Category: On Life & Love

HOW DO YOU FIND HAPPINESS? It is really quite simple.  The idea that happiness is elusive or just beyond our grasp is flawed.  Anyone can become happy no matter their circumstance.  The secret is called giving. Do you know how you feel when you’ve done something nice for someone and they show immense gratitude?  You

What do you see when you look at this charming photo? I see HOPE. I see JOY. This photo was shared with me by my favorite niece.  It is a ‘newbie’ photo taken of her 2nd much-anticipated daughter. This beautiful infant, only days old, is nestled in her bassinette and seemingly is delighted with her entry into

It is important to remember that every thought is a prayer, that’s why I try to keep my thoughts positive. Purity in affirmations is significant as you are the writer and producer of your own story. In order to get to your soul’s purpose, you must follow the rules of engagement. I don’t mean that

Mankind, we are a fallible sort. We demonstrate our imperfectness every day. For all the many things we do right, the counterbalance is our disregard to what is outside our door. This country was built on the backs of immigrants. To be born an American is to have descended from a foreign soul who arrived

I am fortunate to live on an island. It is about as peaceful a life as one could hope for, and I did hope for this life many-times-over throughout my days on earth. Regardless, I am here now and thankful. I captured this photo as the sun was sinking down signaling day’s end. It put

Southwest Florida is my home.  I had wanted to live here for a very long time, and finally the time was right in my life to make the move.  Living on an island is about the most precious gift one can receive.  I wrote my 2nd book about such, LIFE FROM UNDER A TREE –

This is a portrait of my father at the helm of his 42′ Japanese Yawl, the ‘Morning Star’. Today would have been his 100th birthday. This is remarkable because my father left this earth shortly after his 62nd birthday, and this, to me, means that I have walked on this earth longer without him than

Ok, I am not going to throw out a lot of weak statements to you, or try and convince you of my earnest efforts at doing better. But what I am going to do is tell you a short story on how my day went after being powered by my mantra – I can do

‘Be so good they can’t ignore you!’ I heard that last night as I was walking through the living room on my way to the kitchen. I had been in my studio, and even though removed from what was going on in the family room, I still heard plenty of hoops and hollering as the Professor’s

“Love isn’t a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like ‘struggle’. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly as he or she was made, exactly as they are here and now.” ~ Fred Rogers I love this wonderful quote by Fred Rogers. There lies a profound ideology within