Every child is different. No matter how many offspring you have, it seems each one springs from the womb with a unique, heaven-crafted bent. For example, our middle daughter emerged with an innate impulse for adventure with a strong streak of self-sufficiency. As a toddler she preferred crawling around to cuddling on our laps. At four or five she revealed she’d […]
I recall noticing back in the late ’70s that Michael Jackson, Prince, and I were all roughly the same age. As the only remaining survivor if this trio, I now view my choice not to become a fabulously wealthy, eccentric, global pop icon as the correct move.
Here at Hacienda Holland, we enjoy watching the PBS show “Finding Your Roots”—where each week three celebrities, politicians and other people of note have their family trees researched by professionals and learn previously unknown and often startling facts about their ancestors. It’s a fascinating and often quite moving viewing experience. For example, this week’s episode profiled the […]
Some practical, actionable wisdom here: 10 habits you should break to be more productive in 2016 (Business Insider) I need to apply all of these except “Over Planning” and “Perfectionism.” I have zero problem with either of those.
A confession. I don’t care for pumpkin pie. Never have. I found myself nodding in agreement this week with a person on Twitter who wrote, “The best piece of pumpkin pie I’ve ever had was not all that much better than the worst piece I’ve ever had.” It’s a simple recipe with a pretty narrow […]
A few days ago I posted a quick, scold-y note on Facebook after reading this heart-felt and transparent piece by ESPN writer/host Jason Wilde. In it, Wilde opens up about battling darkness and depression after he and his wife lost a baby about halfway through the pregnancy. In it, without anger or bitterness, he mentions how […]
About twenty years ago I saw a fascinating item in the magazine Scientific American. It was a little blurb about a detailed study of the facial features of infants. According to the study, most babies go through a phase of looking like their fathers early in their development. This is the case even if they grow up to […]
“But everything in life boils down to this riddle: Are you what you think you are?”—Bill Withers Came across an amazing interview with 76-year-old music legend Bill Withers in the most recent issue of Garden & Gun. (What? You don’t know about Garden & Gun? It’s only the greatest magazine on earth.) Withers is […]
We’re all magnificent when we’re 19. Most of us were just too busy feeling like misshapen freaks of nature to realize it.
