“Five years from now, you will pretty much be the same as you are today except for two things: the books you read and the people you get close to.” (Quote from the late motivational speaker, Charlie Tremendous Jones) I’m not sure how instrumental that quote was in developing my perspective about life. But hearing […]
Preparation
How to Get a College Education Every Six Months
I was a college professor for about 17 years. From that perspective, I saw what it takes to get a college education. A student went through a four-year process of experiences that prepared them for the real world. They would take classes to learn things, and then would have projects to help them apply that […]
What Will You Do When Your House Burns Down?
We live fairly close to a major street, so we hear fire engines, ambulances and other sirens pretty often. We’ve gotten used to them, so we generally don’t even hear them. Unless they stop. That means something is happening close by, because the siren stopped close by. So we go out on our patio to […]