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Wordsmiths love language, and that includes me. I particularly like quotables, those sentences or phrases that hit my mind like a hammer, leaving them permanently fixed into my brain. So, here goes so...

Many of us have had a chance in our lifetimes to meet celebrities, and that includes me. Of course, we can’t plan any of these rendezvous just because we want to meet them; they just happen and we are...

The calendar says summer doesn’t end until late September, but in my mind, as August approaches its 31st day, we can already feel the chill of these early mornings whispering the harbinger of the fall...

“It’s in there!” “Not anymore. It’s been gone for years.” Just like a laptop, the human mind holds a storage of memories, and just like any technology expert will tell you about your computer, if your...

There are minimalists. I’m a maximalist. Oh, I ’m not a hoarder. There will be plenty of open space for you to walk through my house if you come to visit, but please don’t look in my shirt drawer, my ...

I did some research about this topic and I created a short story to give you some food for thought. Nicholas had walked 7 miles, and the last 100 yards were all uphill. Yet, this was a mission of nece...

I was moved by a Facebook post about a first-grade teacher’s last day at school before her retirement. Her name is Mrs. Carter, and here’s her story: Today, a 7-year-old told me I was useless. That’s ...

“I don’t care about making money. I don’t want more possessions or new cars or the latest I phone. I’m not interested in politics or driven by any status I might be able to achieve. I am constantly in...

Today I yield my column to the commencement speeches from Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and from the iconic actor and comedian Jim Carrey. I do so with no allegiance to a political party or to no great af...

At a university, a professor asked his students, “If there are four birds on a tree and three of them decided to fly away, how many are left on the tree?” Everyone answered, “One.” They were surprised...