The fifth book in my John Ross Boomer Lit series, Reunion of  Familiar Strangers, hits the online bookstores today. The e-version of the novel has been available on preorder from Amazon since Aug. 27. It should now be in both e-book and print if everything goes as planned from Wings ePress. And with the book being […]

Being kind to yourself is showing self-compassion. Many people confuse this with self-indulgence or selfishness, and so may be critical of you when you talk about how pleased you are with your results or express your delight at having achieved a milestone. Yet, they may have no criticism when you’re quick to congratulate someone else […]

Where do I begin? My mind says: How do I stay sane in an insane world? My heart says: Stay focused on love, joy, peace, and happiness. Others say: But how can you do that when there is so much pain, distress, negativity, and chaos? My voice says: Be still, find as much positivity as […]

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Sorry I have been missing for a bit. I’ve been quite busy on a few projects. Hope to share one with you soon.  COVID Challenges Continue COVID has presented so many challenges to all of us the past year and a half, especially with family responsibilities. It’s not letting up like we hoped. I hope […]

 My wife and I fulfilled a “bucket list” trip earlier this month when we traveled to idyllic Mackinac Island to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary.  Overlooking the bay The 4.35 square mile island is located on Lake Huron,  between Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas. The islet is listed as a National Historic Landmark. Mackinac Island […]

NOTE: The audio player should appear below, if not, please click on the title of this post and go online to hear.  Available also on iTunes, TuneIn Radio, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon, Podbean, most other podcast apps PLEASE REVIEW at ratethispodcast.com/atv You’re so tired you can’t hardly string a sentence together, yet you have to sing that day! What can you do? OK, first […]

One of the reasons I retired was to spend more time with my grandkids, while they were still young.  In the early months of the pandemic, during the spring of 2020 when many of us started working from home and our kids transitioned to online learning for safety reasons, we just didn’t see each other.  […]

Grab bars.  Two simple words that one may assume describes a common solution to stabilizing a body position movement.  While that is still true, the solutions to that stability have drastically changed in the last decade. What I find interesting is how little most people actually know about the “realm” of grab bars.  For instance, […]

There are so many things we do throughout the day that we don’t even realize have a “scientific” explanation.  Some of these things we do on a day to day basis, while others may be less common tasks.  Other times are planned just to create a learning experience for the kids.  Today we did a […]