Play Ball? Not just yet…then again, you should be doing it every day. We are less than five days away from the start of the Major League Baseball season, but this not a baseball blog. I will reserve deeper thought…

Change is inevitable, fear is optional. Making a change, charting a course, taking action. It all might seem scary, but fear is only in your mind and your emotions are ruling the day. I’m working my way through The 4-Hour…

I don’t care what the forecast is. I don’t care what the temperature is. I don’t care if it snows, rains, or is below zero. It’s over. At 12:57 today — the vernal equinox – Spring, 2014. The winter of…

There it was, bright and visible in the late afternoon, as big as I’ve seen it in some time. With at least an hour to go before sundown, shining bright against a pale blue sky, almost a perfect circle…almost, just…

It’s just two people, a ball and two gloves. But sometimes that’s all you need to reconnect. For most of this cold, snowy winter Emily has stood by while her big sister Sophie has taken center stage, literally, and figuratively…

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.” – Henry Brooks Adams Sometimes the stars go blue. Last night the stars were the teachers, principals and superintendents honored by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program in Maryland….

The Sunday Series (19): Believe in Tomorrow “I worked for the University of Maryland and I was assigned to the Shock Trauma center for a three month period of time. The pediatric oncology clinic was on the same floor and…