor cooking, which has always been vivid in my memory, began when I was a very young child. My father was a forest ranger in the Manti-La Sal National Forest in the mountains of southern Utah. I loved to accompany him when [...]
The one thing that you can count on in the TV world is change. Shows come and go with ratings. This year in Salt Lake City , a new morning magazine show appeared. Dean Paynter, the news director at KJZZ-TV, decided to put together a [...]
Let’s face it. Challenges are a part of everyday life. It doesn’t matter who you are, where you live, or what you do for a living. You will face problems. As Benjamin Franklin said, “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.” It’s [...]
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