Are you a morning person? You know who you are if you are one and although I don’t understand you, I can respect you. There is a reason why morning and mourning sound alike, even if they have different meanings—it’s because they are actually related to each other. To me, mornings are a struggle. It’s…
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You may have found yourself thinking, I am just too old for that now. What is your “that?” A dream long abandoned? Who told you that you were too old? Was it something you just assumed? Are societal norms—a common source of paradigms—the right standard for determining what are age-appropriate activities? My son Adam and…
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How do you go about choosing a book to live by in the hopes that it will change your life for the better? If you are a person of faith, you may choose a book of scripture. It is never a bad choice in my opinion—except for when personal ambition, pride, and hubris are driving…
Read moreHR Rocks. So proclaims the button I picked up at the annual convention of the Society for Human Resource Management. The button was being passed out by the O.C. Tanner Company and attached to a piece of cardboard that had the following printed on it: People create People invent People discover People dream People build…
Read moreWhere I work, we feed our employees lunch every Friday. If we don’t bring something in, we will often barbecue hamburgers, hotdogs, and bratwursts for everyone. Frequently, we will provide ice cream treats as well. The other day an issue came up that involved some unknown person or persons, hiding ice cream bars in the ice…
Read moreFor the last ten years I have lived at the Crossroads of the West—Salt Lake City. The other day I found myself at the Crossroads of the Word—Disney Hollywood Studios in Florida. As I looked up at Mickey Mouse, standing on a globe atop a giant tower proclaiming that you are at the Crossroads of…
Read moreEver have one of those days that start out pretty ordinary, only to have your world turned upside down by something you ran across in a magazine? Kind of like that J. Geils Band song Centerfold, where some poor guy finds out his high school sweetheart happens to be a centerfold model for a “girly”…
Read moreFor me, meeting an accomplished writer is like meeting a celebrity. I have this thing for writing and therefore admire those who do it well or are accomplished in the craft. In the last month I have had a couple of opportunities to meet some great writers—Don Yeager and Lee Benson. It is always fun…
Read moreI was a factory worker in Russia on November 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Actually, I wasn’t even born yet. But the other day I had an opportunity to be an extra in the television show Granite Flats. The scene in the episode being filmed was taking place on that…
Read moreI like the idea of being a professional. I like it more than being a flake, which according to my way of thinking was participation in fields that involved anything smacking of right brain use—artist, actor, writer, dancer, painter, illustrator, etc. Well, call me a flake now because in February I took acting classes. I had…
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