A few weeks ago my cousin, Kathy Magee, posted an old photo on FB of me standing beside my new Mazda RX-7 parked on her parent’s farm. Dave Murra is in the background. In my twenties with a permed head of hair, one of my fondest memories is explaining the… Continue reading
No one told me, in my school life grades 1 – 10, I was smart. It was quite the opposite. No IQ test, just the underlying assumption that, I was “slow.” My mother never gave up on me, but suffered years of my ambivalent disinterest in school, barely passing grades,… Continue reading
Do you know someone who’s experienced the loss of a child, grandchild, parent or sibling? Allow me to point you/them to the MISS Foundation, a wonderful group, brilliantly led by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore. This group is like a down comforter for people caught in a cold, dark room of grief.… Continue reading
My good friend and motorcycle riding buddy, Philip Richter, fritters away some of his free time by putting his thoughts about cars and the car market into a newsletter. In fact, Philip’s “Turtle Garage” inspired my newsletter. My readers who like cars are going to find Philip’s April 1 newsletter… Continue reading
Because I subscribe to a variety of websites and have a good-sized group of Facebook friends linked more by shared love of family, motorcycles and cars than political affiliation, I run across my fair share of questionable news reports. Whether they are conspiracy theories or just scary threats to which… Continue reading
As the temperatures have gotten reasonable, more and more neighbors are out and about. I see you walking, doing yard work, planting trees, painting, and giving the pets some exercise. Things have been happening, so if you’ve not already heard it all through the grapevine, let me bring you up… Continue reading
When our 2014 Audi Q5 passed 75,000 miles, (it has now surpassed 100,000), I began to get nervous. On the one hand, the warranty was gone, so repair costs would fall on us. On the other hand, this had been one of the best cars we ever owned. We purchased… Continue reading
After nine of them, I know a good bit about starting companies. After investing in at least twenty, I spot founders with a high success likelihood pretty quickly. An author I admire, Taylor Stevens, recently penned a newsletter nailing one of those elusive success factors brilliantly. For her, it is… Continue reading
When I bought the Tesla Model 3 in 2019, as I wrote about here, I had no plans to fall in love with it. I’ve had the good fortune of owning several of the most iconic cars in the world, and still have a couple left. My expectations for the… Continue reading
Recent explorations into ethical questions have led me down a variety of rabbit holes, eventually to the whole psychic phenomenon and people claiming to be mediums and able to predict the future. One fascinating character is Mark Edward. I watched a 90-minute presentation where he explained how he and others… Continue reading