At a high school in Anytown, USA, the number one ranked student in the class delivers a graduation speech to his or her classmates.
Imagine a valedictorian named Frank steps to the podium.
“I’d like ...
The following story is not true, but like anything the mind can imagine, it’s just a short hop from the make-believe to the probability of reality.
His name is Louis. He sits in his chair in Room 111 ...
We lived in a Cape Cod house built by my father in rural New Market, New Jersey. Real estate agents would describe a home that was for sale like ours as “cozy,” which is a sexy word for small.
The hou...
Karin DaCunha Wimmer of Jim Thorpe recently posted on Facebook a passage written by an anonymous writer. At first read, the words raised my attention to what the writer says should matter most to us. ...
A good weapon that we all have is one given to us as a birthright. If we decide not to use it when it might be necessary, we can be left in a bad state of mind for a very long time, perhaps right up u...
I wrote my novel “Upon a Field of Gold” in 2017. It’s a story about a past life I had as a Confederate soldier in the American Civil War.
I have no burden to prove that I had lived as Joshua Park and...
MIND: Alright! I’m going to do this!
BODY: Do what?
MIND: I’m going to walk the 15-mile Appalachian Trail from Palmerton all the way to the Leroy A. Smith Shelter.
BODY: Should I remind you that when ...
They say to learn how to best live our lives, we should take advice from those who have succeeded, the men and women who have climbed to the top of the mountain where we all want to be.
Yet good advic...
When he shakes your hand, you feel something genuine, more than what you get from an obligatory handshake and if you have the privilege to know him well, you’ll understand that his grassroots’ sinceri...
I’m a potato chip wrapped in a beautiful bag. The guys who designed my bag chose bright colors to catch your eye. You’ll see one or two of me on the front. I come in lots of flavors: salted, unsalted,...