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Children’s Book Published!
Say something that matters.
Welcome to my blog! Sometimes I’ll offer advice about public speaking. Maybe I’ll tell you a story. Or perhaps I’ll make you laugh, teach you something interesting, or help you think a bit differently on a topic. Please consider subscribing so you don’t miss any of my posts.
Children’s Book Published!
Lifted Up Blog
It’s Got A Good Beat And It’s Easy To Dance To
Tomorrow is the 63rd anniversary of the first day Dick Clark hosted a local television show in Philadelphia called Bandstand. The clean-cut 26-year-old had been a college radio disc jockey at Syracuse University, and in 1951 he landed a job in...
Auto-Signature Revisited
If you’ve ever had a business email account, it’s likely that you’ve used an auto-signature. People set up an auto-signature so that every time they type an email, the system inserts the text they have established as their “signature” at the end of...
Can You Really Believe What You See?
I recently checked out a library book on the brain titled (appropriately enough) The Human Brain Book by Rita Carter, Susan Aldridge, Martyn Page, and Steve Parker. The subtitle identifies the book as “an illustrated guide to its (the brain’s)...
Sometimes All You Really Need Is A Good Book
My two favorite gifts this Christmas were books from my daughter. A Shutterfly photobook of my daughter’s and son-in-law’s wedding was a labor of...
Resolve NOT to Make Resolutions
What is it about the hanging of a calendar representing twelve months of our future that makes us feel hopeful, as if ANYTHING might be possible?...
It Runs In The Family
Sometimes when I laugh softly, I hear my daughter’s voice. It’s not in the knee-slapping-tear-producing-stop-it-you’re embarrassing-yourself” loud...
Not Just Any Christmas Tree
The day after Thanksgiving I make a 45 minute drive to Loweland Farm in Middleburg, Virginia, to purchase my Christmas tree. They are open for tree...
The Most WOW! Message Ever
Note: Today's post is based on my 2017 Christmas letter. So if you're on my card list, you'll be reading something that feels familiar! Author and...
The Faces of Christmas
About half a dozen years before my mother-in-law Rosalie died, I interviewed her to preserve her life story not just for those of us in this...