Monthly Archives: September 2013

Pearls are fascinating studies. Glenn Miller composed still famous Big Band song, "String of Pearls." Dutch painter Johnannes Vermeer uses a pearl as focal point in his famous painting "Girl with a Pearl Earring." This painting/story was made into a … Continued

In "Orthodoxy" GK Chesterton points to pre-Castaway Tom Hanks figure Robison Crusoe to make a point about gratitude. In Defoe's Classic and prototype "adventure" novel, Crusoe becomes ecstatic over the each piece of gear he rescues from the shipwreck near … Continued

Getting hurt is a big part of this life thing. Sometimes, the little 'diss-es" can be as caustic and damaging as the "Tsunami" ones. The "hurt" experience can really leave some major scar tissue…kind of like an inner version of … Continued

The Beach Boy's image of the Endless Summer of surfing has been upgraded and fully capitalized. No longer the shaggy sun-bleached hair, Ray-Bans, a longboard called "Spoiler" or "Javelin," cut off jeans, and zinc oxide on the nose for one's … Continued

This past Spring a real estate office in the Miami area won the lottery. They took the high road and made sure the bonanza served to make the Keller-Williams group a better team, not a bitter team. So in divying … Continued

We've all heard the story of rambunctious Simon Peter recklessly jumping out of the fishing boat in his attempt to meet Jesus. How quickly I inwardly chuckle at why St. Peter "choked" thinking he could be an spiritual over-achiever. Man, … Continued

In the 1997 wilderness thriller "The Edge," trusting billionaire Charles Morse, played by Anthony Hopkins, was able to reconcile the tragedies and dark designs surrounding his escape from the Yukon because it forced him to take stock of his otherwise … Continued

How often do we want to "short cut" a person's life journey and accelerate them to the perceived destination ahead of schedule, kind of like the game of "Chutes and Ladders?" I know I do it thinking I'm being a … Continued

Don't know if you are familiar with the account of Balaam's Burro in Numbers 22:28 (any version of Bible will suffice here.) Anyway, the little donkey actually talked to his master in regard to the beating he was unjustly receiving. … Continued

Growing up in the South in the Sixties, Modernism (not to be confused with Post-Modernism) was a little slower taking hold. The "old boy's club," "inner circles," "networking," the "cocktail circuit," and "legacies" were still pretty significant. So-called "good friends" … Continued