One of the greatest gifts I ever received was a simple statement from my Dad...learn something from every person you meet. I was a teenager then...and was fairly convinced that my Dad was losing it!
What does that even mean...learn something from every person? I mean every time he talked to me he stammered, stuttered, and turned brilliant-red, during each conversation we had in my teenage years.
It wasn't until I had children of my own, enter their teen years, that I finally understood he wasn't an idiot, he was angry and frustrated by my…
The world is my oyster! Jackie Gleason's famous line sums up a philosophy of life that suggests that life is...a pearl! I like the idea that among the myriad of life experiences that exist, letting an opportunity to do something that you've always dreamed of doing, undone, is a waste. There is a country song, I love that talks about a guy who has only a short time to live, and he "went skydiving, Rocky Mountain climbing, and 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fu Manchu!" The song implores us to "live like you were dying…
Every April Subaru dealers participate in Car Care Month. It is a time we set aside each year to work with our customers, usually just at the close of Winter, to help them get their car back in shape.
New England is notorious for its long, and often hard winters. The spring can often be just as tough...potholes, broken pavement, and other naturally occurring hazards play havoc with a car's tires and alignment. Longer idling times, and heavy use break down vital engine and transmission fluids, and filters get clogged from the additional work they perform in the…
In days gone by, when we were quite a bit younger, we all have memories of that car...you know the one...standing totally still, it looked like it was doing 140 miles-per-hour.
For me it was the Pontiac GTO and the Bond car, Aston Martin. I had dreams about how it would feel sitting in the cock pit...these were not ordinary cars...they didn't have driver's seats...they had cock pits!
I remember seeing a purple GTO in Manchester that was the hottest thing on wheels. I watched that car with a hunger...well maybe that…
I know, we have a few days of warm weather and some knucklehead starts writing about spring...yup, guilty as charged! Even though we were not buried in twenty feet of the white stuff this year, it's still nice to have temps in the sixties.
While short sleeve shirts have been all the rage over the last several days, I'm still wearing sweaters...it's just my way of trying not to jinx the rest of you. I know it's probably silly superstition, but the minute I start trying on polo shirts, a freak storm will dump…
I have been around the block a few times...52 years a resident of the planet earth! This weekend I attended a housewarming party for my niece and her fiance. I looked around and realized that I had been fortunate to witness the coming of age of the next generation of my family.
I remember that not to long ago we were kissing boo-boos, and worrying about their grades, and praying for them to find their dreams in something good.
As I looked around, I saw the faces of people I love, living good lives, and doing things that made…
