Thank God I do not get stage fright though it would be more correct to say I do not get stage fright like I used to. I vividly remember my first band concert in sixth grade. I sat down in my chair, the curtains went up…
OK all of you cycling fans and health nuts out there! Here is something you just have to try. Every once in a while you stumble on that must have recipe. I make these cookies and take them everywhere and have always gotten good reviews. Here…
Most of the time, I feel like I am twenty-five. Then I look in the mirror and jump back….who is that!? Oh yeah, I forgot again. I am not twenty-five. There are other reminders that I am not twenty five like when I spend two hours…
Learning new things has always been a challenge for me especially when it comes to physical skills. Dancing, playing guitar, martial arts, none of it has come easy. I envy people that learn new things quickly because I am not one of them. It takes practice.…
I was always small as a kid growing up. A bout of undiagnosed allergy triggered asthma caused me to not grow for a year when I was two years old, or so I am told. I also had a late birthday so when I started my…
JT Swing Sometimes you just have to put yourself out there, extend yourself beyond what you know. It is scary to step into the unknown. It can be overwhelming. I am one of those people that exist on the edge of curiosity. I don’t think it…
Camping has become a new passion for me. It feels romantic to cook on an open file and sleep in a tent on the ground. I have gotten pretty good at the fire thing. I can have a cooking ready fire in play in about five…
The passage of time is inevitable. It will pass while we work, while we play and even when we sleep. Time stops for no one except for maybe Joshua (Joshua 10:13). I do find that rarely does anyone hope that time slows down. The slowing of…
There are few things we can count on in life and change is one of them. You could say that change is a constant like death and taxes. Most of us hope for change and yet are afraid of it. We complain about change when it…
AS a kid growing up, I had to work for everything. By the age of fifteen I was even buying most of my own clothes. By age sixteen I had purchased a car, had car insurance in my own name and paid for all of the…