The Spells We Cast

When I was young there was a TV show I loved about a witch married to a mortal, and this witch could cast all kinds of spells by wiggling her nose. It was called Bewitched, was great fun, and in it she was always using her spell-casting powers to solve the problem of...

My Flight’s Been What???

A funny thing happened last week, although it was actually far from funny. I was checking emails a few hours prior to taking a red-eye home from where I’d been working in Sacramento, CA. Suddenly an email pops up that my flight has been cancelled for Wednesday...

Elephant on the Plane

You have got to be kidding, I thought. I was on a plane that had left Chicago one hour late because catering forgot to stock the plane, and then there was turbulence so there was no service. We were getting close to landing and the entire plane was agitated…all those...

What if I’d Been Drowning?

People will never behave the way we want them to, and if we stake our happiness or success on how everyone is treating us, we’re in trouble. Let me give you an example. Recently my 22-year-old bikini clad granddaughter Rachel and I explored one of central Florida’s...

Can You Remember?

Charles Bukowski asked, “Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?” It can be a scary question at times. It doesn’t have to mean we are in the wrong profession in life—although I’ve known many people who came to that conclusion after...