by Morning Reflections | Jan 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
I began to tie my own necktie when I was a teenager. From the start, it seemed maddeningly difficult. Unnatural. I felt clumsy. Do I really have to learn how to do this? Over time, however – and lots of practice – things changed. ...
by Morning Reflections | Jan 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
Some subjects are just too painful, too controversial, or too recent to make people laugh.Surely Adolph Hitler is near the top of that list.But that didn’t stop actor and director Mel Brooks from satirizing Nazi Germany just 22 years after the collapse of the Third...
by Morning Reflections | Jan 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
Year ago I heard a presentation called “What Not to Say at a Funeral.” In the presence of someone else’s grief and pain, so often we feel compelled to say something – anything – that will help make sense of the mystery of this loss. We want to make the...
by Morning Reflections | Jan 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
McDonald’s is amazing. The chain with the golden arches has been presenting itself as the world’s greatest happiness provider for almost 80 years now.The original McDonald’s restaurant – owned by brothers Dick and “Mac” McDonald – opened in San Bernardino,...
by Morning Reflections | Jan 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
On Memorial Day 1933 the world awaited news of the winner of the Indianapolis “500.”Television was, of course, still years away, as was live radio coverage of the race. The results of key sporting events typically went out to the nation’s newspapers via...
