My faith in the sensibilities of regular folks is reaffirmed. The reaffirmation came by way of Ohio high school senior, Austin Fisher. Austin was told by his school district recently that he would not be allowed to participate in his graduation ceremony because he had been absent two days too many. The decision was based on [...]
Tag: kindness
Now that is a blue light special!
I am old enough to remember the days of K-mart blue light specials. Those were the specials that they announced over the store speaker while you were shopping that lasted for a short period of time (maybe 30 minutes to an hour) and that you had to go to the blue light location to get [...]
IDOBYKS
Every day on our way to and from school Cheyenne and I pass Keith Schoon's vehicle and yard. His vehicle sports the license plate IDOBYKS and his yard is filled with hundreds of bicycles. You may have read about Mr. Schoon recently in The Forum. The article focused on the fact that he was in violation of [...]
A red coat day…
Today was a red coat day. I didn't know that at the day's beginning; indeed, it didn't become a red coat day until 10:20 AM this morning. I have never had a red coat day before. Something about red and my hair...I always feared that was too much competition in the warm end of the [...]
I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.
Vivien Leigh's iconic line as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire has stayed with me over the years. In that movie she said, "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." I can't say that I identified with that saying though until I moved to my house on the cul-de-sac in West Fargo [...]
October 24
Today is my mother's birthday. My mom passed away quite unexpectedly eight and a half years ago as a result of a massive stroke. Ever since then I have been more cognizant of how much all the things she taught me matter. I gave the eulogy at my mother's funeral. I typed it all out [...]
Mean people suck!
Years ago I saw a bumper sticker on a car in California that read: Mean people suck! Nice people swallow. I have never forgotten that bumper sticker. Now I realize it is intended to have an additional meaning...a meaning that I will not be visiting in my blog today. I have to tell you, in [...]
THE NEW FORTY 