Life is short - begin every day with a smile!
Regular readers of this blog will remember watching in amazement as Scottish daredevil Danny MacAskill rode the famous rooftops of Gran Canaria and then went Ever Higher.
Danny’s combination of incredible skill and rock-solid nerves are on full display in every video he makes.
“Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.“
–John Watson (pen name: Ian Maclaren)
I have read this quote many times over the years and it always makes me pause and think.
Every human being on planet Earth is fighting some type of battle.
If someone mentions the term “Twin Cities”, most people will immediately think of Minneapolis and St Paul, Minnesota.
While those are indeed the most famous twin cities in America, they certainly aren’t the only ones in this vast country.
As luck would have it, I grew up and currently live just a short drive from a pair of the most beautiful and intriguing twin cities you’re likely to find. [Read more…]
Here’s an interesting (and fun) hypothetical for you to consider…
You apply for a very dangerous and difficult job that pays an enormous amount of money for the relatively short time you’ll have to spend working on it.
The job will take 30 days to complete and you’ll receive your pay in cash when the job is finished at the end of day 30.
The person hiring you says you can choose one of two ways to get paid: [Read more…]
Perhaps more than any other genre of music, Country music is all about telling stories.
Some of those stories are very uplifting while others are downright depressing.
However, most of them seem to fall somewhere in between.
Every now and then a Country song will come along that really grabs at your heart and makes you think… [Read more…]