Perpetual Amateur to Lifelong Learner 

Perpetual Amateur to Lifelong Learner 

In college, I caught the photography bug and bought a Nikkormat 35mm camera. Back then, it was Nikon’s entry-level option but still a step above the typical Polaroid or instant cameras. Learning photography in those days was not cheap. There was no digital display to...
10 Things My Parents Taught Me 

10 Things My Parents Taught Me 

Sometimes we just need to go back and embrace those early, important life lessons we learned as kids. Say please and thank you.  Stand when a lady comes to your table (or when the lady at your table leaves).  Taste your food before you put salt and pepper on it.  Have...
The Four Stages of Anyone’s Career

The Four Stages of Anyone’s Career

I recently read The Garner Files: a Memoir by James Garner and Jon Winokur. Garner was perhaps best known as Jim Rockford in the long-running TV show The Rockford Files, but he also worked the big screen in movies like The Great Escape with Steve McQueen. Garner’s...