Before marrying, my wife and I discussed expectations This exercise was very healthy as we all bring a distinctive worldview into any relationship We talked about how we grew up, expected roles and responsibilities, views on child-rearing, etc Afterw...
A couple of years ago, our family decided to get a dog We looked at various options but eventually opted to adopt from the local animal shelter After weeks of searching, I came across a very inviting Boston Terrier mix […]...
A couple of months ago, my parents decided they were selling their home in Florida and moving closer to my sister in Georgia In a matter of weeks, they put their home on the market, sold it, packed their belongings, […]...
Over the past couple of years, I have a sporadically reoccurring dream that never made sense The situations are never quite the same, but the emotions I feel are Every dream shares the same fundamental elements In each dream, there […]...
“What was that” my father said It seems that for the past couple of years, my father’s hearing has deteriorated but refused to acknowledge the loss He’ll say that he can hear but has trouble distinguishing words He also claims...
In 2017, an exhibition of the early 20th-century artist Modigliani was shut down early after art critic and collector Carlo Pepi alerted the authorities that the paintings were likely, not authentic As a result, the exhibition, held in Genoa, closed ...
Today, there’s a lot of talk on immigration and how we need to limit those coming into the country The reality is that many forgot that the United States was not always the superpower it was and how foreigners played […]...
In 1844, Alexandre Dumas published Les Trois Mousquetaires or, as we know it, The Three Musketeers Ironically, The Three Musketeers is a historical and adventure novel about four swashbuckling heroes who lived during the 17th and early 18th centu...
Many years ago, I opened my offices in a neglected area of downtown Miami What attracted me to the area was the rawness and potential of the area It also helped that the rent was much lower than in many […]...
Free Burma Rangers is a documentary following the life and mission of David Eubank and his family David was born in Texas and grew up as the son of Christian missionaries in Thailand before attending Texas A&M University and then […]...
The Bucket List, a movie starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, is about two terminally ill men fulfilling a wish list of things to do before they “kick the bucket” The two men, distinctly different, bond when they are both for...
After submitting my initial plans for a backyard pergola, the city denied the request for a permit based on a few requirements The most critical element to receiving a permit was providing them wind load calculations for the structure This […]...