by Rick | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog, Grandpa Harry Stories, Inspirational
Reaching for a match in his pocket, the old man shuffled across the wooden floor of the cabin to the coal-oil lamp by his rocker. Once lit, he slipped the glass chimney back on and turned up the flame. Chauncey, the golden lab, stirred slowly in the corner. Sleep was...
by Rick | Jul 30, 2019 | Blog, Inspirational
s,”I didn’t know I was so pretty,” the young lady said as she flipped through the proof book of her senior pictures. Her eyes welled up with tears. That was the best compliment I ever received as a photographer. For nearly a decade before the digital...
by Rick | Jul 26, 2019 | Blog, Inspirational
“I thought you were a carpenter,” my friend sort-of joked. “That’s not a very straight line you cut!” “Well, like my brother Mike taught me,” I replied. “You can’t do great work with junk tools. He had invited me...
by Rick | Jul 24, 2019 | Blog, Inspirational
A young lady recently asked me for my “wisdom and insight,” about some questions she had. Admittedly, there was a time in my life my ego would have kicked in and I would have crawled up on a soapbox and pontificated. However, rather than wax eloquent with...
by Rick | Jul 21, 2019 | Blog, Inspirational
How do you stay positive in negative environments? Maybe it’s your job, your family or your favorite social media platform that is filled with negativity. And you’re drowning. What do you do? Here are some tricks I’ve learned: Music – I start...
