It was a hot August Sunday afternoon in 1963 when my teenage bride-to-be and her father walked down the aisle at First Christian Church in Longmont, Colorado. Before “God and these witnesses” we pledged to “love, honor and obey” until “death do us part.” It seems to have stuck. Against all odds, we have kept […]
Month: July 2013
Don’t Just Follow Your Heart, Be Smart
p“My boyfriends a grad student at the U,” said the young waitress at a local diner. “Really,” I replied. “What’s he getting his degree in?” “He’s finishing his PhD degree in performance jazz!” she replied with great pride as she filled our coffee cups and moved to the next booth. My wife looked at me […]
Ben Franklin’s Habitude of Virtues
Benjamin Franklin was born in 1706 and died in 1790 at the ripe old age of 84. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for […]
Don’t Look Back, Look Forward
The full moon glowed through the tree branches until it came into full view, lighting up the front range of the Rocky Mountains with a magnificent orange glow. Then it dawned on me, nothing stands still. The moon rotates around the earth and the earth around the sun and our little solar system spins in […]