Here are fun, catchy phrases, like “The Quick Picker Upper” (by Bounty), “Finger-Lickin’ Good” (by KFC), and “Where’s the Beef!” (by Wendy’s). Some phrases we know well, like…“Have it Your Way!”, “Like a Good Neighbor…”, “Snap, Crackle, Pop!” and “You ...

I’ve always loved gardening. No, I’m going to take that a step further: I’ve always loved growing things. Growing things - as in flowers, vegetables, friendships, babies and kids, this column, faith, my marriage, knowledge, compassion, kindness, and most importantly, love. And more, of ...

For our most voracious readers of this column, you will remember that many years ago, it was first called "The Way I See It,' and then, for some strange reason, evolved into "Take A Mulligan," which in all fairness, didn't make any sense at all. Heck, many of my faithful readers had no idea ...

I went to many birthday parties when I was a kid. I don’t remember most of them. One I do remember vividly, however, is the party to which I didn’t receive an invitation. It was in celebration of one of my good friend’s tenth birthdays. I was unaware of such a mega event, which happened ...

Many years ago, a small boy asked his father, “Why must we surrender our faith and believe something else?” His father replied, “Son, we must abandon our faith so that people will accept us….” This young boy never got over his disappointment and bitterness. His faith in his father ...

The new year - January as a month - is a time for reflection. To assess our progress in life: where we were, where we are, and where we are going. I’ve learned, in the hard way, that where I was - the past - and where I’m going - the future - don’t hold much mettle. The place to be is ...

As we close out 2022 and usher in a new year, it's time to look back and see what I learned...if anything. After all, many of us have closed out and ushered in many a year, haven't we? And to those in my age bracket (somewhere between 40 and 80), we should have it all figured out by now. I ...

Have you wondered what 2023 will look like? If only we could look through a scope and see. Would we be disappointed? I got a refractory telescope years ago. Setting it up in our living room, I aimed for the sky through our front window, but everything was a blur. Adjusting, I tinkered ...

75 years ago - Roger Babson, a noted statistician, predicts the business and financial outlook for 1948. He says certainly there will be no “depression” as so many pessimists are talking about, but fundamental conditions will become increasingly less favorable. Certain industries will ...

They sat indiscriminately on the clearance rack marked down like a thousand percent from their initial price. Hand towels. Not your everyday, ordinary, run-of-the-mill hand towels. These happened to be emblazoned with the letter “P,” as in the first letter of my last name. I contemplated my ...