In Honor of Sparty…

Sparty says, “Expect Good Things”

Peaches or Poison?

Now that summer is here, the stalls at the farmers markets are just brimming with amazing varieties of ripe juicy fruit. As I was standing in line to buy a couple of gorgeous peaches, there was a guy in front of me who was talking with the farmer. He was commenting on how the farmer [...]

Have you set your sights high enough?

The other day, a couple of eighth graders showed up at my door.  Their school was having some sort of  read-a-thon in order to raise money for a field trip to Washington D.C. and they wanted to know if I would help sponsor them.  The concept was similar to races where you pledge money for every mile the [...]

Life lesson from a 14 year old…

I was reading the newspaper this morning.  That alone is somewhat unusual for me because I generally find the paper to be mostly a daily dose of depression and fear.  But there was an article that caught my eye about a 14 year old boy named Daniel Naroditsky who is an unbelievable chess prodigy. The [...]