Experiences Not Things

I spent the last five days in a cozy cottage, in snow covered Beaver Creek, CO, with my beautiful family. We did nothing substantive these past five days except spend quality time with each other. I basked in the mundane — walking in the snow, … [Read more...]

Words of Wisdom

When you can't change the direction of the wind — adjust your sails. —H. Jackson Brown, Jr. … [Read more...]

From the Archives — December 2015

The following post is from the blog archives from a year ago (originally published on December 7, 2015 http://www.5oclockreflections.com/success-and-failure/). Managers take credit for everything that is successful in a company. They deflect … [Read more...]

Our Psycho Dogs

Beyond all their love, chaotic madness, and a constant desire to beg for food, lies the psychotic behavior of my crazy dogs. My black devil, Molly is as loving as she is crazy. She is terrified of cars, wary of strangers, uneasy around children, … [Read more...]