• I would like to borrow a line from the immortal British author, Charles Dickens.  After that, I would like to examine the question: “why is it [...]

  It’s That OCD Time of Year Again!

  May 19, 2016
• The beauty of the shore on a sunny spring morning.

  Shore

  May 6, 2016
• Editor’s Note: This is a special blog entry for my brother to wish him a happy birthday. Please bear with my indulgence.) HAPPY BIRTHDAY, [...]

  Happy Birthday, Baby Bro!

  May 3, 2016
• A Saturday stroll through my old college campus reminded me how beautiful it is.

  Old School

  May 1, 2016

• One man’s prison is another man’s palace.

  Palace Gate

  April 26, 2016
• It all depends on how you look at things: your point of view.

  Optimism

  April 24, 2016
• As I have mentioned in previous posts, April signals the official start of the baseball season, my favorite sport. For me, baseball feeds my soul [...]

  Applying Baseball to Life

  April 22, 2016
• Be the Oddball Don’t worry if the others stare at you – be yourself. Don’t follow the crowd if it’s headed in the wrong direction; make a [...]

  Be the Oddball

  April 18, 2016

• Surrender is easy; forging ahead is hard.  The measure of our courage is not what we do to overcome fear; it is what we do when we are still [...]

  Live a Hard Life

  April 17, 2016
• TURN PANIC INTO A PICNIC Each season brings with it different challenges for someone living with a panic disorder. The winter brings with it the [...]

  A Two-Panic Attack Week

  April 12, 2016
• The calendar tells me it’s April; but you wouldn’t know it from the fresh six inches of snow on my front lawn.  Nevertheless, it’s [...]

  Play (Snow)Ball!

  April 6, 2016
• I am distraught.  My government has played a trick on me by not telling me the complete truth about something.  And here I thought that my [...]

  Who Can You Trust? (shouldn’t that be whom?)

  April 1, 2016