Saying goodbye

Goodbyes can be frightening when they hold the possibility of prolonged separation and being forgotten. You don’t have to be on your deathbed to feel that. I can see it already in my two year old grandson, Eli Benson. I let him drive my car. Don’t worry, he doesn’t really drive. But don’t tell him …

The universal game changer

“I can’t believe they lost,” I moaned after my favorite college football team went down in defeat. “Now they for sure won’t make it to the new four-team playoff system,” I continued to grumble. Sensing I was descending into a sports fanatic’s funk, my wife suggested we rent an uplifting movie, “Million Dollar Arm.” Good …

The power of words

Paula Deen was in the E!News studio recently, making media rounds to promote the launch of her new subscription based online channel, the Paula Deen Network. It’s been over a year since her multi-million dollar culinary empire came tumbling down after her admission that she used a racial slur 30 years ago. “They (words) can …