In the conversation in her head she remarks, "I am fascinated by the new year phenomenon. Why do people place so much emphasis on the power of, and potential for, change at the outset of the new calendar year?" Albeit, she is quickly distracted by a burning urge to ready her brand new journal to [...]
My son Cory's girlfriend Niloufar is Persian. She studies architecture at NDSU like Cory. She is a beautiful, intelligent, and focused young woman with a mind of her own. Needless to say, my family adores her. Niloufar is from Iran. Her family members, which she is very close to, do not live in this area. [...]
I suffered a hard blow last evening. It was unexpected and darn near knocked me off my feet despite the fact that there was no physicality to it. It was an emotional blow so inconceivable to me in the moment that I struggled to take it in. I brought in the new year with a new understanding [...]
As we sit at the precipice of a new year I share with you a poem written by the ever thoughtful and insightful John O'Donohue who passed away almost five years ago now. John lived his life with purpose and a seemingly uncanny connection with the truth of the universe. In his words I hope you find [...]
Welcome to the brand new year - 2012. If you are in the new forty you realize that 2012 is the future you heard about as a child that was going to be Jetson-like (as in - meet George Jetson, his boy Elroy, daughter Judy, Jane, his wife). Heck, if you are in the new [...]
I noticed this morning that the farewell song the children sang in The Sound of Music was stuck in my mind and I was outwardly humming it in a happy, sing-song way. There is my subconscious at work...doing a mental wrap on the events of 2011 and pleasantly bidding it adieu. Not that 2011 was a [...]
The end of another year…where does the time go? I can’t quite recall how I time-warped from the eighties to now, but some days it seems like that was the last time my life was slow enough for me to recognize the passage of days as opposed to weeks and months. I wonder about the [...]
THE NEW FORTY 