50 Reasons Why Playing Music Is Good For Your Kids My son Danny asked me for three good reasons why he should continue playing violin. I gave him 52. Teaches discipline. Teaches us how to be free within specific structures. Teaches problem-solving. Breaking down a...
“Mary when she grows up” I want to be like our President Mary wants to be a hero when she grows up; she wants to be like the President, and do everything she can to stop the bad guys from hurting innocent children, like President Obama wants to do in...
I am bored with Youth NETI I admit it. I am bored with youth. It can be downright frustrating when younger people disrespect my age, negating my life experience and assume, in their youthful exuberance, that I am some old buffoon, not to be taken seriously; that...
TransNETIfication Is your painting that it is not? To transNETIfy is to destroy in order to create anew, to find enlightenment from the ashes of truth. NETI is that he is not. So too, all things are in the process of destruction and creation. It is the natural order...
How often do we text and drive? Just a little bit here and there? Stopped at a light? Just a quick, “got it.” The Text Monster doesn’t care. She says, “don’t say you’re sorry, just don’t do it!” These films all have...
I’ve used the Memorial Service as a basis for a video tribute of my mom. I hope you will enjoy the additional photos and other elements I’ve added to give you a small glimpse of the life of Ann Kennedy. It is not as wonderful as I would have liked, but...
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