As someone who believes that we should all participate in civic-minded activities, such as community service, voting, and jury duty, I take an active role. When I walked into the kitchen two months ago, I recognized the familiar notice on the counter. Again? Hadn’t I just received my last jury summons? I checked my calendar … Continue reading Doing My Civic Duty (Part 1)| Pete Springer
I recently had the opportunity to participate in an interview with Yvette Prior on her Priorhouse blog. Although I haven’t known Yvette for a long time, I’ve read many of her engaging p…| Pete Springer
Photo Credit to Nikhil Joseph on Pexels You may or may not have noticed my absence from the blogging world lately. Today is the first time I’ve been interested in writing in the past couple of week…| Pete Springer
Photo credit to Karl Gerber on Pexels I enjoy learning about history, but in my own life, I focus more on the present and the future rather than the past. Still, occasionally, I like to look back a…| Pete Springer
Photo Credit to cottonbro studio on Pexels It’s human nature to think more about age as we get older. Still, despite my daily aches and pains, I feel relatively young. The hourglass of life flipped…| Pete Springer
Photo Credit to Feedyourvision on Pexels One of my favorite sayings is the African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child,” which emphasizes the importance of a community in helping to nurtu…| Pete Springer
Photo Credit to Alina Matveycheva on Pexels Blogging buddy, Clive, runs a regular feature called Tuesday Tunes. I look forward to his weekly musical choices, usually a combination of recognizable m…| Pete Springer
My wife and grandson enjoying a book. As a semi-practicing Catholic, our religion encourages (does not require) us to give up something for Lent, a period (40 days) of prayer, fasting, and almsgivi…| Pete Springer
I recently wrote a piece about the company Storyworth. Each week, they send me a prompt to respond to. (If I don’t like their question, I can make up my own.) At the end of the year, Storyworth com…| Pete Springer
Photo Credit to Kaboompics.com on Pexels Photo Credit to Pixabay Roman general and statesman Julius Ceasar once said, “Experience is the best teacher.” While I’ve always believed in that philosophy…| Pete Springer
Photo Credit to Alena Darmrel on Pexels One symptom of aging is that I spend more time reflecting on my life. I suspect this is partially due to being retired and realizing I still have things I wa…| Pete Springer