For what it's worth

I thought I would re-publish an updated version of something I wrote here over eleven years ago It seems more important than ever in today's dog eat dog world. And that is the art of an apology. I had been thinking about this ever since the United States...

This past weekend, I made a trip from my north Florida home in Tallahassee to central Florida to visit family for several days. Sunday was my travel day going south. While there are still many large areas of undeveloped land in north Florida, central...

This morning, I got an email from my mother catching me up on the news. One of the news bits was that a cousin of mine had died, but no one knew until someone found him dead in his apartment.
My cousin was older than me, in his mid to late sixties. I never really knew him and had only met him once or twice in my life, the last of which was over forty years ago....

First to recap Day 4, also known as bananas and milk day. Day 4 was the day I most dreaded because it was limited to cabbage soup, up to six bananas, and fat free milk. That combination was worse than unappealing to me. I had mightmarish thoughts of...