Year: 2000

On the morning of February 16th, 1948 l reported for work in the General Claims Department Office of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad in Detroit, Michigan.  Thirty Five years later I retired from the GTWRR. […]

Did you ever do anything in your lifetime so much better than you ever did it before that you couldn’t understand it?  My son Dan hit a hole in one on the golf course where […]

I’m sitting here at my desk in my office in my home here in the quiet woods in Hillsborough, North Carolina and I seem to be lost for the right words. I have written this […]

A decade or two ago when I was on the road speaking a lot I used to go to bed early and plan to rehearse speech segments in my mind.  I would actually see myself […]

As I was thinking about what I was about to write I caught myself staring at the wall beside my computer but seeing nothing. Just staring into space, searching for a creative spark, sort of, […]

It is just January 2nd as I write this but this is my third day of high productivity. I cheated and started early. First thing I did was weigh myself. WOW! what a great day […]

Here I go again! I don’t know about you but it seems like every year, a few days after Christmas I get all antsy and I feel compelled to write down a whole bunch of […]

I watched the movie version of the classic musical “The Music Man” recently.  I watch it about once a year just to keep my energy up. The Star is Robert Preston and gosh, does he […]

Wife, Jean’s aunt Estelle Goodwin of Dunn, North Carolina was lookin’ great, her mind was sharp and she was on her feet for at least a half an hour and movin’ like a young lady, […]

“The greatest untapped resource we have in this world is the human potential.” I’ve said that many times in many situations and I’m not certain who said it first but it is a mighty challenging […]