
A Brush with Greatness at the OC Swap Meet
You can be scared and or exhilarated with every brush with greatness, but be sure to enjoy the heck out of the moment as I did 31 years...

A Happy Fourth of July is Not Just a Big Bang Theory
What do you stand for on your nation's independence day? The explosion was quick, loud, and burning hot. My whole body jerked out of fear...

If You Need Balance in Your Life, Learn to Ride a Unicycle
Today’s crazy, pandemic and Trumpian world goes round and round and often leaves us upside down. Regain your balance with a unicycle as I...

You Will Know Where You are Going; You Will Know How to Get There
Have you ever tried visualization as a way to get what you want or need in life? Dad came out of the fog he’d been in for days in his...

Start Your Day Right and Don't End it Drinking Orange Pop
From whom do you take advice? I learned the basics in life from my grandma. “Oh Judi, it’s time to wake up,” Grandma sang sweetly from...

JC Penney Put Voting in my Heart; Payless Shoes Put Patriotism in my Soles
Make a plan to vote in November! “Oh Mom, pleeeeease,” I implored. “All the cool Nativity kids have the stars and stripes tennis shoes....

Listen to Your Elders' Photographs
Have you ever turned to an old photograph to help you move forward with purpose? My Aunt Marjorie suffers from dementia and congestive...

Remembering Memorial Day 1968: Be Good. Be Careful of the Streets. We’ll See Ya.
What's your favorite Memorial Day to honor others and your past? One of mine was in 1968. “Girls, it’s time to get up. Remember we have a...

Don’t Ditch Your Focus on Positive Things; A Negative Focus Will Absolutely Take You to the Ditch.
What do you spend your time focusing on? "Oh my gosh," I thought frantically as my car careened backwards off the road. "What if a road...

Two or Three Lifelong Lessons from a Heartless Valentine
How open are you to receiving inspiration in a scary moment? I remember my first time. It was February 13, 1964. Cold. You know. Where...

Judgement Days
It all started so innocently. Oh don’t judge. You will probably start the story of your own judgement day with a very similar...

A 1963 Christmas Memory: I Got Boots. Larry Got the Car.
John F. Kennedy was assassinated November 22, 1963. I was five years old. I do not know if I actually remember that day. Based on Mom and...

It’s Okay to Blow Your Own Horn Sometimes
Have you been told not to get a big head? It's okay to believe in yourself. My dad was a cool trumpet player and a kid-empowering math...













