So what have I learned?

A little while ago, I decided to change the pace of my blog. Instead of posting short vignettes about the world, I thought I'd try something different. After all, I have thoughts and opinions and that's what a blog is for, right? So I decided to branch out and try some new things, like some...

Everyday people are the real heroes.

By now everyone has heard about the feud going on in Florida between Disney and the Government right? If you haven’t heard about it, then I think I can rightly say: What planet have you been on? Now, I am not writing this to weigh in on who is right (Disney) and who is wrong...

What is the right way to handle grief?

The other day I was watching a Dateline true crime show where the police had to solve a man's suspicious death. In the episode, the focus quickly turned to the wife as the possible culprit. The police suspected her because "she didn’t react the way they expected when she learned her spouse had died".  And...

Where does music come from?

As a piano teacher, I sometimes take the front of the piano off so my students can see how it works on the inside. When I do, what I've noticed is there are two kinds of kids. The first kind of kids are those completely mesmerized by what's inside. They'll stare intently at the strings,...

Why do people not act their age?

Have you ever met an adult who acted like a child? You know, a Dad who's seems more like a kid… than his own kids? Or how about a child who acts more like a grownup than the grownups? Like that one girl who's articulate, well-mannered and mature far beyond her years. Isn't that weird?...

Will we still be here when they come back?

The world has changed. And yet. Nothing has changed. Not long ago, the government declassified the records on what the Air Force found during their decades-long investigation into UFO's. After years of denials, dumbfounded explanations and flat-out lies, they finally came clean and admitted some of the sightings are truly unexplained. No longer are they...

Giant Alien Stickmen

Sometimes as I drive down the highway I watch the powerlines as they go by. The endless monotony has a mesmerizing affect like giant alien stickman walking single file towards the horizon. But as my eyes follow their path, I also keep an eye in the distance wondering if I'll ever see where they finally...

Can You Stop Long Enough?

When people post something beautiful online, it's usually a sunset, or sunrise, or flowers, or something like that. Not that those things aren't beautiful; they are. But there is a lot more out there that we don’t take the time to notice. Things like spider webs, or a child eating an ice cream cone, or...

Heaven On Earth

There are moments so amazing that you just have to stop and take it all in. These are the moments when what you see is so stunning that everything else in the world disappears. And in that moment you feel that all is right with the world. It doesn't matter if there are a millions...

Spring has finally arrived, or has it?

After a long and grueling winter, spring has finally arrived. The plants are coming back to life, the birds and animals are returning, and people have emerged from their winter cocoons. It should be a time of excitement and optimism. But I don’t feel that way. I feel pessimistic and skeptical, as if everything I...