We are having our first snow of the winter season today. Even though here in Minnesota the winters are long and cold, the first snow always has been a time for optimism and hope. Not sure why. Maybe it’s the beauty of it. The white flakes against the cold, gray streets and trees. It really […]
November the month of All Saints Day, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving has put me in a mood of remembering. Remembering loved ones, friends, enemies, good times and bad. Yesterday I substituted in a kindergarten class. We read a story together about animals and a scarecrow and then the students did a cut out art project. […]
I was watching a youtube with Stephen Colbert and Keanu Reeves they were talking about Keanu’s new “John Wick” movie, an action thriller. I don’t know why I was watching but I was. At the end Colbert for some reason asked Reeves, “So what do you think happens when you die?” Keanu thought or a […]
I am substitute teaching today. All was good until 2:05pm in the afternoon. I had a small class and all the kids wanted to sit at the same table. They would not listen and had smart alec answers to all the questions I asked. I think it was a combination of it being a long […]
What should I be for Halloween? This question comes up every year. I know you’re thinking, “Hey, Todd you’re too old to dress up or Halloween!” But everytime I celebrate Halloween, by dressing up, or going to a party or going out with kids to trick or treat or giving out candy at the door […]
This fall I took a leap of faith and started coaching 7th grade football. We are nearing the end of the season already. It has flown by. I must say I have enjoyed the experience immensely. Being 67 years old and not having coached football before (I did play in high school) I was a […]
I had a dream last night… In the dream, I was with an old friend of mine. She was about to do something I did not agree with. So, I followed her and found where she was. She was in a house that I knew; not in real life but in the dream world. I […]
I walked by a road-closed sign and scraped the back of my hand on it. It pissed me off. I almost kicked the sign over, it was to close to the walkway – I just moved it a little to give more room. I called my friend to join me for coffee, his phone went […]
Moments of clarity are times when something that you were confused about or something you just didn’t know becomes clear – an epiphany, an “ah-ha moment” – when you realize something important and pivotal. Sometimes the feeling of what to do next is right in front of you. This week I had some meetings on […]
Quite often in the morning, when I wake, I pick up my phone and start reading the “news”. There’s Facebook, Apple News, Yahoo News, my email, Google Calendar, Messenger, Whatsapp, Pedometer, Weather Channel, etc. This can go on for a while, sometimes to the point where it makes me have to rush to get to […]