con·trast noun ˈkänˌtrast/ 1. the state of being strikingly different from something else, typically something in juxtaposition or close association. Think about your life for a minute. I’m betting you can probably identify at least a dozen objects or situations of contrast. Be it an old house with a modern kitchen, going to a mundane…
I remember fondly, my Dad driving the family from New York to Florida and back every summer. Me, I’d be holding the large atlas in my hands trying to figure out where we were, what was coming up, where the next hotel or restaurants might be and any interesting alternate routes around big cities.
Each and everyone of us is born with the commodity of time. None of us know how much or how little we have until it’s too late to matter, yet time is what so many of us waste.
Do you stay on the interstate? Eat in the same restaurants? Eat the same food? Stay in the same hotels? Visit the same places? What happens when you break down? Are you scared, upset or do you take the opportunity to discover someplace you had not planned on stopping? Every town in this country and others has a history – a beginning?
Lexie has loved to ride since the first time I put her on a bike at 3 yrs old and there is no better way to celebrate than to do what she loves to do. So I took Lexie, her Mommy Arlene and I we went riding through the Catskills of New York. Our destination was simple. I wanted to get a picture at the Big Indian sign
December 13, 2015 50 years ago yesterday (December 12th, 1964) I entered this big blue marble. 50 years of experiencing Life. .What a ride its been. My earliest memories include playing in the back yard with my sister making mud pies. I recall we got hosed off by our Mom as we were such a…
July 6, 2014 Lake St. Catherine, VT Celebrating the 4th of July on Lake St. Catherine has been a long tradition in my family. While I have been to the NYC Fireworks as well as Daytona Beach Fireworks, at the lake has been a constant since 1978. I’m not the only one who is drawn to…
July 6, 2014 Lake St. Catherine, VT Celebrating the 4th of July on Lake St. Catherine has been a long tradition in my family. While I have been to the NYC Fireworks as well as Daytona Beach Fireworks, at the lake has been a constant since 1978. I’m not the only one who is drawn to…
April 15, 2014 My family has lived on the shores of Lake St. Catherine for some 34 years though those years were mostly as Part Time Residents. In all those years, we have never witnessed the Freezing or Thawing of the Lake. We’d always arrive to a Frozen or Open body of water. This year,…
OK, I have a question for you; Define Personal! Think about this for a minute, actually, take an hour, a day, but really think about this. What Does Personal Mean? The reason I am asking is because of Laraine Cook and Tom Harrison. They are both coaches at Pocatello High School in Idaho. Laraine was…