One overreaction lead to the death of an entire colony. July 4th, at the lake. I was walking by the corner of the trailer like I have done 100 times before. But this time was different. I was talking on the phone while walking up the driveway. As I passed…

Thin skin, restraint, personal limits, and perspective. — I didn’t watch the Oscars award show on TV, but I obviously heard about it the next day. I was shocked. I like Will Smith and most of what he says. Things like he wants to be a “vessel for love”. And quotes like; “Throughout life people will make you…

But it could almost be right next door. — A couple of days ago something happened on the other side of the globe that doesn’t affect my life at all. But that’s not true. In today’s world it affects us here as well. In the middle of a corn field in Indiana, in the middle of the United States…

By helping the economy, the environment, and mental health — We just spent the day on a pontoon at Nyona Lake. It's a tiny lake, only 104 acres, in northern Indiana. A place where Al Capone and Louis Chevrolet used to spend their summers. Who knows what stories can be told about those times in the 1930s. We didn't discuss…

It was a pretty windy day. So windy that my jeep was blowing all over the road. It’s windy here a lot and it sure seems to me that it’s windier now than it was when I was a kid. Maybe it’s due to global warming. Maybe it’s because so…

9/11/2001 I remember where I was and what I was doing. Do you? I will never forget… I was at my office. We didn’t have cell phones or the internet as we know it today. But we did have a tv in the lobby for clients to watch. Every channel…

Where you decide to plant your roots makes a difference in your life. Take a tomato for example. I like tomatoes. I guess that’s a pretty normal thing growing up in “Tomato Country” in the Midwest. What I didn’t realize, until I moved to California, is that tomatoes taste different…

My reasons changed over the years. When most people think of riding a motorcycle, they usually think of speed. Either a Moto GP race, Evel Knievel flying over some crazy jump, or a Biker flying down the highway. I used to race motocross and jump. …

It doesn’t matter who you are, or what family you were born into. It doesn’t matter how gifted you are in whatever it is. No matter what advantages anyone has, one thing I know for sure is, you will have obstacles in your life. I have had my fair share…