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As you may know, Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game was played in Cleveland, OH earlier this month. In the midst of the festivities I...

Thought for the Week: The Summer of Horses Unlike many of my family and friends, I’ve never been much for animals. Our children never...

The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis by Elizabeth Letts In the chaotic...

Thought for the Week Today, June 6th marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day. To remind us of the sacrifice so many made on that day, and...

Yesterday I stopped at my local shoe repair shop to have my favorite pair of loafers refurbished with new soles and heels only to find...

Carlisle, PA a sleepy farm community 30 miles west of Harrisburg, PA would hardly be considered the epicenter of classical ballet. Yet...

"What's in a Name?...Everything!". But don't just take my word for it.  Noted speaker Carmine Gallo who is the author of "Five Stars: The...

My wife Mim and I just celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary. To put that in perspective, as of today we’ve now been married 15,376...

The On-Purpose Person, Kevin W. McCarthy Is Your Life Filled, Yet Unfulfilled? Do you feel pulled in a thousand different directions?...

Today being Valentine’s Day our thoughts turn to love. Modern day psychology identifies seven different types of love, but this week I...

An Updated post I wrote for Summa Care Hospital. Posted June 06, 2017 by Leigh Gerstenberger I always knew I was carrying too much extra...

The other day I had the opportunity to reconnect with a friend I hadn’t seen in a couple of years. As I entered his office, I was struck...

Recently I purchased at new HP laptop that was set up to run the Windows 10 operating system.  As can sometimes happen with technology,...

Recently I had the wonderful opportunity to tour the Isabelle de Borchgrave: Fashioning Art from Paper exhibit at the Frick Museum in...

As we begin the new year, there is frequently the resolve to make changes in our lives. The resolutions range from the mundane to the...

So what are you reading? Over coffee earlier this week my friend Katie told me about "Designing Your Life" and the impact the book has...

One of my favorite things about the holidays is the memories and traditions that are brought to mind. Maybe I’m just a sucker for...

Like many I was mesmerized for most of last week as accolades to the late President George H. W. Bush began to flow which culminated in...

I spent the last 10 years of my career at a super-regional community bank headquartered in northeast Ohio called FirstMerit, a great...

The following resources were very helpful to me as I planned my transition from my full-time career to the next season in my life. As...