When Clowns Cry
When Clowns Cry One of the most difficult things in life can be reconciling who we want to be, who we might even see ourselves as, with who we really are. What nobler question is there for us to ask ourselves than, “Who am I?” Night Shift, directed by Ron Howard and starring Henry Winkler…
Fading to Green
Every hero has a journey. Every journey has an end. Jean Paul Sartre There’s a principle in physics, known as the Law of Conservation of Energy, that states energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transmuted into another form. Some have interpreted this to mean that, whenever you lose something or are forced to give…
Going through hell? Keep going!
“Don’t tell Mom; there’s a cat with one eye missing hanging around the shed.” It was my daughter, Lianna, calling me to give me the heads-up. We both knew my wife was a pushover for little lost cats who always seemed to find their way to our home in the woods. “See if you can…
Meow, meow, meow!
“There’s a black and white cat laying on its back in the middle of your parking lot. I thought it was dead, so I poked it with a stick and then it ‘meowed’ at me.” It was Joe, our maintenance man, coming in to tell us the potentially grim news. But, when my wife and…
Of Pride & Prejudice
During the latter half of 1981 and throughout most of 1982, the United States experienced a recession, the second successive downturn since the start of the decade. Small towns like the one I grew up in, in northwestern Pennsylvania, were hit particularly hard. The kitchen remodeling, roofing, siding and downspout industry was just one of…
