•  Retirement

    Occasionally, I get things right! When I learned that my long time friend and colleague, Gerry…

  • Villages

    It’s true, folks.   It really does take a Village. To raise a child. To build…

  • Nostalgia

    Nostalgia: [no-stal-juh, -jee-uh, nuh-] noun A wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one’s life, to one’s home or homeland, or to one’s family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time Nostalgia is truly a mixed emotion. It was…

  • The King’s New Clothes

    In recent weeks and months, the children’s story about the emporer’s new clothes has often come…

  • The Art of Giving

    Gifts come in all shapes and sizes. Some are bought. Some are handcrafted. Some are purchased…

  • Things I CAN Do

    Get the mail. Read the mail. Smile. Bring the trashcan back down the hill on trash…

  • Depression 101

    Yesterday was a difficult day. I was coming off a very busy weekend followed by a…

  • Odyssey

    Odyssey, noun:  a long series of wanderings or adventures, especially when filled with notable experiences, hardships, etc It’s been a week since the sibling part of the Rodgers Odyssey…

  • Perfect Babies

    My grandson was born about 7 months ago. He is perfect: all ten toes and fingers.…

  • Rocking Chairs & Letting Go

    When a new wave of disappointment or depression rolls onto the shore of my existence, I…