August 24, 2025 Have you ever met anyone who was condescending toward creative types and artists?  And by artists I’m not talking about Matisse or Beyoncé, but that weirdo nephew who is just wasting his time playing guitar in the basement; or the neighbor’s 8-year old daughter who just can’t sit still or keep her…

August 17, 2025 A little while ago I was perusing the Youth Nonfiction aisle of the local library with my 9-year-old, when we realized that most of the books, particularly the series, seemed to focus heavily on violence and war.  He was starting to get into reading longer chapter books, and while I don’t want…

August 3, 2025 In the entertainment industry, we often hear about the overnight success of some actor or musician who nobody’s heard of, making it in the bigtime.  While “nobody” had ever heard of the band Fun until they received their Grammy Award for: Best New Artist, in their acceptance speech, they reminded the audience…

July 27, 2025 “God, my lower back is killing me. I’m taking a ton of pain killers, which is making me drowsy, plus I’m constipated because the pain meds are interfering with my other prescriptions and the neighbor mowed his lawn at 7:30 last night!  What kind of lunatic mows the lawn at that time?”…

July 20, 2025 As the warm, white sand mingles with our toes, the sun glows upon our contented face and the ocean breeze gestures for us to linger just a few moments longer- sure it’s a lovely sensation, but that’s why we call it a vacation.  We know this is nice, but eventually we’re needing…