Treading Water

The hot summer has brought back memories of my childhood. When I was a youngster, I loved competing down in the river with friends to see who could tread water the longest. At that time there was serious value in those games. We built strength and fitness, we...

How Much Do You Want?

I want to tell you a short feel-good story about a young man that I know.  His name is Ryan Layman and he is achieving some amazing things in his young life. This weekend he is graduating from Air Force flight school and will be flying A-10 Warthogs.  Wow! I feel very...

FORE Letter Word

You may or may not know that golf is diminishing in popularity across the U.S. and some attribute cost and time required to play as the causes for reduced participation. For me, a reduction in interest is summed up in two words – back stiffness. I played through pain...

Stealing Bases

It is baseball season. Home runs and stolen bases are common, but if you didn’t know what they were, they wouldn’t exactly be self-explanatory. A home run would mean running to your house or home. Stealing bases would land you in jail. I played a fair amount of...

Memorials

The recent Memorial Day weekend was hopefully your best. Sometimes memorials are the best and sometimes the opposite. I had a great time with old and new friends, my son and his fiancée while enjoying some great food, lots of laughs and a fun time at a Major League...