You and friends are in a sailboat, enjoying a relaxing day at sea. As it gets dark you find a quiet and secluded cove to anchor the boat for the night, keeping you safe and secure while you sleep. One problem though, you forgot to drop anchor. While you and your friends are sound asleep …
This is the time of year when many people engage in what is commonly called “spring cleaning.” Garages are swept out, decks are power washed, and windows get cleaned. The longer hours of daylight allow for us to freshen up flower beds, removing the leaves and debris that accumulated in them over the winter, getting …
On September 20, 1991, the seventy foot “Andrea Gail” set sail from Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts, and headed north to the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic. On October 28, after a somewhat lackluster sword fishing expedition, Captain Billy Tyne and his crew were heading home when he gave this message to nearby fishing boats about …
Once upon a time there was a boy in a land far, far away who was different from many of his friends and classmates. This boy talked with a speech impediment. He hid behind this impediment and strived to excel in athletics to hide this defect in his speech. He believed this “defect” defined what …
I am continuing to find ways to adapt to the deficits caused by my stroke. The biggest ongoing challenge is excessive sensory input overload. Basically, what that means is my brain gets easily overstimulated, causing it to melt down. In my new normal, in order to not create too much chaos in my brain, I …
Earlier this week I wrote about a “painful” lesson learned in my childhood while visiting my grandparents in Iowa. You can read that post here. Today I share another memory from those visits, this one “sweet.” One of my favorite things to do when visiting my maternal grandparents was help my grandma make apple cider. …