by A. T. Baron | Jul 13, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
I cannot tell you how happy I am to read this fortune. Tomorrow I was supposed to venture out on a 12-day trek with my local Scouting crew to the Philmont Scout Ranch in Philmont, New Mexico. I have been preparing for the 69-mile backpacking trek since last year, and...
by A. T. Baron | Jul 6, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
Oh, the woes of life! We all have them, and we all complain about them. For example, we complain that we don’t have enough money, that we are too over-weight, or that we don’t like how someone treats us. It is easy to be dissatisfied and then gritch about it....
by A. T. Baron | Jun 29, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
Does your life feel bland? Do you feel like you’re doing the same things, wear the same clothes, eat the same food every day? Perhaps you’re due for a change of scenery. Whether we go to school or go to work, we tend to fall into a routine. Our routines can keep us...
by A. T. Baron | Jun 22, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
If you live in Buffalo, New York, you learn to adjust to the weather. We say, “If you don’t like the weather, wait a while. It will change.” Some winters can be mild with barely a flake of snow, while others can dump multiple feet in a couple of days. This variability...
by A. T. Baron | Jun 15, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday, Writing
It isn’t hard to find advice on life. People will give it out freely—even if you don’t ask. Much of it comes from experience and is passed down through the years. Some classic examples: Two wrongs don’t make a right. “‘Neither a borrower nor a lender be.’” –...
by A. T. Baron | Jun 8, 2018 | Fortune Cookie Friday
When I was a child, I loved getting Super Balls from the drugstore gumball machines—I just realized how old that statement makes me sound. Anyway, thanks to chemist Norman Stingley, the synthetic rubber he invented gives these bouncy toys great appeal. Let’s look at...
