Ohhh, JUNE!!!

Today being the first full day of summer and all, here’s a visual encore to yesterday’s launch party (scroll down to view). It’s the season to get outside, be active, eat fresh fruits and vegetables… in short, it’s growing season! JUNE from Mark Mazur on Vimeo.

I Love Monday

Lifelong city dwellers might think the Milky Way is a Hollywood creation, something you see only in movies. After all, city lights prevent all the but brightest stars from being seen. But thousands of stars are visible to folks out in the wide open spaces, and they are spectacular.

I Love Monday

This weekend’s time change reminds me how much I love sleep. And if you read the cover story in the new Medical Examiner, you know that sleep is EXTREMELY important to health. If a person is doing everything else right except getting sufficient sleep, then that person isn’t healthy. Of course, it’s not always the person’s fault. There are medications …

I Love Monday

I love neon. Neon signs were once the source of great artistry in signage, especially the animated ones. They’re disappearing, but still found here and there. Here are a few,

I Love Monday!

Do you know how I spell relief? R-E-L-I-E-F!!! I experienced it today. I had an appointment with one of the doctors who treated me for cancer about ten years ago. Once you have cancer you are never again free of two things: 1. More or less lifetime follow-up appointments, and 2. Worry. Anything that doesn’t feel absolutely perfect makes you …

I Love Monday

There is nothing worse than the dreaded sports analogy being employed in random fields that have no connection with sports. But if you happened to see the Green Bay, Seattle football game yesterday, you would have to agree the game screams for applications in such areas as patience, perseverance, and dogged determination. In short, never give up. To put the …

I Love Monday

I have nothing against cell phones. I have one, the latest model with all the bells and whistles. It’s cool. It’s indispensable. I will drive back home if I forget it. It’s horrifying to consider the mere possibility of not being tethered to a phone at every waking moment. HOWEVER. I love land lines. I won’t be disconnecting my home …

I LOVE MONDAY

When it comes to things to love on a Monday (or any other day), random acts of kindness have to be near the top of the list. When a complete stranger – strike that – a perfect stranger does something kind, it’s profound beyond any connection to the act itself. I remember once, on Augusta’s legendary Tobacco Road, I made …

I Love Monday

One word. You know what it is. The C word. Ahhhhh….

I Love Monday

Communication is a wonderful thing. Clarity is also splendid. Conversation is enjoyable. To quote Tony the Tiger, they’re great, all of them. They’re also a bit of a challenge sometimes. Even best friends sometimes miscommunicate, and husbands and wives who think they can finish the other’s sentences are well advised not to. Because for every good thing that can be …