December 2014 – Life As An Anomaly

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 20,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that many…

Motivational Monday: Be Realistic

How Santa Does It

A Story of Christmas Magic

Originally posted on My Good Time Stories:
Photo Credit: Lady Dragon Fly via CC Flickr One of my favorite things to do during the Christmas season, is finding interesting and heartwarming stories that touch your soul and put a smile on your face. Well. today, I was reading some stories on the web page “The…

Flashback Friday: There’s Something Fishy About My Cholesterol

Originally posted February 16, 2011 Originally Posted February 16, 2011 I never had high cholesterol. For years I have been checked and my cholesterol levels were somewhat perfect. I do have somewhat low “good cholesterol” levels, but the “bad cholesterol” is always low. Last year my cardiologist decided to put me on Lovaza, the pharmaceutical…

Merry Christmas!

Wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas. One of my favorite songs for Christmas. Enjoy!

Snapshots Of My Life: I Could Be Very Rich

Inspirational Monday: It’s all About Appreciation And Sharing

Don’t Stress To Impress

As I watch people flying crazily through the streets with despair in their eyes, I realize that they all have forgotten the reason for the season. What began as an ancient pagan festival where people put gifts for nature under a tree in the forest was turned into cutting down the tree, dragging it indoors…

Reconnecting With What I Love: A Hike In Minnewaska State Park

I love to hike, and my wife an I did it every chance we had. I think that is why I do so well with my cardiac and pulmonary sarcoidosis. It's because I was so fit in the first place. And a couple of weeks ago, we went went back to one of our favorite…

Flashback Friday: Massage Me, Pace Me

Originally Posted FEBRUARY 5, 2011 I learned a very interesting fact from my cardiologist the other day when I went to get clearance to return to massage school. He said my ability to give massages is completely up to me. I should know my body. However, when I receive a massage I need to be…

An Anniversary Of Angelic Intervention

Thirty three years ago tonight, at the age of nineteen, a neighbor that was about my age, who I really did not know very well, saw me in my front yard and came over to talk. He pointed to a house about three houses away from mine, obliquely opposite, and asked me if I ever…