On February 26, 1981, Joey Coyle, a Philadelphia longshoreman, was driving behind an armored car when the doors of the armored car opened up. Two bags full of $100 bills fell out. Joey Coyle picked them up, and then spent the next week trying to figure out what to do with $1.2 million. In that […]
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
I sat down to write this yesterday, and it poured out in 45 minutes. It isn’t perfect, but it is authentic. It is a collection of a few thoughts about my internal dialogue. I think I will call it “The Stories We Tell Ourselves”. I have read several quotes about how we think of ourselves […]
Making a Difference
I recently read a quote by French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard: “A story should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in that order”. With that in mind, I want to tell you a story. I think it is about giving, but I’m not sure….. Social Determinants: I receive reading suggestions from […]
Topics For Discussion
My family and I are going on a vacation next week. I’ve been told we are going to a nice place. Theresa does most of the organizing work for our vacations (flights, hotels, activities) and I get interested about three days before we leave. What I really look forward to is our family time. I […]
Where Is Your Dot?
A few thoughts on my connection with people, and my connection with technology. A couple of years ago, as the pandemic was easing, I had breakfast with my sponsor. I explained to him that I was feeling disconnected from my recovery program. The online meetings that I was attending weren’t “doing it” for me. (Ironically, […]
What’s Next?
I noted recently that Theresa retired a few weeks ago, and that my work has slowed a bit. Theresa and I are in a transition period, while she pivots from full time work to something else, and both of our schedules change. Which raises the question: What’s Next? I hope this note doesn’t sound like […]
Weekly Update
Dear Family and Friends, I love to write. A lot. I have not written in a while. I am starting to write again. A few weeks ago, I woke up in the middle of the night (seriously) with a yearning to start writing again. ***** A bit of history: I started writing letters to my […]
Best Friends
Last night I was talking to someone about Theresa, and I said “I married my best friend”. The person I was talking to noted that she had never heard anyone say that before. *****About a week ago, I learned that someone I know in my profession lost her husband. This woman and her husband had […]
The Aging Process
It is April 26, 2021. Tomorrow will be two weeks since I received my second vaccination. I have never been so grateful for a vaccination in my life. I haven’t written for this site for a few weeks. I have had a very good case of Writer’s Block. As that ends, I thought I would […]
The Marshmallow Test
The Stanford Marshmallow Test was “a study on delayed gratification…in the study, a child was offered a small immediate reward (1 marshmallow) or two small rewards (2 marshmallows) if they waited 15 minutes” (Wikipedia). Children who were able to delay gratification were found to later have better educational outcomes and SAT scores (Wikipedia). We are […]
