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Woodcarvings from Ron Wickman
11/15/21

Carving Kindness Into Your Life

 

SPECIAL NOTE:  I’m getting ready for my book signing tomorrow, Saturday, November 6, and wanted to invite you personally. See details at the bottom of this page.

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When I survey my life, I’ve ...

Book Signing Photo at Mocha Lisa in May, 2019
11/15/21

Join Me at My Book Signing Saturday, November 6, ...

 

Greetings,

This SPECIAL EVENT issue of PAUSE MORE. RUSH LESS. is to personally invite you to my book signing of The Glimpse on Saturday, November 6th.

The first 10 people who purchase a softcover ...

Grandpa's Cane
10/28/21

Building Relationships that Resonate

 

As an author, I write about what I believe is one of the most significant things life offers: relationships. It could be a story about forgiveness and reconciliation between a father and a son as in ...

Desert from Unsplash
10/6/21

The Desert Between Us (Sneak Peek at my New Novel)

 

This is the 50th issue of my PAUSE MORE. RUSH LESS. newsletter. As you know, this newsletter is dedicated to encouraging you to slow down your life—to pause—so you can celebrate the things that ...

NC Pond
9/23/21

Recalling the Things that Take You Home

 

I was cruising down a long and winding country road in North Carolina last week, and little did I know, I was driving home—even though I never lived there.

My early morning ride on Ferguson Road ...

The Glimpse Cover Shot
9/14/21

Last Day to Enter my Give Away for a Signed Copy ...

 

When you sign up for my email newsletter, PAUSE MORE. RUSH LESS., you will be entered into a drawing for a chance to WIN a signed paperback copy of my novel, THE GLIMPSE (or an EBook), plus a $20 ...

Shot of Marine Preparing Bodies for Burial
9/9/21

Thanking Our "Hidden Heroes"

 

Last week, a good friend of mine posted this photo on Facebook. It moved me. Before I read the story below the photo, I got the gist. The uniforms behind Staff Sgt. Miguel Deynes at Dover Air Force ...

Frustrated women at work
9/4/21

The Significance of Single Tasking

 

We live in a world of multitasking. There is so much to do the only way to get it all done is to do more than one thing at a time. In business, multi-tasking is rewarded—or revered, as a sacred tool ...

Girl on Bike
8/13/21

How to Find Pleasure in Anything

 

I found this concept intriguing, especially in the context of living a more fulfilling life. Just how do you find pleasure in anything? You don't have to teach kids how to do it. In fact, perhaps ...

Mark in the hills above Walnut Creek, CA
7/30/21

Living the Dream

 

Living the dream. How often have we heard those words? How often do we—mistakenly—assume the dream must be grandiose—or it isn’t a dream worth living?

What if living the dream is—well, simply living ...

Sunset on grassy beach
7/14/21

How to Live Your Life—Backwards

 

Few things will make you appreciate life more than writing a eulogy for someone you love. Last week, I was putting the finishing touches on a eulogy for my cousin, a prominent physician, husband, ...

Mount Suribachi
7/14/21

A Devotion to Duty

 

With the Fourth of July upon us, I wanted to share a reflection on the

men and women that served our nation in WWII—one man in particular.

 
Tom Brokaw calls them “The Greatest Generation;” the men ...