Creating Lasting Memories: How to Be Present During Family Travel
Learn how to be fully present during family travel and create lasting memories that actually matter. Discover why presence beats perfection.
An Unconventional Way to Help You Address Your Life Issues
“Look into my eyes…” What do you think of when you hear that? A gypsy fortune teller? The traveling apothecary salesman from “The Wizard of Oz”? Patrick Jane, the main character of the hit show “The Mentalist”? Richard Barker is a professional stage and clinical hypnotist. He performs on stage across the country, amazing audiences…
Branson, Missouri’s History
Okay, time to lighten up. No passionate opinions from yours truly in today’s FamilyFirst pick, just some nice, lightweight entertainment. Today’s FamilyFirst pick is all about the history of a place that I referred to in my Boomer memory site as “a sleepy Ozark fishing village.” The town is known as Branson, Missouri. Branson is…
PeytonManning.com
I’m as much into this Super Bowl as I have been for any in memory. It’s between two teams that most folks didn’t expect to see there. And that’s when the game is at its best. And what makes it particularly delightful is that Peyton Manning is finally getting his shot. Now I’m not rotting…
Don Markstein’s Toonopedia
Well, once again, research for my own gig, I Remember JFK, has led to a FamilyFirst pick. I wrote a column on my memories of the Sunday funnies. That led me to this killer site which is packed with info about strips that have long passed from memory, as well as ones that continue to…
Shutterfly
Want an easy, free way to share online photos? Check out today’s FamilyFirst site. It’s called Shutterfly. Here’s their mission: In a snapshot, Shutterfly makes it fun and easy to be thoughtful and creative with your memories. From start to finish, we make it easy to enhance, share and store your digital photos. We also…
Mea Culpa
Never let it be said that I’m too full of myself to admit a mistake. In my piece on Eric Snider dated October 18, I took a broadside shot at Philip Martin, a movie critic for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. I implied that he “delights in walking out on movies.” I went too far in saying…
The Rocketman
When I was a kid, I was amazed by the sight of a man (on television) who was in a contraption that blasted twin jets and allowed him to soar into the air. I never got that image out of my my mind, and later movies like The Rocketeer helped keep that memory fresh. Then,…
The Happy Drinking Bird
When I was a kid, I remember staring for hours in fascination at an amazing creation that belonged to the next-door neighbor: the dippy bird. That little guy would just keep dipping down into a cup of water, going slower and slower, then suddenly faster. It just wouldn’t stop! Amazing stuff for a four-year-old to…
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Oregon Shakespeare Festival
“To be or not to be, that is the question…”. “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo”. The above quotes are brought to you by a fading memory, one that grew up only a few miles from the first theatre in the western hemisphere to produce the plays of William Shakespeare on a continuing repertory basis….