Who I Want to Be

Who I Want to Be

by | Aug 10, 2026 | Plain Speech Messages

I ran into an old friend last week who I hadn’t seen in a while, so we were updating one another on our lives, showing each other pictures of our grandchildren, discussing our medical ailments, the usual conversation of anyone over 65. I have added bursitis to my...
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Why War Is Not the Answer (7)

by | Aug 5, 2026 | Plain Speech Messages

A family friend is getting married this week, and I’m officiating. When I met with he and his fiancée to discuss the wedding, I asked where they were going on their honeymoon. “The beach,” they said. Then he asked where we had gone on ours. I told him we had driven to...
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Money (4) Wealth and Decadence

by | Aug 13, 2025 | Plain Speech Messages

I was up on the ladder last month cleaning our gutters and noticed our 30-year roof that was installed 18 years ago already needs replaced. The month before I had replaced our 80,000-mile tires after 49,000 miles, and just before that I replaced a half dozen LED light...
Who I Want to Be

Money (1) The Business of Our Lives

by | Jun 24, 2025 | Plain Speech Messages

An old friend came to visit last week. We were sitting outside in our screenhouse, and the subject of money came up. My friend said, “I love money,” and I immediately thought of the comedian Steve Martin, who said, “I love money. I love everything about it. I bought...