One of the craziest moments for Loren and me involved our dog Molly. Thirteen years ago, we adopted Molly, a terrier-shepherd mix, at PetSmart through an organization called HALO. She rode home on my lap in our Toyota. Initially, Molly slept in an area we gated off near the side of our bed. One […]
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In tenth grade, I tried out for my high school baseball team. The several-day process made me miserable. During the school day, I sat in class, the apprehension of what approached later in the day distracting each thought and moment. And when the time of the tryout arrived, each step felt unsteady as if descending
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Krista and I met working one of the most dreadful shifts in local TV news: Saturday nights. She was a producer. I was a reporter. While our peers pursued their weekend social lives, we chased stories. One advantage of working Saturday nights: The managers’ offices went dark. The hooks of middle managers did not descend
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When Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida a quarter century ago, I was an upcoming college junior spending the summer at home. My parents had traveled to take my younger brother to start college in California. Because recent hurricanes at the time had delivered some false alarms, I remember hearing conversations about whether people would take
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We’ve been listening more frequently to 1940s music on satellite radio. This surprises us. We’re not even fans of what artists produced in the 1990s. But the sounds of what our grandparents’ listened to suddenly captivate our ears. Most strikingly, this music is relaxing. It doesn’t fuel our adrenaline while driving and that’s OK. Slowing
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However certain aspects of today’s society offer glimpses of how disconnected we can become from each other. Ironically, social media, in our view, plays a significant role. While social media provides an important voice for people, organizations and social causes, it also appears to lower the standard of genuine friendship and personal communication.
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During editorial meetings, when I pitched stories impacting senior citizens, producers and managers often dismissed me like the elite might turn away from a commoner who walked into the wrong room. Someone might sarcastically snap back, “We know. Everyone has a grandmother,” a snarky rebuttal to previous arguments that younger viewers actually care about older
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My Dad is not a public speaker. However, you don’t need the skill of talking eloquently before crowds to ensure words carry weight and wield influence. Many times when life’s building frustrations pushed me closer to whichever metaphorical edge that might have applied at the time, my Dad’s slower delivery of wisdom successfully provided the
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A number of science fiction films have portrayed a future when a government or private enterprise has instilled the shackles of group think on society. And in this world where nearly everyone wears gray, a hero or small band of revolutionaries take the first steps to breaking the stranglehold. The script is one of Hollywood’s
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We’re not talking about butts you want to see. We’re talking about investing significant time in setting up a shot and then sacrificing soundbites because someone’s grandma strolled so slowly through the background, her butt became the star attraction. Butts are just one of several things to consider when choosing a good interview location. Here
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