9 January 1967, New Castle (PA) News, “Strictly Personal” by Sydney J. Harris, pg. 4, col. 6: How to tell a Winner from a Loser: A winner says, “Let’s find out”; a loser says, “Nobody knows.” When a winner makes a mistake, he says, “I was wrong”; when a loser makes a mistake, he says, “It […]

Written on December 13, 2022 (Shared with y’all on December 20, 2022) Truth Helpful Inspiring Necessary Kind I find cool things like the acronym above and ask, “What would our world be like if we taught that to our children?”  Would be different and possibly even better than it is now. What is frustrating is

Posted December 13, 2022 (Written December 5, 2022 –  3:40pm) Family.  I never would have thought I would live to see the day “family” would be such a controversial organization.  Yet, in the ‘fight’ to keep the United States of America – THE United States of America, we need to defend FAMILY. Here is my

Posted on December 6, 2022 (Written on December 3, 2022 – 7:15am) How’s your health?  That used to be a personal question.  That question may still be too personal for you.  However, since COVID19 (the ‘shutdown’), it seems that health is another private topic gone public! Well, I will answer the question.  My health needs

Thanks for taking the time to read this.  We are working out of John C. Maxwell’s book, MAKE TODAY COUNT.  I will give you an outline of each chapter.  The outline is meant to introduce you to the book, as well as help you MAKE TODAY COUNT.  Remember that every day is an opportunity to

I am writing this in a darken house.  My choice to have a darken / many lights are turned off.  With that morning (7:24am) crispness on Wednesday November 23, 2022 – the day before Thanksgiving.  First day listening to Christmas Carols.  I wanted to find a book that I can share with you.  I found

Happy Veterans Day!  I am very grateful for our son, Lt. PJ Everts!  He is a future “Veteran.”  Continue to kick butt, PJ!  I am also grateful for all of my students / friends who are Veterans.  I have quite a few and that gives me a patriotic feeling.  GOD BLESS YOU ALL!  And, of

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