Monthly Archives: January 2018

Here is a photo of 73-year old Vicki stepping out of her comfort zone, learning to play the guitar.  Many of us seem petrified about doing something differently: changing our

A couple of weeks ago I posted on Facebook that my 96-year old mother continued to thrive. Responses by the dozens flooded back. All remembered her kindness, cheer and encouragement.

In 1637 Pierre de Fermat wrote in the margin of Diophantus’s Arithmetica the statement that would puzzle some of the world’s greatest mathematicians for over three centuries: It is impossible to write

Oskar Schindler was a drunk, a spy, a libertine and a member of the Nazi Party when he acquired the German Enamelware Factory that eventually employed 1,750 workers, a thousand

These are the marks of reasonable people: ·     Those who think rationally have a respect for the convictions of others. ·     Reasonable people are willing to examine their motives for believing what

Alan Jacobs in his book, How to Think, gives reasons for a polarized world: ·     When some people hear a word or phrase such as conservative or liberal their thought can be directed against the person

I began the January 3, 2018 post with these comments: In our postmodern world marked by:  Selfish individualism that has led to conflict, family decomposition, riots, and neglect. Narcissistic hedonism

To WIN in 2018 ask yourself What’s Important Now and do the most important things first. Consider these two tips: Keep email messages short—no more than one paragraph will do for most messages. (Ask

Howard Binford Weaver, 89, of Navasota, Texas died Friday evening, December 29, 2017. He had a remarkable career as his obituary indicates, a paragraph of which has been extracted and

In our postmodern world marked by: Selfish individualism that has led to conflict, family decomposition, riots, and neglect Narcissistic hedonism that has produced 300,000 babies born each year with their

John D. Rockefeller, then the richest man in the world, was asked how much money he wanted. His reply: “Just a little more.” That sounds like many of us doesn’t

During our visit to Lyon, France we toured Cathedrale Saint-Jean Baptiste. Begun in the twelfth century and completed in 1497, the cathedral has an astronomical clock from the 14th century.