I’m always so happy to find old pictures, especially of people who were instrumental in my life. These were co-workers where I worked for nearly ten years before the company had financial difficulties, got sold, and everybody was gone. Here we were moments before leaving to go to a Cubs game for the afternoon, a…
Mother Teresa once said: Spread love everywhere you go. Let no one ever come to you without leaving happier. That is a wonderful philosophy to have in life. I find from my own personal experience, that it is possible to spread happiness to others through a smile, a kind word, lighthearted chit-chat, and random acts…
Tuesday had a few scary moments when the earthquake occurred in Virginia. I was at work, about forty miles from the epicenter. Based on the Richter scale, it was a moderate earthquake which is defined in Wikipedia as: Can cause major damage to poorly constructed buildings over small regions. At most slight damage to well-designed…
Pump (from Wiktionary) – An instance of the action of a pump; one stroke of a pump; any action similar to pumping. In late January, I started walking outside again. I simply could not face another lunch workout in the gym, staring out the window as my legs did a pump on the stationary bike. I wasn’t…
Research (from Wiktionary) – Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications. I do corporate tax work for a living. When I started in my field, the tax reporters were all paper. I specialize in state taxation, so there were over 50 reporters (at least one for each state; more for…
Living The Seasons 