Election Day has come and gone. No more candidate commercials. No more mailings, telephone calls or knocks on the door. Those we elected will serve us for two, four or six years. I am sure we are...

September – one grandchild is in college and four are in high school. Each is stepping outside their comfort zone and learning new and useful information and is continually improving oneself.  It...

July – the year is more than one-half over. It is time to consider whether your life needs rebooting. Time to consider whether you need change.  You reboot your computer to help keep it running...

I was in college when I discovered that I had glossophobia. An advisor had suggested that I take a speech course. Even then, more than a half-century ago, the importance and value of effective communication...

May – the month of graduations. I graduated in 1955, 1962, 1965 and 1970. First was graduation from high school in Palmer, Alaska. After serving three years in the U.S. Army, I attended college,...

I told my physical therapist that I had broken my arm in two places. She advised me to stay away from those two places. Humorous? I hope so, because humor plays an essential role in our overall...

March equals a time of madness. No, I am not referring to basketball. I am referring to the Nenana Ice Classic. My father was a gambling man. No, not a professional gambler. But upon retirement...

Last month I wrote that one was never too old to set goals. I suggested four categories of goals to establish – mental, physical, spiritual, and relationship – and promised to provide additional...

Last month I had lunch with my friends Tom and Judy. Tom asked me what plans I had for my upcoming birthday. As a reader of the Call, Tom knew that I had written a column about skydiving on my 70th birthday....

This Christmas give someone a gift that will last a lifetime: the gift of effective communication. Communications skills are essential throughout a lifetime. A baby attempts to imitate the sounds...