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Inner peace, gosh that would be nice to have all the time and in all situations, don't you think? However, when life isn't going the way you’d like it to go inner peace is probably the most difficult thing to find! Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a pretty peaceful person. But when you have paid thousands of dollars to visit a tropical island in the middle of a cold hard winter and all you get is rain, well, you cannot help but feel disappointed. And there goes that inner p

Whoa! Hold your horses there buddy boy! Fifty? Can’t be me. Haven’t you heard? I’m Not A Day Over Adorable. I ought to know; I’ve been saying that for years. I remember, dare I say it, some twenty years ago when a friend turned thirty. I had called to wish her happy birthday and the next thing I knew she burst into tears distraught that she was getting old. We got the gang together, had a few drinks, yukked it up and helped her feel better. It was a moment of fear and one tha

"You are such a romantic at heart!" That’s a phrase that I've heard about me numerous times. Maybe it's because my birthday is within days of Valentine's Day. The truth is though that I'm a bit of a Scrooge when it comes to Valentine's Day because it feels like it's become a commercial event – a lot like Mother's Day, Father's Day, and on and on. I think you have to be very careful about whether you are buying things to show your love, to help you create a feeling of love, or

CBS Sunday Morning aired a cover story report by Mark Strassman on The Beatles last Sunday. Hard to believe it was 50 years ago they had their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show. What fascinated me about the story was the part about how often the Beatles reinvented themselves. Not only did hairstyles and clothing change, so did the genre of music and how it was presented. Needless to say I have been thinking about reinventing myself since. What an exciting thought – rei