Paul Everts

Letter to My Students Hello:First, as always and since July 3, 1989 – I love you.  You mean a lot to me.  One of the cool things about being a high school music teacher?  More often than not … MUCH MORE OFTEN (sorry – NOT sorry – for the poor grammar; I am a  music [...]

I love to read and discuss integrity.  Lots of topics can be wrapped around with “integrity.”  What is integrity?  Before you and I move forward, we need to have an understanding of the word.  the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness. the state of being whole and undivided. Thoughts about

Sitting down… during the final day of the Spring Break… writing this article for possibly one person to read… takes discipline.  This article / random thoughts / blog entry / essay is about the foundation of my “E-Triangle” – DISCIPLINE.  The word “discipline” seems to get a bad rap!  When many of us hear the

Last night, I was sitting in the living room watching Channel 13 news.  A story came up about the California Department of Public Heath (CDPH) easing restrictions to allow cheerleaders to cheer at high school football games.  Very happy for those students.  They are a very important part of the "Friday Night Experience!"  Also, if

In the Twenty-First Century, this one word may be one of the most challenging words for many Americans.  What is that challenging word?  RESPONSIBLE or RESPONSIBILTY.  In my fifty-five years of living, I have a difficult time of thinking when more people did not want to accept responsibility.  I do believe that lack of being

As of the writing of this artcle (February 22, 2021  5:30pm PST), seeing our nation's behavior hurts my heart.  No doubt.  May hurt your heart, as well.   What is causing the pain in my heart?  It's a complicated answer.  My answer has several parts.  I will explain one of the parts.  Respect.  The lack of

The purpose of my blog is to lift-up people.  About two months ago, a 1987 student of mine said, “Man!  You need to get a platform where people will come to you to be uplifted!  It’s like a Pastor.  People go to church to expect to hear some uplifting message or a message that will

Studies show that a “Blog Reader” will read the first three sentences of an article and move to the next article.  (Ummmm … I don’t know that.  I just made it up!)  Believing that people will read an article based on a cool “headline / title” or the first several sentences and … you are

This is the typical end of the year, "What Did I Learn This Year?" note.   Well, frankly ... too damn much!  So much that, I will not share with you all of it because I will bore you!   I learned that our son continues to be a bad ass!  Our son is a Lieutenant Junior

DISCLAIMER:  My two greatest fears:  being homeless and / or being an addict (alcohol or drugs).  The KOMO / ABC documentary THE FIGHT FOR THE SOUL OF SEATTLE  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WijoL3Hy_Bw  deal with both my fears!  Therefore, if you share the same fears I have, you may want to "walk on by."  HOWEVER, the documentary does a great