Sometimes you just have to call things for what they are. This past week has been miserable. Miserable outside, miserable inside....

Note: This is the first in a new weekly series of musings on life at my cabin in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania and wherever else...

Rachael and I spent last week down in St. Petersburg, Florida on a little getaway. It’s amazing what a little sunshine and warmth will do...

I was listening to an inspiring conversation last week on National Public Radio with David Wheeler, whose son was killed in the Sandy...

I've been feeling a bit down over the past couple weeks. Nothing too bad, but I can tell because when I get down, my threshold for...

Hello, friends and followers. I hope you are doing well and getting safely through what hopefully is the last wave of Covid. This is my...

Note: This article also appeared in HumbleDollar. One of the great pleasures of having grown children is seeing them doing things better...

Hello, world! I’ve been thrilled by all the positive feedback I’ve received on my recent article in HumbleDollar about the importance of...

This poem appeared in the "Forest Anthology" of The Poet in December 2021. Forgive me, dear friends and family, for not being at church...

Note: A version of this article also appeared in HumbleDollar and MarketWatch. I was recently talking with a younger acquaintance about...

The author and his son, Evan, and girlfriend, Emily, in Dillon, CO

“This is my quest, to follow that star, no matter how hopeless, no matter how far.” – Man of La Mancha The subconscious mind is a strange...

Note: This article originally appeared in HumbleDollar. A strange thing is happening in corporate America right now. The job market is...

Me and Cassie getting ready for our great adventure ...

As published in Short Story Town https://www.shortstorytown.com/ Let Me Sit in the Woods i Let me sit in the woods and stare at trees....

Nearly two years after my father shrugged off this mortal coil and turned into a butterfly, I am left with a hole where a holiday used to...

The Seeds a Good Father Plants in His Children Bloom Long After He’s Gone The weekend before Father’s Day in 2019, my brother and I...

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all. - Emily Dickinson...

One of the many benefits of owning a dog is the way they hold up a mirror to our human foibles and help us become more aware, awake and...

Do you have an ugly raven that sits on your shoulder and whispers sweet nothings of negativity and self-doubt into your ear? Has that...