Category Archives: Character

I once had a friend who said that if he had boys he was going to name them “Thunder” and “Lightning.” I’m not sure how the story came out but I strongly suspect that his wife had the last word … Continue reading →

“Eventually hard work gets mistaken for talent.”–E.M. Once, when I was about four years old I thought I had discovered a way to get rich. My great uncle Tommy had a cotton patch next to my Grand-dad Deloney’s house, and … Continue reading →

How you act when you’re in a position of power reveals a lot about who you are. A friend of mine was playing cowboys with his two year old son Samuel. The toddler took to the game like an old … Continue reading →

When we lived in Luxembourg we took some American friends to visit our favorite castle in nearby Germany. The Eltz castle hides in a deep valley in the middle of a hilly forest and Phyllis and I fell in love … Continue reading →

The Associated Press headline surprised me: “Opponents carry injured home run hitter around the bases.” The story by Joseph Frazier detailed how the hitter had blasted the ball out of the park, then apparently tore a ligament rounding first base. … Continue reading →