I know that transformation is about change. The real interest for me is how to change myself as the core element within my sphere of influence. It helps to not believe glib generalization that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. I may be moving into the old dog classification, but I am confident…

I was reading an article that referenced a book that caught my mind recently. It tracked the change of metaphors mankind used to describe the brain as their understanding of the world changed. The water clock was used as a metaphor for how the brain worked in early Greek times. The Middle Ages introduced gears…

I know life is complex. With Remembrance Day finishing up yesterday, I wanted to tell you about a unique way I paid tribute. Recently I was an extra in several crowd scenes for a Canadian movie, Fallen Heroes. It’s the story of all nations with soldiers in Afghanistan hiding their fallen soldiers. They deliberately left…

I spent time thinking about why we value these two items differently. Take the specific example of the once trending ‘pet rock’ and the seemingly always trending diamond, in this case, the non-industrial kind. They are both just rocks with no actual function other than what we give them. Likewise, they have no real monetary…

I was in an elevator recently, and the person beside me pushed the button for floor 13. No hesitation. I’m not a very superstitious person myself. Floor numbers don’t bother me. In fact, I get miffed when a tall building just skips #13. I remember my grandmother, all too often, throwing salt over her shoulder….

I know this is easier said than done. I’m now 4 years into Movin’ On from full-time employment. I didn’t make many plans, but I did set some firm guide rails of what my future would look like. One of the biggest, call it a master guide rail, was that I wanted flexibility in spending…

I want to thank the folks at ThoughtCo for answering this question. “A Mountweazel is a bogus entry deliberately inserted in a reference work, usually as a safeguard against copyright infringement. The source of the term is the fictitious Lillian Virginia Mountweazel, a bogus entry in the fourth edition of The New Columbia Encyclopedia.” Even more fun is the description of her…

I recently committed to reading a book on the life of Galileo. What a fascinating life! In the 1500s, one of the significant controversies swirling about amongst those who spent time thinking about the world around them was the tides. What made them go back and forth? What forces were at work? The prevailing thoughts…

I first want to say that today, October 1, 2021, is the International Day of Older Persons as declared by the United Nations. This Blog is about how you can participate and make a difference. Impossible, you say. Well, please read on. I know that in the game of golf, there is a thing called…

I recently read that there are more wall-type barriers in the world than before the end of World War II. Whether true or not is debatable. However, there is food for thought. What can I learn from these physical walls, and how can I apply that learning to myself? When governments at any level erect…