Tremendous Tracey
it takes a good fall to know where you stand
Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile.
William Cullen Bryant
It’s the first day of fall, my absolute favorite season. Some lament the passing o...
Three Ways to Know You’re Fulfilling Your Destiny
When people ask what the purpose of life is, the approved response is “a life of purpose”. While this is absolutely true, it’s a bit esoteric and p...
no more mr. nice guy
I recently went to a riverside baptism service held by one of the megachurches in our area. It was a gorgeous summer afternoon and I definitely fel...
Certain Inalienable Rights
Our country was founded on the declaration that all men have certain inalienable rights: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. I would like t...
I lived life and all I got was this lousy T Shirt! Or, Failure Is an Option
If no one is responsible for the consequences of their mistakes or can claim victory for their successes, what’s the point of living? We may as wel...
This is a free country, right???
I remember back in the mid ‘90s when the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy under President Clinton was unveiled. Many of my fellow soldiers thought th...
i was a charm school dropout
When I was in the tenth grade, my dad got the most outrageous idea to enroll my little sister and me in thirteen weeks of Charm School. To add insu...
coming out of the corporate closet
Not too many years ago I worked for a company as a project manager. I worked tirelessly to please the customer, promote those that worked the harde...
Are you freer than you were four years ago?
The Fourth of July. A time when we celebrate our independence as a nation. It is a time for us to celebrate our patriotism, our freedom from oppres...
into each life some Rain must fall
One of life’s greatest miracles is when a curse turns into a blessing, when failure leads to triumph, and when we realize that the rain falling on ...
the father i never knew
My father, the late Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, said that he knew Abraham Lincoln better than Lincoln’s own mother. He made this bold statement due...
will you autograph my kindle?
As a publisher the number one question I get asked is, when books go the way of the dinosaur will I have to live in a van down by the river? What w...
please stop praying for me, i need all the problems i can get!
My father, Charlie "Tremendous" Jones, liked to shock people who asked him to pray for their problems. He would bow his head with them and pray tha...
passion makes perfect
Too much practice makes a speech sound canned, an emotion fall flat, an activity seem routine. Don’t practice until you get it right, practice unti...
livin la vida laissez
The phrase laissez-faire is French and broadly implies "let it be", or "leave it alone." Helen Keller put it perfectly, “Science may have found a c...
