I love sunflowers. Not only are they big and bright, but they have a particular talent that I admire. It’s called heliotropism and it translates to ‘sun tracking’. In other words, it means that they follow the sun. When I lived in Homestead, Florida in the early 1990’s, these beautiful stalks with their vibrant faces…

What do you look for in a friendship?  I imagine that most people enjoy spending time with someone they consider a kindred spirit, of like mind and with a sense of compatibility. Chances are, they want someone who is fun-loving, responsive to their needs, who cares about them and respects them. They are inclined to…

My four year old ‘grand-dude’ Collin likes to play ‘good guys/bad guys, heroes/villains. He’ll run around, roaring and pouncing, making kinda mean faces. I pretend to be scared and succumb to his antics. Tonight he told me that one of his new superpowers was to encase people in bubbles “for-EVER”. That is, until he decides to…

For the last few decades, the idea has been swirling about that the average adult has 50,000-70,000 thoughts a day running through our heads. For some of us, it may be even more. I would venture that my brain chatters at the high end of that estimate. We do have the capacity to slow them…

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