by Average Joe | Mar 10, 2022 | Peace Secrets, Work Stress
Why I write long stories. Smartphones and tablets are amazing, providing information at our fingertips for nearly everything. Paper maps and memory were replaced by a GPS, pencil and paper by calculators, phone books and other memorized numbers by contact lists, and...
by Average Joe | Dec 12, 2021 | Family Matters, Work Stress
My first job with a paystub was working in the greasy kitchen of a KFC. Nothing can break you away quicker from the fast-food world than scorching your hands with spattering hot grease. Nothing could motivate you more to get an education and training so you never...
by Average Joe | Sep 21, 2021 | Family Matters, Featured, Work Stress
Lucky or a Miracle?Two weeks ago, on Labor Day; I knocked off four non-bucket-list items, an ambulance ride, a life-flight ride, surgery, and a brain MRI. Not exactly, the type of fun events one puts on their wish list. Only an hour or so after the trauma, I awoke...
by Average Joe | Jan 1, 2021 | Family Matters, Work Stress
Beware of a Hardened Heart2020 will go down in history as a year of chaos, disorder, and disappointment. Covid-19, elections, sports seasons a strew, some businesses shut down some not, money dwindling, national debt skyrockets, political unrest, worry about...
by Average Joe | Jul 4, 2020 | Guestimonies, Peace Secrets, Work Stress
Famed musician Dion DiMucci from the vintage rock and roll era carries both burdens and rewards in his storied career. Some today seek to erase history, not understanding the value of wisdom gained thru both tragedies and triumphs. Individual experiences either...
by Average Joe | Feb 23, 2019 | Family Matters, Work Stress
I normally do not write as a newspaper reporter, but when news of atrocity arises in my own backyard, it pierced the pen of this worrier turned warrior to change course one more time. The state of North Carolina has become The most Disenfranchised state in America. ...
