Life on life's terms

‘Bless your heart’: A Jody Thanksgiving story

November 24, 2024

A story about Jody’s turkey adventures and the happy memories they created.

The joy and power of pushing limits

November 22, 2024

Stepping out as a singing cowboy is a recipe for fun and challenge.

Big smiles from life’s little things

November 18, 2024

Jody made a mini celebration out of things that the rest of us wouldn’t likely notice.

Reflections on impending fatherhood: October 1994

November 13, 2024

Paul’s article about the soon to be birth of his son. From Beacon newspapers, October 1994.

Autumn casts its annual magic spell

November 12, 2024

Back in the mid-1990s, I wrote an Opinion column for the Beacon newspapers in Massachusetts. Every now and then, I will revisit and share some of those articles here—particularly the ones that still resonate.

A brick, a memory, a love story

November 11, 2024

I need to tell you about The Brick.