(originally published October 19th, 2005) One thing I’ve never done is made a very good friend, only to lose that friend because something bad has happened. I’m usually a very good evaluator of people, for the most part, and if something is going to happen, I’ve usually figured out that there was that possibility way […]
Archive for April, 2006
(originally published May 9th, 2005) I just wrote a letter to a friend of mine who says she’s tired, and can’t find the time to do what she wants to do. Here’s a little bit of my response: There’s this thing about time; we never have enough. Sometimes there may be enough, but we’re not […]
(originally published May 25th, 2005) Central New Yorkers are a hearty bunch, but we don’t get enough credit for it. We don’t have the best weather in the world. We average 279 cloudy days a year. In the Syracuse area we average 120 inches a year; within 60 miles there are places that average almost […]
(originally published November 2nd, 2005) A few days ago, I had one of my newsletter subscribers write me to say that I seemed to run into a bunch of problems as I go through my days, and that I should be thankful to have a pretty nice life. I had to think about it for […]
(originally posted January 14th, 2006) I was having a brief discussion with a friend of mine through email on the topic of whether it’s viewed as negative or positive if someone is having a good time, when others may view that same action as being over the top and somewhat embarrassing. She was saying how […]