Words of Wisdom

Every day, do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow. — Doug Firebaugh … [Read more...]

Convention City

The air-sides at O'Hare are breathing room only. The restaurants and hotels that line Rosemont, IL are packed to the gills. The whiskey and the wine flows effortlessly. It typically does when someone else is picking up the tab. The convention and … [Read more...]

The Discomfort Zone

We can choose to bask in the banal, where the warmth of our familiar environment is reassuring and safe. Or we can seek that discomfort zone that allows us to see life from a new vantage point. A young lady, with trepid resolve, ventures into … [Read more...]

Farm Girl

As a young girl, she always wanted to marry the local fruit vendor. Rohini ended up marrying a college professor, but the farm girl in her is alive and well. I think the happiest I have ever seen her, outside the birth of our children, was … [Read more...]