Paul Everts

What does it mean to be teachable? The other day, I read a chapter from John C. Maxwell’s book THE 21 INDISPENSABLE QUALITIES OF A LEADER entitled, “Teachability.”  The chapter led me to the question, “what does it mean to be teachable?”  Being teachable seems to mean “progress.”  By me learning, I am going to […]

Apple Hill is a beautiful part of Northern California located in Camino, CA.  As the name of the area would lead one to understand, it is a conglomeration of many farms.  For close to 18 years, our family has visited the area on the third weekend of October.  We always start with our apple fritters

Hello: It has been a while since the last time I shared any thoughts with you.  I have been extremely busy.  Typical.  When a person retires, he/she tends to keep busy.  However, I did not know how busy I would be. On June 8, 2022, I agreed to have a “Retirement Job.”  I would teach

Written on August 28, 2022, and posted around 11:39am (PST)… It’s been a while since I wrote my last article.  A lot has happened.  Thanks to God … most of what has happened to me / for me has been very positive! What I am going to write about today is my frustration with those

What was the last book you read?  I am currently reading Amazing Grace: 9781780783048: Amazon.com: Books To Rescue the Republic: Ulysses S. Grant, the Fragile Union, and the Crisis of 1876: Baier, Bret, Whitney, Catherine: 9780063039544: Amazon.com: Books Race Marxism: The Truth About Critical Race Theory and Praxis: Lindsay, James: 9798795809083: Amazon.com: Books Yes.  I

As you know (those who are family / friends / have read my articles), at my previous job on October 15, 2021, I was given a directive not to say the word “love.”  “Love” is now on a list of “sexually charged” words. How did the word “love” become such bad word?  A “sexually charged”

Having been a father since April 18, 1994, and a grandfather since September 1, 2018, I have some understanding what it takes to be both. One of the things I have noticed since April 18, 1994, is the growing RESISTANCE to the child’s behavior is a reflection of the parent’s “work.”  No matter if the

Dear Sergeant Vargas-Andrews, First, thank you very much for your service for our nation.  As the grandson of Captain* Joseph A. Flynn, Executive Officer of the USS INDIANAPOLIS (Still At Sea) and the father of Lieutenant Paul J. Everts USNAVY, I have an understanding of your choice to live the oath you took. Last night

UPDATE:  September 2017, I wrote this “article”  I am a Marrano.  Five years later, I am going to start coming out of my “closet.”  To survive 2022 and possible the next several years, at work, I will need be “Marrano-like” in my behavior.  Go with the flow.  Yet, thanks to social media, people will know

DISCLAIMER FOR FOLLOWING SCENARIO!!  Fiction … Fiction … if there is such a church named, “The Right Path Church” that is a MAJOR MAJOR coincidence!!  MAJOR coincidence!  I made up the name of the church! Hey everybody!  Welcome to The Right Path Church.  My name is Pastor Franz and I am here to —  pump