Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like this and will subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I spent last week on the legendary cycling adventure, the Bicycle Ride Across Georgia. I can’t tell you how much fun I had — but, I can show you.  The good was that I had seven [...]

I have never understood the workaholic mindset, and now that I have slid into it, I am even more bewildered.
I haven’t lived this life since I was a 23-year-old, fresh-out-of-college newspaper reporter working an 80-hour week on a series. One night, a friend stopped by the newsroom to pick something up.
“Why am I still here?” [...]

It’s been a week since the Rocky Mountain News published its final edition. Some of my old colleagues have forged on, using the Internet to keep the Rocky’s spirit alive at www.iwantmyrocky.com. This is pretty revolutionary stuff.
It reminds me of the time the IRS shut down a Popeye’s Chicken franchise in Denver. The next morning, [...]

This is going to be quite a month, and a real endurance test. I am off on a marathon speaking run that will give me only two breaks at home. It culminates with a two-week run to Portland, Or., Chicago, Miami, Bentonville, Ar. and San Antonio. I will come home and have less than 24 hours [...]

Back when I was a reporter, my friend Kathy used to bash the media and it would really tick me off. She talked about media bias. And a lack of depth. And agendas. She complained that political coverage was always about the horse race and never about the issues. I’d roll my eyes.
I always hated [...]

I can mark each era of my life in dog years. The Honey years. The Honey/Buster years. The Buster/Vinny years. The Vinny/Reggie years.
Vinny has been at my side through four books, two houses, a coupla relationships, a career change, a lightning strike and a lot of really good times.
He’s been there. Right with his mama.
Yesterday [...]

I am having the best time.
I’m going to a party this evening for my friend who is being cared for by hospice as emphysema closes in on her. She is one of the most colorful, alive, brilliant women I have ever known, and I know she won’t be with us much longer.
Last Monday, I mentioned [...]