Ron’s Personal Blog: Fresh Starts and Loose Ends

I love conversations; at least good ones. In fact, it may be my favorite past time. What makes a good conversation? I am so glad you asked, since I am eager to write about the Five Rules of Good Conversation.…

January is the month of resolutions.  Of course, by February many of us reply with some form of “say what now?” when someone checks in with us on how we are doing with those carefully crafted resolutions. I have mixed…

Eight guys, all around 60, riding down I-35 in a large van; heading out to Nebraska to watch our Minnesota Gopher football team disappoint us once again. But this blog is not about football and disappointment. It’s about going back…

I make my living advising people on how to behave with dignity and move forward when they are experiencing great loss. Today, I feel a sense of loss that threatens my capacity to follow that advice. I have often been…